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Chicagoans Expect Bad Behavior From Pols

By | 12.10.08 | 1:56 pm

They’re saying Chicago is at it again.

The reactions of pundits, legislators and local news anchors to headlines that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was caught on tape spewing profanities and looking to make money by selling President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat have ranged from disappointment to frustration. But no More…

Obama’s Chicago Boys

By | 11.12.08 | 4:00 pm

In the days following his election, it has become clear that President-elect Barack Obama is bringing a little bit of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley’s City Hall to Washington.

The White House chief of staff will be Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), a former Daley fund-raiser. Emanuel is stepping down from More…