RE ping!
Also ...
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sneed/2772414,CST-NWS-SNEED05.article
October 5, 2010
BY MICHAEL SNEED Sun-Times Columnist
Tipsville: Is this an answer to whom Mayor Daley will endorse?
• To wit: Sneed is told mayoral hopeful Rahm Emanuel was the ONLY mayoral candidate seated at Mayor Daley’s family table at the U.S. Holocaust Museum annual lunch at the Sheraton Chicago hotel Monday.
• The buckshot: And, yes, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart was there . . . but he has yet to officially announce his entrance into the mayoral sweepstakes. Other attendees included U.S. Sen. hopeful Alexi Giannoulias, his GOP opponent, Mark Kirk, and Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan.
The exit door . . .
Hmmm. Sneed hears whispers preliminary plans are afoot to show Democratic National chairman Tim Kaine the exit door by Team Obama after the mid-term elections. (The next DNC chief would reportedly take complete direction from Obama’s re-election gurus David Axelrod and David Plouffe.)
• The upshot: The exit door reportedly will open up onto an ambassadorship or Cabinet spot. Stay tuned.
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FWIW (”insider” posted yesterday)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2601086/posts
Or ask operatives at the Democratic National Committee who are appalled to see the organization totally strong armed into a full on White House takeover. Did you see the new logo? What the hell was that? You want the perfect example of just how stupid and self-involved this White House has become? Look no further than that pathetic new Democratic Party logo.
Emanuel was heckled by angry Chicago voters -——a clear sign he knows he can be elected the “Chicago Way”——with voter fraud.
It was embarrassing watching the news clip of Rahm on his “listening tour.” He wasn’t exactly mobbed by enthusiastic Chicagoans welcoming their “hero” back from the DC wars.
Couldn’t seem to get many people to talk-—some Chicagoans looked down on shortstuff when he tried to shake their hands.
Heck, it’s so bad, candidate Rahm might be forced to raid the cemeteries of neighboring states in order to get elected mayor.