tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post116300486889733805..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Race is the thing?Hunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1163202034193490192006-11-10T18:40:00.000-05:002006-11-10T18:40:00.000-05:00Jim, I have no idea what you're talking about.Jim, I have no idea what you're talking about.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1163090477896051912006-11-09T11:41:00.000-05:002006-11-09T11:41:00.000-05:00Picking up on Nice job, Daley part, his father app...Picking up on Nice job, Daley part, his father appointed OW Wilson police commr. to deflect Summerdale police burglar scandal, and Wilson made a difference. But so far, the Daley admin and other scandals are achieving nothing like that. Son of Boss has other ways, times are different, etc.Jim Bowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03032003470886876268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1163077332677635092006-11-09T08:02:00.000-05:002006-11-09T08:02:00.000-05:00Update: Both major minority mayoral candidates (U...Update: Both major minority mayoral candidates (U.S. Rep Jesse Jackson Jr. and U.S. Rep Luis Gutierrez) have just announced that they will not be running against Daley next election.<BR/><BR/>Nicely played Mr. Mayor.Matt Huismanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09972662349345412127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1163044381978847412006-11-08T22:53:00.000-05:002006-11-08T22:53:00.000-05:00You forgot to complete that last sentence....Chica...You forgot to complete that last sentence.<BR/><BR/>...Chicago votes monolithically Democrat regardless… <I> of what votes were actually cast</I>.<BR/><BR/>Voting in Chicago has almost reached 3rd world status. I fully expect to see within my lifetime a U.N. delegation sent in to monitor election results. (Apparently the $60MM <I>repair</I> of the electronic voting system was not enough to prevent, um, reporting delays from the pro-Stroger districts. Last minute <I>voting surges</I> weren’t necessary this time, but it never hurts to have a backup plan.)<BR/><BR/>As for the significance of the racial vote split, there is none. Significance that is. There is virtually no ideological difference between Democratic factions. This was merely a mild rebellion by some white suburban Democrats who felt Stroger stole the primary. (My favorite line from the article describes the tears shed over the <I>disrupt[ion in] the alliance</I>, which apparently was not at stake when Stroger was manipulating the severe stroke suffered by his father during the primary.)<BR/><BR/>At the end of the day, the black community (whatever that means) gets bailed out by Hizzoner (who now will be able to splinter the support of any minority mayoral challenger), and retains control (whatever that means) of a major political post. Of course, none of this will actually <I>do</I> anything for the black community, but at least they gain the psychological satisfaction of sitting at the table.Matt Huismanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09972662349345412127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1163039338873852722006-11-08T21:28:00.000-05:002006-11-08T21:28:00.000-05:00I've lived on both coasts and in three corners of ...I've lived on both coasts and in three corners of the US---only been to Chicago once. But the racial divide there was palpable, and seemed to combine the worst of the south with a veneer of northeastern egalitarianism.<BR/><BR/>Which makes no difference politically, of course, since Chicago votes monolithically Democrat regardless.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com