September 2010
09/29/10Why No Heads-up for Rahm If Daley Has His Back?It’s a widely held view among politica observers that Mayor Daley, despite his insistence that he’s not taking sides in the mayoral race, is secretly pulling the strings for Rahm Emanuel. Yet, several recent developments suggest the Emanuel-Daley alliance may not be as tight as suggested... Posted at 05:35 PM in Felsenthal Files | Permalink | Comments (0) |
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09/24/10Jim Houlihan Won't Run for MayorCook County Assessor Jim Houlihan has decided not to run for mayor, spokesman Eric Herman said this morning. Houlihan, 67, who told me in April that he was interested in the job whether or not Daley ran again, has changed his mind “after much serious thought and... Posted at 12:07 PM in Felsenthal Files | Permalink | Comments (1) |
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09/24/10Congressman Mike Quigley to Run for Mayor? Not Until He Wins a Second TermLike Rahm Emanuel, his predecessor in the 5th District, Congressman Mike Quigley has his eyes on the job of mayor—but Quigley says he is postponing the decision to run until after the midterm elections on November 2nd. The 51-year-old... Posted at 09:06 AM in Felsenthal Files | Permalink | Comments (1) |
09/15/10Democrats for Brady?A friend called to tell me that Democrats are secretly supporting conservative Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady because they predict he’ll be a one-termer. So they’ll grit their teeth for four years and then run a Democrat (who is not Pat Quinn) who can keep the office for multiple terms... Posted at 09:27 AM in Felsenthal Files | Permalink | Comments (11) |
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09/07/10Blago Redux: Adam Jr. Wants OutSam Adam Sr. and Jr., the two lawyers who led the defense of former governor Rod Blagojevich, disagree about whether to stick with the ex-gov when his retrial starts in January. The elder Adam wants in; the younger Adam does not, according to a prominent Chicago defense attorney, my source on all things related to Blago’s legal troubles. That take was confirmed by Sheldon Sorosky and Aaron Goldstein, two of... Posted at 05:35 PM in Felsenthal Files | Permalink | Comments (5) |
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09/07/10Mayor Daley Won't Seek Re-election; Jim Houlihan Wants the JobWithin minutes of Mayor Daley’s announcement that he will not seek re-election, Eric Herman, the communications director for Cook County Assessor James Houlihan, told me that the 67-year-old Democrat is “very interested in being mayor.” Houlihan told me in an interview in April that he was interested... Posted at 03:07 PM in Felsenthal Files | Permalink | Comments (3) |
09/01/10Behind Jerry Stermer's Resignation: Insiders on the Exit of Pat Quinn's Chief of StaffI thought I had it figured out. The respected good guy Jerry Stermer, Pat Quinn’s chief of staff, resigned the post last week after acknowledging that he inadvertently sent political e-mails using his state account. Next to no one seems to understand why Stermer, who has spent much of his career advocating on issues involving the health and education of children, especially poor children, would leave over such a measly infraction—three e-mails out of some 39,000... Posted at 03:48 PM in Felsenthal Files | Permalink | Comments (3) |
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Felsenthal Files is a blog by author Carol Felsenthal, a lifelong Chicagoan and self-proclaimed political junkie. Her focus here will be Chicago politics, which, in the age of Obama, extends to the national and international spheres. Felsenthal is a regular blogger for The Hill and The Huffington Post and has written several books, including Clinton in Exile: A President Out of the White House. Among her many stories for Chicago are memorable profiles of Michelle Obama and Rod Blagojevich.
