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| FOXX: The official choice of Dem party |
With
the party deciding to slate her bid over that of incumbent State’s Attorney
Anita Alvarez and challenger Donna More, it means that the political operatives
in charge of getting people to actually turn out and vote for Democrats on
March 15 will be under orders to stress votes for Foxx.
OR,
IF THEY happen to be among those people who just can’t bring themselves to vote
for the woman who was once chief of staff to county board President Toni
Preckwinkle, they will be under orders to keep their mouths shut and do nothing
to interfere with Foxx’ campaign operations.
Personally,
I remain unsure how the election for a new state’s attorney this year will turn
out.
I
don’t doubt that people upset by incidents involving police violence against
black people will be in place, and there will be some people more than willing
to see incumbent Alvarez go as punishment for the fact it took her office about
a full year to decide to prosecute the Chicago cop who shot Laquan McDonald to
death.
Even
those who I’m sure want to protect the interests of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Sacrifice Anita, but keep Rahm!
BUT
THE FACT is that Foxx will not be in a head-to-head political fight against
Alvarez come the Democratic primary. More, a one-time federal prosecutor who
also has been involved with the Illinois Gaming Board, has her own share of
supporters.
The
overly-simplistic way of viewing this fight is to say Foxx will dominate the
South Side and suburbs where significant numbers of African-American people
live (she is a resident of suburban Flossmoor), while More will be the
preferred opposition to Alvarez for North Side and suburban voters who are
overwhelmingly white.
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| PRECKWINKLE: Will she decide election? |
Which
could result in a split that gives Alvarez just enough voters to win a
three-way fight.
So
what does this decision to slate Foxx really mean?
IF
IT IS a factor in getting North Side and suburban political types to get on
board with the program for Foxx, it could be significant. It could be what
enables her share of the vote to top Alvarez – particularly if it drives More’s
campaign into irrelevancy.
But
the one thing I have learned about being around political people is their talk
in public often does not match their actions.
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| RAUNER: Will ties help, or hurt, More? |
I
could very easily envision a whole batch of whispering taking place up north
that enables More to keep getting voter support – even though publicly the
officials will claim they’re going along with the political party’s pick on
Thursday.
For
all I know, the fact that More has a record of financial ties (as in campaign
contributions) to Gov. Bruce Rauner could wind up being a boost for herself –
even though I’m sure both Alvarez and Foxx will go out of their way to make
More out to be the governor’s lackey because of it.
IN
SHORT, I remain confused about how this particular election will turn out – and
remain convinced that the race for Cook County state’s attorney will be the
prime campaign at stake on March 15.
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| ALVAREZ: Any love for Anita these days? |
U.S.
president? Forget it! Who really cares which of those clowns running in both
major party’s political primaries manages to take Illinois voter supports? Just
a bit more evidence of the overly-local tendencies Chicago and suburban voters
tend to have when it comes time to walk into the voting booth on Election Day!
And
one that could provide yet another anecdotal story about how the political
parties just don’t mean as much these days as they did in the days of “the
Machine” when “Boss Daley” could bark orders at who should get elected to
office.
Somehow,
I don’t think Preckwinkle has the same boss-like tendencies.
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