Will Rahm Emanuel Buy Another Term as Mayor of Chicago?

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To avoid an April 7 general election race with the second-place finisher in the multi-candidate field, Emanuel needs his “50-plus-one”: a total vote that is at least one above the 50 percent line. The same goes for city council races, where labor unions and progressive groups are challenging Emanuel’s allies.

The unsettled question is whether the mayoral race will go to a runoff, and in so doing provide a marquee contest that frames the debate and drives turnout up and down the ballot on April 7.

Emanuel is doing everything in his power to avert that prospect. And he has a lot in his power. The mayor has millions in the bank—the Chicago Sun Times recently reported on “the nearly $30 million amassed (in recent years) by: the mayor’s campaign committee; a second campaign fund he controls; and a super PAC that supports Emanuel and aldermanic candidates he backs.” His financial advantage is so enormous that it easily trumps the combined resources of his many rivals and their allies. All that money from financial interests, law firms and developers has paid for Emanuel’s omnipresent campaign commercials, which cost a fortune in one of the nation’s most expensive media markets, and are, in the words of the Chicago Tribune, “dominating the TV airwaves.”

Emanuel also has a muscular electoral operation and a reputation for bare-knuckles political brawling that frightens foes into submission. He has close ties with national Democratic leaders, including President Obama, who was set to appear at Emanuel’s side in Chicago just days before the election.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/198561/will-rahm-emanuel-buy-another-term-mayor-chicago

Mr. Chicago, Privateer!

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How To Sell Off a City

Welcome to Rahm Emanuels Chicago, the privatized metropolis of the future.

http://inthesetimes.com/article/17533/how_to_sell_off_a_city

Some balls on this guy. Edited February 23, 2015 by I AM NOT THAT GUY

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Will Rahm Emanuel Buy Another Term as Mayor of Chicago?

Only if he's the highest bidder. If he ain't, someone else will buy the term - as mayor of Chicago or any other city. Or the governorship of any state or the presidency or a seat in Congress or - well, you get the idea.

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Will Rahm Emanuel Buy Another Term as Mayor of Chicago?

Yes, unless someone with more money shows up and kicks his asz on the air.

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The answer seems to be "no", at least for the moment:

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel failed to capture a majority of the vote Tuesday in his bid for a second term, an embarrassment for the former White House chief of staff who now faces a runoff against Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia.

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Yay Chuy ! I do hope this becomes an ethnic race, and quickly.

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Yay ! He beat Chuy after all !

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/07/politics/chicago-mayoral-runoff-results-rahm-emanuel-chuy-garcia/

All Hail Rahm ! All Hail !

Edited June 23, 2015 by Darnell