Post Tagged with: "Chicago way"

June 27, 2012 08:59

Decline In Obama’s Chicago Clue To His Second Term

Obama and Rahm Emanuel, current mayor and former White House chief of staff, brought the “Chicago Way” to Washington in more ways than one. Not only did they bring a style of bare-knuckled backroom politics of intimidation and cronyism, they brought a statist philosophy of government knows best that has left America’s Second City a second-rate city with nowhere to go but down. – IBD

May 25, 2011 06:12

Obama skirts rule of law to reward pals, punish foes

Punishing enemies and rewarding friends — politics Chicago style — seems to be the unifying principle that helps explain the Obamacare waivers, the NLRB action against Boeing and the IRS’ gift-tax assault on 501(c)(4) donors.