<p>BClintock, as usual, you have your history right, to some extent, but your current day facts re: Chicago not quite right.</p>
<p>I am an Obama voter, and was a fundraiser for his campaigns, to both the senate and the Presidency, and I can tell you, unequivocally, there are Chicago politics, the last Daley was a complete Chicago politician, and Rahm would have never been able to get n the ballot if not for Chicago politics.</p>
<p>Here is a story:</p>
<p>There was a airfield in Chicago, south of the Loop. The property there was not that valuable for a long time and then a consortium of investors, including the most recent Daiey (the mayor) bought this up. There was an attempt made to get this air field turned into a park, but the state wasn’t cooperating.</p>
<p>In the middle of the night, Daley sent in crews and they tore up the landing strip. End of airfield.</p>
<p>The outcome: a park, rising property values, and a really great neighborhood in the south loop.</p>
<p>Chicago Politics exist. Michelle Obama is far more, or was far more, connected up to that than her husband. </p>
<p>I’m not trying to smear anybody. I completely support what Rahm is trying to do, and I don’t think you can get anything done in Chicago without this group, but he is a Chicago politician. And this is a specific type.</p>
<p>Why else do you think the FBI would have basically set up shop on the pols in Chi town? </p>
<p>All that said, Michelle Obama was not “given” a job as a favor. Are you kidding??? She was courted so that she would come work there and HELP get them what they needed.</p>