On the eve of an election which may decide the future of the city I’ve come to call home, I’ve begun to ask myself the question – what makes Chicago unique?One could argue that there are numerous traits that set Chicago apart from the big cities of the East and the sprawling cities of the West. We’re Midwest. We’re away from the glitz of Hollywood and the Wall Street money of New York. We have our own unique politics. And, when you look around, you’ll see generations of people who...

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As anyone who has reported on or closely followed the Emanuel campaign can attest, the candidate has been extremely reluctant to give specific answers to almost any question, speaking haltingly and in generalized platitudes. Yet via campaign spokesman and former White House staffer Ben LaBolt, he did make a specific pledge in response to this blog’s reporting on his ties to Ticketmaster/Live Nation and Lollapalooza—“Given his brother’s position at WME [William Morris Endeavor] and on the...

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Please join host Tom Roeser as he welcomes Russ Stewart, Becky Carroll and Sarah Feigenholtz to Political Shootout at 8PM on WLS AM-890.Russ Stewart, our Oracle will make election predictions…  Becky Carroll is former Obama staffer and political analyst, while State Rep. Sarah Feigenholz, Illinois 12th,  who will detail a resolution she will introduce putting a temporary stay on Quinn’s social service cuts. Listen Live Here Call in here +13125918900
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Anti-Semitism, racism and race-baiting are terrible ills of society.That is why Rahm Emanuel should be ashamed of himself When Jim Sweeney, a labor leader, called Emanuel a “Judas” for helping pass NAFTA, everyone took it the way Sweeney meant it — that Emanuel betrayed organized labor. Everyone except Emanuel and his handlers. They saw it as an insult, but more than that, they saw it as an opportunity. There is no doubt that the historical Judas was a traitor. So was Benedict Arnold....

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Candidates running David Axelrod styled campaigns strive to avoid meaningful discussions of the issues. They repeat shopworn, vacuous phrases like a mantra and labor to avoid controversy. Barack Obama coasted through much of the 2008 campaign season promising “Hope and Change,” an empty slogan that Axelrod had employed on behalf of previous election clients in Canada and Massachusetts. When the going was good, campaign staffers nodded approvingly at their candidate who they nicknamed “No drama...

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Democratic legislators from Wisconsin have fled to Rockford, Illinois.  Our guess is that they went for the Chocoholic Frolic at the Clocktower Resort, but Drudge has them running around like political dissidents/provactuers.Dan Proft analyzes with some witticisms Let me understand this, Illinois is sending jobs to Wisconsin and in exchange we receive more liberal Democrat politicians? That’s a trade only the Cubs would make.  Similarly, it might be another 103 years before a business again...

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