Chicago Sun-Times: "Jackson slam Daley for scandals"

[Tweed]

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-jesse20.html

"Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) demanded Wednesday that the City Council end its silence and hold hearings to "clean up the stench" surrounding Mayor Daley's "fraudulent and corrupt" minority set-aside program.

"We have a new scandal every day," Jackson said.

The potential mayoral challenger stepped up his increasingly strident attacks on Daley as minority contractors rallied around the flag for fear continued revelations about minority fronts could threaten the program's existence.

"I would not stand here today and say that it is a perfect program," said Deborah Sawyer, president and CEO of Environmental Design International. " it is the best program in this country. It has withstood the legal challenge."

Jackson '07 anyone?

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1. The Daley's are pure crap! They should become Repugs.

[XNASA]

2. The Mayor's job is JJJ's if he wants it.

I'd hate to lose him as my rep though.

BTW Tweed, thanks for being the unofficial Illinois news poster. Since I quit reading the Southtown when they told me they wouldn't print any more of my LTTE's and gave up on the S-T and Trib, you're my main source for local news.

[Tweed]

3. HA! Thank you very much

I'm honored to be someone's source for news. I'll be sure to keep on posting three or four articles a day. I'll try not to let it go to my head and start filtering out things as to shape everyone's Illinois view to match mine.

I have a radio show now on Sunday's from 12-2pm. You should check that out too. It's at www.radio.depaul.edu . Our motto is "Liberal radio for a conservative world". If you listen at anytime other than 12-2pm on Sundays you are likely to hear some general music.

[XNASA]

4. Since Radio DePaul is online....I have no excuse not to listen.

Cheers.

[DrGonzoLives]

5. Jackson might pull off

what Washington did in the 1980's (at least as I understand it). Grab the minority vote and the pissed-off vote in the primary to become the Dem candidate. Thing is, at that point, if the Democratic Mafia...er, Machine in Chicago turns against him, would we get stuck with a Republican running Chicago? :scared:

[Tweed]

6. From what I understand, no

The mayor election works like this. All the candidates that want to get into the election. If no one gets over 50%, than the top two candidates run against each other in a runoff. 50% of the city will never vote for a Republican. I can't see a Democrat finishing in first or second and than not beating a Republican. Hell, I can't see a Republican finishing second in the city at all. The Republicans have no candidates to pick. They have one alderman on the Northwest side by O'Hare and Alan Keyes. That's pathetic to say the least.

Also, Chicago has not had a Republican mayor since 1927. It probably won't happen anytime soon either. Not when 30% of the city is African-American, 30% is Latinos who don't vote Republican and more than half of the whites in the city, which make up 40%, vote Democratic. That half number is very generous too. Alan Keyes got 10% of the Chicago vote, Bush got somewhere around 20%.

[DrGonzoLives]

8. So, basically

The GOP mayoral candidate is for show, and the real race is between whatever Democrats are running, which sounds eerily like my hometown back in Indiana.

[Tweed]

9. That's correct, except if the someone with the name Daley is running

There won't be a real mayoral race in Chicago until Daley retires. Last time Daley got 80% or so of the vote so there was no need for a run-off. Jackson and others can cry scandal all they want, but for some reason, Chicagoans, including myself, don't seem to mind and vote for Daley anyway. Last time when I voted for Mayor Daley, I considered it an honor to get to do so. This time around, I won't be so sure, but things in Chicago are good and Daley knows how to work the national level too. If Jackson were mayor and we had a Republican president, you could forget about any kind of federal help. Sadly, I think I'm one of the only white people who like Jackson. Everyone else I know has a negative opinion of him being mayor.

[tritsofme]

7. Pretty bold

to come out at the machine like that.

No one will beat Daley if he runs, but the inevitable post-Daley Chicago is anyone's game.

[Tweed]

10. Welcome to DU Illinois Forum!

Sorry if you've been here before, but I don't regonize your name. Just wanted to welcome you and ask you to please check in on the county by county or Illinois roll call thread.

Jackson's current position is probably pretty safe from the 'machine' but yeah, that's still pretty bold. Jackson could win, but he would have to do with Latinos. As I mentioned earlier, I don't know too many white people who like the idea of him as mayor. I'm talking Democrats too.