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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBanks Threatening Chicago with a Detroit Like Collapse? Re-elect Rahm or Else?
Historian Rick Perlstein, a Chicago local, has been chronicling this election and in this piece for In These Times he lays out the case for Garcias experience and political know-how. He also notes that the Emanuel campaign along with his various Republican spokesmen have been doing what youd expect: issuing thinly veiled attacks on Garcia as lacking responsibility if you know what they mean.
It was Illinoiss Republican senator Mark Kirk who came closest to going there. At Pulaski Day ceremonies last Monday, he absurdly asserted, Rahms reelection is essential to maintaining the value of Chicagos debt market.
Its a concern if we have some of the less responsible people running against him.
Understand: at the time, there werent people running against him, there was a person: the Mexican-American immigrant Chuy Garcia.
The racial overtones in his reference to those people was made crystalline by his next statement: None of them could command the respect of the bond market. A collapse of Chicago debt, which already happened with Detroit, I think would soon follow if somebody who was really inexperienced and irresponsible replaced Rahm.
Expect more provocations like that as campaign unfolds. Also, expect Garcia not to take the bait.
http://12160.info/page/banks-chicago-detroit
Chicago Tribune, Sun-Times endorse Emanuel in mayor's race
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/28582518/chicago-tribune-sun-times-endorse-emanuel-in-mayors-race
Rahm Emanuel jumps on the Hillary Clinton bandwagon
Emanuel, a former political adviser to President Bill Clinton and White House chief of staff to President Obama, has signed up with Ready for Hillary and will host two Chicago fundraisers for the pro-Clinton superPAC on June 5.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/05/09/rahm-emanuel-jumps-on-the-hillary-clinton-bandwagon/
djean111
(14,255 posts)At this point, if she were to run, and win, I would not be surprised to see Rick Warren give the convocation and Emanuel appointed as chief of staff and Larry Summers (or Jamie Dimon) as Secretary of the Treasury.
stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)djean111
(14,255 posts)surprise me.
brooklynite
(94,745 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)the story happened he jump in early with fund raisers for her........ he's your candidate's biggest fan.