Emanuel as the successor to Daley is a scary thought
“The American media is absolutely turgid with emotion over White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s ambitious plan to become mayor of Chicago once Mayor Richard Daley leaves office…”
“…Rahm might be tough and smart enough to run Chicago, just as long as he doesn’t show up for political meetings in a sauna without his towel.
Among Rahm’s many qualifications is that he can raise political cash. His super-agent brother Ari Emanuel can handle that. Also, Rahm speaks the most important language of diplomacy in Chicago:
DeLeo.
As in state Sen. James DeLeo, D-How You Doin’? Fluency in DeLeo will allow Rahm to maintain cozy relations with Rosemont, Melrose Park, Elmwood Park and other towns within the DeLeo realm.
Louie the Barber says that soon other fringe candidates will join in, such as famed “urban translator” Wallace “Gator” Bradley, the former mouthpiece of imprisoned Gangster Disciple King Larry Hoover.
Perpetually angry U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez might run. Minister Louis