Snackdown

From “never heard of it” to “talk to those guys”

Plus, high profile support for buycott

The ‘Sgt. Schultz defense’ gears up

**Written by Doug Powers As you would expect in Chicago politics, all potential Team Rahm transition co-chairs were subjected to stringent background checks… except for the ones who weren’t: (CNN) – A co-chair of Chicago mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel’s transition team resigned from her new post Friday after it was revealed that she left her high-level […]

“Giddy.”

**Written by Doug Powers When I first heard that President Obama was going to address the people of Chicago by radio, I figured it would be to apologize for publicly predicting that the Bears would beat the Packers, but no, it was only to give a semi-endorsement to Rahm Emanuel: Rahm Emanuel’s campaign on Friday […]

Remember when I noted yesteray how Rahm Emanuel cackled at his press conference after expressing confidence that he’d prevail in the mayoral ballot case? Cue the cackle again. He’s baaaack: The Illinois Supreme Court has granted Rahm Emanuel’s stay. Which means he’s back on the ballot. Earlier today Emanuel’s spokesman Ben Labolt said the mayoral […]

**Written by Doug Powers Isn’t it horrible when a bunch of bureaucrats make you leave the town where your home is and where your kids have gone to school for the past couple of years in order to fly to another city just to prove you live there? I hate when that happens: Rahm Emanuel’s […]

**Written by guest-blogger Doug Powers The Telegraph reported yesterday that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel would quit in six to eight months due to growing rifts with Obama’s inner circle. According to Fox News, the White House has denied that story: The White House Monday dismissed reports that Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel […]

Jilted

It’s one thing for Hollywood moppets and television Muppets to protest Chick-fil-A over the fast-food chain president’s support for traditional marriage. They’re private citizens and entities. But when an elected public official wields the club of government against a Christian business in the name of “tolerance,” it’s not harmless kid stuff. It’s chilling. This week, […]

Hoo-boy. Crook County is all shook up today following the Illinois Appellate Court’s decision to throw Rahm Emanuel off the Chicago mayoral ballot over his residency troubles: The Illinois Appellate Court has tossed mayoral frontrunner Rahm Emanuel off the ballot, reversing the decision of a lower court. The Appellate Court reached a 2-1 decision to […]

Yesterday, I posted video of Rahm’s first morning on the Chicago mayoral campaign trail — blocking commuters’ way and creating a paparazzi logjam. Looks like the rest of the day didn’t go much better. Residents responded to Rahm’s “Telling It Like It Is” tour by giving him an earful. Choice bits from the Chicago Tribune: […]

Rahm Emanuel is out of the D.C. bubble and back home campaigning for mayor in Chicago. So, whose brilliant idea was it to have him create a media logjam and block commuters trying to get to work? I’m sure there were more than a few “$%%^&^! you!’s” muttered under the breath. Like when Rahm yanks […]

Rahm Emanuel heads back to Chicago to run for mayor. Given the wreckage he helped preside over in Washington, the Windy City’s woes look like a cakewalk. Here’s what he has to look forward to: – A $654.7 million city budget hole. – Massively underfunded city pensions. – Public school disaster. – Public housing disaster. […]

As you all know, Rahm Emanuel is preparing to return to Chicago to launch his mayoral bid. One problem: The tenant leasing Emanuel’s Windy City home isn’t planning on moving anywhere. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed reports: It’s Chicago politics at its best. Sneed hears an effort by Chicago mayoral hopeful Rahm Emanuel to move […]

“While this type of scare tactic may work In Chicago, it will not work to intimidate me or other Members of the United States Congress.”

That’s #$%^&*!! Turbo Tax Tim Geithner to you! I can’t help but think there were a few stifled giggles as the feckless Wonder Boy vented. Via the WSJ, here’s the scoop on how financial watchdogs are pushing back against Team Obama’s plans to consolidate their offices and give the Fed more power: Treasury Secretary Timothy […]

Howard Kurtz at the Washington Post sheds a little light on how Rahm F’n Emanuel leaned on network news executives to carry President Obama’s health care news conference. It’s the Chicago way. In the days before President Obama’s last news conference, as the networks weighed whether to give up a chunk of their precious prime […]

$%^&*!!

Toughen up, sweetie.

Dancing around the questions.

The unraveling

I’m reposting my March 20 column to refresh your memories today as President Obama formally nominates his campaign bundler and Chicago pal Penny Pritzker. Watch your wallets. *** Penny Pritzker: A Chicago Fat Cat for Commerce Secretary? by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2013 Will President Obama really nominate billionaire Chicago gal pal Penny Pritzker […]