Alright Folks, The Line For Running for Congress Forms on the Right.. Now Serving Number 26..

Twenty-Six Candidates Sign Up for Rahm Emanuel's Old Seat.

You know, there used to be a time when you couldn't pay people to run for office. Anytime a guy like me can run for Congress and get 22% in 90 days tells you something. The fact that I probably could have won the primary in 2006 tells you more.. They don't have that problem in Chicago.

The seat vacated by Rahm Emanuel to become Barack Obama's Chief of Staff will have their elections in March. How many people have paid to run for the seat? Five? Seven ? Ten? Uhhh, how about TWENTY-SIX ??!!!

Yesiree Bob, fifteen Democrats, six Republicans and even five members of that kooky Green Party have filed and put up the $3300 to succeed Ari Gold's prototype's brother. Does that make any sense? They vary from state reps. to City aldermen to county commissioners to the head of the state Minutemen Project. So far, the frontrunner on the Democrats side has a whopping 19%. Yes, there will surely be a runoff, then the General Election, so whoever wins will need the power to last three elections in a just a few months.

Neither Emanuel or Barack Obama are endorsing anyone, and why would they? Emanuel endorsing someone for his old little congressional seat is like me endorsing someone for my old Senate seat in college. I've moved on, so has Emanuel and Obama. Illinois is far in their rearview mirror.....

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