Durbin Refuses to Endorse Rahm Emanuel for Mayor of Chicago

Run time: 00:54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLiJAVS4iaY   Posted on YouTube: September 26, 2010 By YouTube Member: FiredoglakeTV Views on YouTube: 57   Posted on DU: September 26, 2010 By DU Member: kpete Views on DU: 510

 
CANDY CROWLEY: The President may also lose his chief of staff. So I was wondering how “Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel” sounds to you.

DURBIN: I can tell you that as you walk down Michigan Avenue in Chicago, you bump into at least 2 or 3 want-to-be candidates for mayor. It is so rare that the Daley opportunity is gone and he is retiring after wonderful service as our mayor, and now we have an opening here, that you have candidates from all over the city announcing their interest. I’m not kidding. There have got to be 10 or 20 viable names that are out there, and I have said publicly to Rahm Emanuel, “if you want to run, you can’t do it from the White House, you need to do it from the loop in Chicago.”

CROWLEY: No endorsement today though.

DURBIN: No.

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Rahm ought to become a casino pit boss or something.

It's a bit of a 3 ring circus here in Chicago.

Senator Durbin knows a lot of the people who might run. Even if he really wants Rham to win, it would look irresponsible to endorse now.

back here to Chicago so we can tell you how we really feel! :grr:

and gets his ass kicked. The sooner he's out of a position of influence, the better.