"Two credible presidential campaigns launched from Chicago would inevitably put the city into the center of the national conversation, and the history of the rise of Barack Obama teaches us that we always do better when we land there, even if dirty laundry inevitably gets aired.... Today’s Chicago must fight against decline and marginalization. Those are the greater enemies than any local skeletons in a politician’s closet." Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case
November 5, 2026
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Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a “canary in a coal mine” for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
Among the consequences of economic growth that badly lags national averages are billions of lost revenue every year. Yet denial reigns in Illinois, fueling the vicious cycle of demand for higher taxes.
Laurel and Hardy. Abbot and Costello. Kramden and Norten. Catch my drift. Fat and skinny.
Rumor has it that JB’s private polling re support outside of Illinois is not great. He is hard, hard left. He is short and fat which doesn’t make for great visuals. And in too many states– even battleground states– it is not a popular position to have “fight the President” as your battle cry.
Rahm is smarter, and much more moderate. But when he gets broader exposure and his rotten personality becomes exposed, he will drop like a rock in polls also.
Credible ? A bully with a penchant for ballet run out of office for trying to hide a police shooting and a Marxist moron trust fund baby? That’s some chronic weed being burned in the newsroom at the Trib!
The how to destroy anything you in charge of crew.
JB must be convinced had can win a third term, I’m not as sure.
He loses the Governor race, not only the presidential is over but so is his career in politics.
JB MUST be defeated!
Two terrible choices for da Dems.
If Pee Wee Herman were still alive he would be a better choice!!
“Credible”?
I couldn’t agree more. The race would put the spotlight on all the failures in Illinois and Chicago, which would be enormously educational for both Illinois and the nation.