Alderman Edward Burke, Part III: Top Machine Boss of Obama’s Chicago
As we watch Obama govern, we don’t need to look far to find where he learned Chicago-style politics. One of his professors was Alderman Edward M. Burke, boss of the Chicago City Council.
After Alderman Fred Roti was convicted on 2 RICO, 5 bribery and 4 extortion charges, the Outfit lost much of its leverage over [...]
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Labor Unions: Employment at Wal-Mart Like Slavery
The public relations campaign to expand the presence of the nation’s largest discount department store into two of Chicago’s most depressed neighborhoods took a decidedly nasty turn Saturday, when a prominent Democratic operative compared employment at Wal-Mart to slavery in 18th-century America.
With a coalition of local labor unions promising to withdraw support for any alderman who [...]
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Alderman Edward Burke: Top Machine Boss of Obama’s Chicago-Part 1
As we watch Obama practice Chicago-style politics, it’s time to answer the question the old media ignores. Who were the key people in the Chicago Machine who helped advance Obama to power? We’ll start at the top.
In Chicago, Mayor Richard Daley gets the spotlight while Alderman Edward Burke runs the show. Burke is Chicago’s longest [...]
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Health Care Reform Meets the Chicago Way
The always impressive John Kass in today’s Chicago Tribune:
Not even three or four pipes full of Hopium could have convinced me that the Congress of the United States would ever start looking like the Chicago City Council.
But now, with the Chicago Way White House twisting arms for its federal health care legislation, Democrats in Congress [...]