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At a time when Democratic insiders have never been more distrusted, the ultimate Democratic insider thinks he can be president in 2028.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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He couldn’t even get re-elected mayor of Chicago
Rahm’s positions are his silence during the madness of the last 5 years.
He is largely unknown on the national scene. Wait till he gets a little more exposure. His track record in Congress and Chicago won’t play well. Nor will his participation in the Clinton/Carville trashing the women victims of Willie’s sexual abuses. His new political persona just shows that he is blatantly two-faced. People will see him for the rip roaring jerk that he is and he will flame out.
The Rahmfather’s words ring hollow when his real sentiments are a matter of public record. Not that leftist antisemitic DNC operative and pretend ‘journalist’ Pete Savodnik would notice. I checked Pete’s catalogue of scribblings and a love of the Government Industrial Complex and hate for America and Israel are a recurring theme. The Rahmfather is the complete opposite of the ‘no bullshit’ big city guy. He was always completely full of shit. Nothing has changed. We see the result of all the NAFTA and other supposedly ‘more good than bad’ agreements the Rahmfather touts: The destruction of the wage base… Read more »
We learn from the past.
All this “moving forward” tripe is from the Kamala playbook: “…unburdened by what has been …” bull pucky. This must be the current Democrat trope. If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a dozen times from the likes of Pritzker, Schumer and Schiff.
Illinois politicians have nothing to offer the rest of the country except a bad example of governance and fiscal irresponsibility. There should be a federal prison wing reserved for Illinois politicians.
“Now, he sounds like a populist. The friendly but brusque, cut-the-bullshit guy from the big city telling it like it is. Not so different from our current president.” Sure does. On the issues he addresses in this interview, he’s entirely Trumpish.
He will say whatever he has to so he can get elected. The amazing thing, the void of any real talented member of the Democratic Party stepping forward puts Rahm in serious contention for the moderate wing of the party. Just depends if there are enough moderates left that vote in the primary.
Agreed. Dems really need to have that debate between moderates and radical leftists, and Rahm would make the moderates’ case as forcefully as anybody they have. At this point, however, I think the radical left has more numbers in the Dem party, and Rahm definitely has other baggage. It would sure be a blast to see him up against Pritzker, who has anointed himself as tops for the radical left.
Rahm is well connected, 10 times smarter than JB, and has a titanium pair. He will make some real noise if he decides to pursue the presidency. How long he can make the noise last is the only question. He’d eat AOC and ancient Bernie for breakfast and it’d be hilarious to see him dismantle Harris. Walz, Newsome, etc. His baggage is significant but so is JB’s. Wouldn’t bet against him elbowing Pritzker aside.