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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he won't run for re-election next year

[Chicago Tribune] In a stunning decision, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Tuesday morning that he will no longer seek a third term in office, signaling the end to what has been a tumultuous ‐ and at times transformative ‐ eight years in office.
Emmanuel is a Democrat's Democrat. A former Obama fixer, he has a black belt in Incompetence. I suspect his successor will be even worse.
With First Lady Amy Rule by his side, an emotional Emanuel said the time simply had come to write a new chapter in their lives together.

"I’ve decided not to seek re-election," Emanuel said. "This has been the job of a lifetime, but it is not a job for a lifetime."

Emanuel’s decision marks a dramatic political reversal, as for the better part of the last year he had said he would run for a third term. The mayor, long a prolific fundraiser, had already reeled in more than $10 million toward a bid for a third term.

Read Emanuel's prepared remarks announcing he will not seek re-election »

Over the holiday weekend, though, whispers began emerge that Emanuel might not embark on a third campaign. The mayor’s closest aides privately dismissed the talk as "bull" and "BS." Emanuel even told some close friends who called to inquire that the rumors weren’t true. A top aide close to the mayor said he didn’t make the final decision until Monday.

Emanuel weighed the decision as the murder trial of reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,...
police officer Jason Van Dyke is scheduled to begin this week, a high-profile case that is sure to bring about fresh scrutiny of his handling of the Laquan McDonald police shooting, in which Van Dyke shot the teen 16 times in October 2014 as he walked down a Southwest Side street holding a small folding knife.

Posted by Fred 2018-09-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 Rahm has 10 million reasons not to seek reelection.

Posted by Sonny Dribble1184 2018-09-05 05:15|| 2018-09-05 05:15|| Front Page Top

#2 ..as he walked down a Southwest Side street holding a small folding knife.

Try getting that through TSA.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-09-05 07:16|| 2018-09-05 07:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Bye, Tiny Dancer. Don't let the door hit you in the tutu

Posted by Frank G 2018-09-05 07:43|| 2018-09-05 07:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Emmanuel is a Democrat's Democrat. A former Obama fixer, he has a black belt in Incompetence. I suspect his successor will be even worse.

I understand Obama is looking for work.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-09-05 08:36|| 2018-09-05 08:36|| Front Page Top

#5 I understand Obama is looking for work.

Eh?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-09-05 09:14|| 2018-09-05 09:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel drops bid for third term in shock move raising speculation he will launch a bid for 2020 Democratic nomination

Posted by Skidmark 2018-09-05 09:56|| 2018-09-05 09:56|| Front Page Top

#7 raising speculation he will launch a bid for 2020 Democratic nomination

Wouldn’t that be fun! “Vote for the ballet dancer. It’s important!”

Posted by trailing wife 2018-09-05 10:50|| 2018-09-05 10:50|| Front Page Top

#8 [There is]speculation he will launch a bid for 2020 Democratic nomination. Who would vote for him? Or is this one of those rigged "elections" where no one does but the candidate ends up in office?

Posted by JohnQC 2018-09-05 10:56|| 2018-09-05 10:56|| Front Page Top

#9 Was / is this guy a ballet dancer, or am I missing the joke somewhere?

Posted by Raj 2018-09-05 11:04|| 2018-09-05 11:04|| Front Page Top

#10 Raj, I took it to mean that one would be better off voting for the ballet dancer rather than the mayor. But I don't know. T.W. will have to shed light on that one.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-09-05 11:20|| 2018-09-05 11:20|| Front Page Top

#11 "Rahm was encouraged by his mother to take ballet lessons, and is a graduate of the Evanston School of Ballet,[19] as well as a student of The Joel Hall Dance Center, where his children later took lessons.[20] He won a scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet,[21] but turned it down to attend Sarah Lawrence College, a liberal arts school with a strong dance program.[22] This background, as well as the mayor's short stature, has led critics of the Mayor to nickname him "tiny dancer". "

Posted by Frank G 2018-09-05 11:27|| 2018-09-05 11:27|| Front Page Top

#12 No relation to Elton John's tiny dancer.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-09-05 12:05|| 2018-09-05 12:05|| Front Page Top

#13 Rahm has 10 million reasons not to seek reelection.

I didn't realize that many had been shot in Chicago.

Posted by gorb 2018-09-05 17:45|| 2018-09-05 17:45|| Front Page Top

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