Last Tuesday’s mayoral election was barely over before I started hearing rumors about Governor Bruce Rauner trying to talk third-place finisher Willie Wilson into endorsing Rahm Emanuel.
OK, let’s run through the cast of characters in this saga.
Good luck, fellas.
In any event, if the governor is afraid that the mayor will stand up to his budget cuts, he’s got a funny way of showing it: by maneuvering to help Emanuel win reelection.
The mayor’s operatives tell me it’s all about slowing Garcia’s momentum—and adding to Emanuel’s long list of endorsements that includes the Sun-Times, the Tribune, Congressman Luis Gutierrez, and President Obama.
Sort of like Chicago politics, without the pious part.
