Posted on 02/22/2011 11:34:45 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
Chicago (CNN) -- When Rahm Emanuel entered the race in November to succeed Richard Daley as mayor of Chicago, he was far from the front-runner.
Despite the fact that he was a native of the city, had served three terms as a congressman, and was chief of staff to President Barack Obama and a key aide to President Bill Clinton, he was not well-known to much of the population.
Since then he has worked hard to introduce himself. He has assembled a well-organized campaign operation and canvassed the city delivering a series of high-profile campaign speeches, as well as making 357 informal stops to meet voters -- 229 at various community locations, such as schools, grocery stories, and churches, and 110 at "el" train stations.
He also has hit the airwaves, buoyed by a large war chest, with a series of ads that tout his record, remind voters of his connections with Obama and Clinton, and attack his opponents.
He entered Tuesday's voting as the clear front-runner and possibly within reach of avoiding a runoff. A candidate needs to win 50% of the vote to avoid an April runoff.
Candidates hit the streets early Tuesday amid a snowfall of a couple of inches, hoping to rally voters as the city elects its first new mayor since 1989.
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There, I said it.
YAWN. No suspense here. No drama. We know how the movie ends.
The fix is in.
Just guessing here but was the Supreme Court ruling your first clue?
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