Daley, Making Room for Rahm, Won't Run Again
Mayor Richard Daley says he will not run for re-election in 2011. "The truth is I have been thinking about this for the past several months," Daley said at a City Hall news conference. "In the end this is a personal decision, no more, no less." Daley spoke for less than five minutes and took no questions. [...]
Earlier this year, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel voiced his mayoral ambitions. But the former North Side congressman quickly added that he wouldn't take on Daley, for whom he served as a strategist and fundraiser in the mayor's first winning bid.
Daley has been a dud of a mayor, and Rahm's interest in the job is a matter of public record. But the President's falling fortunes and the doom stalking Congressional Democrats have effectively closed the door on Emanuel's future in federal government. (I'm guessing Obama won't appoint him to the Supreme Court.)
UPDATE: Tim Carney: "Looking forward to the Blago-Rahm-Roland Burris primary in Chicago." Sam Stein adds Oprah.
UPDATE 2: The Fix (Via Allahpundit): "a senior Obama Administration official said Emanuel is likely to run for the post. 'I’d be shocked if he doesn’t run,' the official said." Cuomo in Albany and Emanuel in Chicago -- it all makes a certain sense, doesn't it?
UPDATE 3: Michael Goldfarb tweets: "My WH sources tell me Valerie Jarrett is at the top of the short list for Rahm's job."
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May '10
Re: Daley, Making Room for Rahm, Won't Run Again
Haven't we in Chicago suffered enough?
May '10
Re: Daley, Making Room for Rahm, Won't Run Again
Chicago is like the dark, sinister cousin of San Francisco.
Sort of fun to think about who his replacement could be though... what sort of person do you sign up to the job if you now have to speak to John Boehner?
Edited on Sep 7, 2010 at 2:21pmMay '10
Re: Daley, Making Room for Rahm, Won't Run Again
I can see the campaign posters now...