Rahm “the Ballerina” Emanuel may announce that he’s abandoning the foundering hulk of the S.S. Obama Administration to go back to the criminal racket known as Chicago Democratic politics. According to the Wall Street Journal:
Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff who has one eye on the exit, has made scores of calls to Chicago politicians, businessmen and labor leaders to clear a place at the starting line in the race to succeed Mayor Richard M. Daley.
People close to Mr. Emanuel say he might resign from his current job as soon as Friday, though according to Rep. Danny Davis, family concerns are giving him pause. Said the Illinois Democrat, who met with Mr. Emanuel last week–and who may run himself: “I got the impression he’s very close to announcing. Much of our conversation centered around the likelihood that he would run.”
By sheer coincidence, Emanuel’s partner in the Obama brain trust, David Axelrod, recently announced that he, too, is returning to Chicago.
Considering Obama’s poll numbers — as well as those of Axelrod’s warmup act, Mass. Gov. “Cadillac” Deval Patrick…
… maybe it’s no wonder.
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