Run Robert, Run!
In Monday's interview with Fran Spielman, Rahm claims Toni Preckwinkle has promised him that she won't run against him in 2015.
Emanuel says he takes Preckwinkle at her word, even though she’s been the most outspoken critic of the mayor’s school closings, charter openings, school budget cuts and the seven-day teachers strike that Emanuel’s bullying missteps helped to instigate.
“She has said that and I believe she’s a person of her word. … I believe she’s not running.If he's telling the truth (big if) that appears to leave Ald. Bob Fioretti as the only viable candidate standing in the way of the mayor's re-election. Fioretti has been the leader of the City Council's Progressive Caucus and an outspoken critic of the mayor's, especially on school closings. That alone should gain him lots of support, not only from teachers and north-side parents, but on the city's south and west sides where there's growing anger in the black