After more than a decade running the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Bouton is returning to the east coast, to be replaced by Ivo Daalder, U.S. Ambassador to NATO. Read more
Robin Kelly easily won Jesse Jackson Jr.'s old seat, aided by a low turnout and a big PAC ad buy that opponent Debbie Halvorson couldn't match. Read more
A Washington Post profile of the ex-Congressman from last year paints a portrait of a man in disarray—including naked martial arts at a Turkish bath. Read more
Long before he presided over the trial of Sandi and Jesse Jackson Jr., Judge Robert L. Wilkins introduced Rev. Jackson at a Harvard Law event, and talked racial profiling on CNN's 'Both Sides With Jesse Jackson.' Read more
The Northwestern grad and State of the Union author has a tough task ahead: crafting words for a writer-president who emulates Lincoln while staying studiously in the background. Read more
Michael Bloomberg's PAC has thrown its support and money behind Robin Kelly, and Toi Hutchinson unexpectedly dropped out in the race to replace Jesse Jackson, Jr. Does that leave Anthony Beale as an even longer shot, or in a better position to win? Read more
The Democratic race to succeed Jesse Jackson, Jr. is a packed one—and one in which newspaper endorsements could do some good for voters and the state. But the editorial board standing by its no-endorsements policy. Read more
The Second Ward alderman talks mayors, the costs of his cancer treatment, how we have too many aldermen, his biggest mistake on City Council, what the name "Fioretti" means, and more. Read more
After leaving office, the former mayor hasn't followed in the footsteps of big-city mayoral peers like Rudy Giuliani and Ed Koch, choosing to speak softly—or not at all—and build a big resume. Read more
Barack Obama owes longtime friend and fundraiser Penny Pritzker a great deal, going back to his days as an obscure state senator. 2008 wasn't the right time to include her in his cabinet, for a host of reasons, but he's got a lot more political capital in 2012, and much less to lose. Read more
