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Friday, January 3, 2014

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Waiting for a Chicago de Blasio?

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Waiting for a Chicago de Blasio?:

Waiting for a Chicago de Blasio?

Interesting piece in yesterday's S-T,"Chicago lefties look for their own Bill de Blasio"Dan Mihalopoulosobviously has his ear to the ground.
A nation — or at least the left-leaning activists of this one big city — is eager to turn its lonely eyes to someone who can take on the Chicago mayor whom lefties deride as “Mayor 1%” and the quintessential DINO (Democrat in Name Only).... Meanwhile, all the talk from the East Coast about combating income inequality, reining in charter-school expansion and other leftist issues has warmed Chicago lefties who see de Blasio as the sort of mayor this city needs instead of Rahm Emanuel.
But Mihalopoulos must understand that it's not just "lefties" or the CTU who want to take out Rahm. His positive ratings are lower than snail shit and there's even a significant section of Chicago's ruling class who have grown tired of the chaos, violence and corruption that have