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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Finally, a viable opponent for Mayor One-Percent?

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Finally, a viable opponent for Mayor One-Percent?:



Finally, a viable opponent for Mayor One-Percent?

“I’m a little sick of the mayor and I don’t see anyone stepping up,” Lewis told the Chicago Sun-Times by telephone Thursday evening. “I am seriously thinking about it.”
"Do we want 'Star Wars' museums or public, neighborhood schools? Do we want presidential libraries or librarians for every child?" 
With the polls showing that, like Karen Lewis, most Chicagoans are sick of the mayor, the CTU prez says she is "seriously thinking" about running for mayor in 2015. Why not? The only other potentially viable candidates are being coy or timid. Although she's an underdog given Rahm's massive war chest and backing from national Dem Clinton bigwigs, polls show she can give him a good race.

Karen has the vision, organizational skills, and guts necessary to lead the city forward. She also has the political savvy and political base necessary to win a battle royale, including a standing army of Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Finally, a viable opponent for Mayor One-Percent?: