What’s Obama Doing in the Middle of a Bitter State Rep Race?
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“Presidents of the United States give State of the Union speeches. They send bombers to Libya, unveil billion-dollar job-stimulus plans and select Supreme Court nominees.
They don’t endorse candidates for state representative. At least, not very often.
But the Chicagoan who is president did just that today, stepping right into the middle of a hugely expensive and bitterly divisive local contest, a race whose outcome may well determine whether Gov. Bruce Rauner or Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan runs Illinois government.”
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