Now that a judge has affirmed the ruling by the Board of Election Commissioners that Rahm Emanuel is neither an illegal alien nor an undocumented resident, the mayoral campaign can move ahead in earnest.
Moseley Braun certainly benefits from the withdrawal of her main African-American rivals, but she remains far behind Emanuel. She now is the likeliest to make it into a runoff with Emanuel. A runoff only happens, though, if no candidate gets a majority on February 22. With fewer candidates in the race, it may actually be easier for Emanuel to get that majority. Not all of Meeks’s and Davis’s supporters, after all, will vote for Moseley Braun; some will vote for President Obama’s former chief of staff.
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Emanuel is using his oceans of campaign cash to buy ads that will convert many of Undecided’s supporters into yet more Emanuel supporters. Even now, it’s hard to read a local news story online without banging into a “Support Rahm Emanuel” banner, or an exhortation to “Join Rahm’s Campaign.”
“Fullerton is next. Soliciting and gambling are prohibited on CTA vehicles and frowned on by Rahm Emanuel’s plan for a crime-free Chicago.”
That’s why Chicagoans should consider a different method of picking Daley’s successor. In keeping with the season, and in honor of Hizzoner, we should have a Mayor Daley Bowl.
Granted, this isn’t a very democratic way of choosing a mayor. But it would be more fun than what looks like the alternative—voters flipping a coin with Rahm on one side and Emanuel on the other.
