Unlike his brothers, lawyer Michael and banker Bill, Mayor Richard M. Daley didn’t use the family name to amass wealth. He used it to amass power. But now, the mayor has a chance to convert his power into wealth. Which is what being a Chicago politician is all about, after all. (more)
As President Obama returns from Hawaii, he is weighing a major reshuffling of his staff that could see as many as eight people playing new key roles in the weeks ahead, Democrats familiar with the process said. (more)
WASHINGTON — The 2011 election season is certain to be an anticlimax after the thrilling, volatile 2010 campaign. (more)
CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton will campaign in support of former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel’s bid for Chicago mayor. (more)
CHICAGO — Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel can run for Chicago mayor although he spent much of the last two years living in Washington while working for President Barack Obama, the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners ruled Thursday. (more)
CHICAGO (AP) — With Rahm Emanuel off the witness stand and back on the campaign trail in his bid for Chicago mayor, a hearing about whether his name should be on the ballot turns to other witnesses, including a woman who rented Emanuel’s house after he went to Washington, D.C., to work for the president. (more)
CHICAGO (AP) — Rahm Emanuel, who left a powerful job with President Barack Obama at the White House to move back to Chicago and run for mayor, endured nearly 12 hours of questioning Tuesday from everyone from attorneys to a woman named Queen Sister — all intent on keeping his name off the ballot. (more)
CHICAGO (AP) — Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel officially announced his candidacy for mayor of Chicago Saturday, promising to fight any tax increase for city residents. (more)
CHICAGO (AP) — White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is set to give up his influential national post Friday to begin a run for Chicago mayor, a job he has long coveted but won’t win unless he persuades voters he’s still one of them. (more)
Although Rahm Emanuel hasn’t yet said whether he’s leaving the White House to run for mayor of Chicago, speculation has been swirling in recent weeks over who will succeed him as President Obama’s chief of staff. (more)
When, after 21 years as Chicago’s mayor, Richard Daley announced last week he would not seek another term, all speculation immediately swung to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. But if President Obama’s closest adviser runs – Emanuel has yet to come out publicly either way on the subject – chances are he won’t win. (more)
Mayor Daley is hands-down the best mayor in the country. (more)
CHICAGO — Moments after Mayor Richard M. Daley announced that he would not seek re-election, a text message popped up on Mary Williams-Taylor’s mobile phone. (more)
So, things didn’t work out quite like they were supposed to for White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. His status as the right-hand man to the philosopher-king destined to save the United States largely resulted in “Rahm-ing” through both a stimulus package and a health care “reform” bill that proved wildly unpopular with the American people (including one quite memorable scene involving Rahm in the Congressional gym shower). Moreover, Rahm’s generally moderate and pragmatic thinking never meshed well with the West Wing FDR ideologues surrounding Obama. These are the same individuals who believe the stimulus, health care and financial reform didn’t go far enough. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Looking for yet another sign Democrats are in trouble? Take note of who is showing up to vote in the primaries. (more)
The nearly 21-year reign of Richard Daley in Chicago is coming to an end. (more)
Mayor Richard Daley says he will not run for re-election in 2011. (more)
Mayor Daley today denied that he’s making Chicago gun owners jump through hoops to exercise their Second Amendment rights and expressed confidence the city’s new gun law can withstand a court challenge. (more)
The Chicago government is taking another shot at enforcing sweeping handgun restrictions, bringing a new law into effect Monday meant to comply with the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling last month while still regulating firearms purchases. (more)
Chicago’s City Council today approved a new ordinance on the possession of handguns that was proposed by Mayor Richard Daley just days after the Supreme Court ruled in McDonald v Chicago that an all-out ban on guns was unconstitutional. The measure was approved 45-0. (more)
