So Few (Bad) Options
Posted on July 16, 2014
The big news yesterday was that Cook County Board President, Toni Preckwinkle, will not challenge Rahm come February:
“Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle declared Tuesday that she won’t run for mayor, leaving union and community groups angry over Chicago’s violent crime, school closings and teetering finances searching for a credible candidate to take on Mayor Rahm Emanuel next year.
The decision is a boost to Emanuel’s bid for a second term and ensures he won’t have to square off against a popular, countywide elected official capable of uniting disparate voters from the South and West Sides with lakefront liberals.”
Popular? Tax-spend-and-bankrupt Machine politicians who run unopposed election after election are popular in a “you wanna warm Natural Light?” kind of way. So with Toni out, all eyes are on CTU President Karen Lewis:
“Lewis, long an Emanuel nemesis, lately has toyed with the idea of running. On Tuesday, a CTU spokesman said the union boss was on vacation but would form an exploratory committee to consider a possible run against Emanuel because the city “cannot withstand another four years of error, disrespect and disregard.”
Assuming she cannonballs into the race, those are our choices Chicago. We’re screwed. As Second City Cop so eloquently stated: “So a short, 9.5 fingered, lying, anti-union socialist one-percenter versus a short, loud-mouth, commie, racist. Sounds like another win-win for Chicago.” Go team!