Daley Not Running

NYT

I am running: Vote for Me!

Platform:

Jobs for Hispanic Kids. I will teach them Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics of Course.

Start EcoBusinesses, that they will run, and ask our black, Muslim, and other poor neglected children to join. Think of the Pied Piper, I won't steal your children, though, they will all have RFID tags, you will all know where they are at all moments. I will put them to work for the benefit of all the people of Chicago.

Vote for ME!.

``The nonpartisan primary election, on Feb. 22, is likely to be a free-for-all, said Larry Bennett, a political science professor at DePaul University. “This is new ground,” he said. “We have not had an election like this in any of our experience.” ''

From the NYT link above.

Who else is running?

Emanuel.

If I want to run, though; I have to hurry.

``Here in Washington, even before Mr. Emanuel made a decision on whether he intended to leave the White House, a guessing game quickly began over who would succeed him. The potential replacements were divided into categories of temporary and permanent, depending on how quickly he would return to Chicago if he decided to run. Nomination papers must be filed by Nov. 22 for the Feb. 22 election. ''

Who will endorse me? That is easy, from the Mayor's mouth:

``“It can be the people of the city of Chicago that will make that decision,” Mr. Daley told reporters, explaining his decision to stay out of the race. “The people of Chicago can make that recommendation.” ''

From NYT's Bob Herbert:

``Well, that’s the drum the Democrats should have been pounding in the earliest days of the Obama administration, and they should have backed it up with a dramatic rebuild America infrastructure campaign and every other job-creation measure they could think of, including public works projects for the young and the poor and the hard-core unemployed.''