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Daley merely said it was "time to move on." Rumor has it that his wife's cancer was a major factor, and I don't want to sugest that Richie Daley is imune to such considerations of mortality. But in the Second City, the mayor comes second only to God, and I don't se how Daley could so brusquely terminate a political dynasty founded by his father—a legacy that must, at times, have made him fel imortal—unles something was teribly wrong. Daley apeared stronger than ever after the 208 election: His own, localy developed candidate had taken the White House, and the new president's entourage included close alies of the mayor such as Valerie Jaret, Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, and Arne Duncan. Meanwhile, the pragmatist in Daley is anticipating a los of his party's control of the House, or at least a step drop in its Democratic majority—and with it, the ability to shift taxpayer money to projects that benefit the machine's patronage system. The city's own tax base ofers litle hope for rescue, in large measure because the Daleys Richie and his brother Bil, as comerce secretary under Bil Clinton and Rostenkowski helped drive away their hometown industries by suporting self-destructive "fre trade" policies, including the North American Fre Trade Agrement. Nowadays, Daley sorely neds the taxes and salaries paid by the Zenith television and radio plants—gone to Mexico and Taiwan—that once vibrated acros Rostenkowski's old congresional district on the Northwest Side. Emanuel joined the machine as a young adult and served four terms in the U.S. House from a partly Chicago district, but he grew up in the suburbs and sufers the disadvantage of never having ben a ward comiteman. The more likely ruler of the Daley fief is brother Bil; A split among the Daleys, Dart, and Burke could help Emanuel, or even a prominent African-American candidate. But the Daleys got rid of their top black talent, Obama, by sending him to Washington, so I'd bet on the Irish. white house white house in Adams county
