Countdown to Rahmageddon: More of the Same at Last Night's Debate

[Chicagoist]

Last night it was ABC7's turn to host a mayoral debate at the Oriental Theatre, the final one before Tuesday's election. In between Ron Magers' admonishments to the audience that he would clear the auditorium if they didn't stop cheering, Gery Chico, Carol Moseley Braun and Miguel del Valle each took turns trying to score points off Rahm Emanuel, particularly on immigration reform. Now, what the next mayor of Chicago can do to spur immigration reform (a federal issue), we have no idea. In a last-ditch appeal to a wide base of Hispanic voters across the city, we can see why Braun, Chico and del Valle did attempt to paint Emanuel into that corner. [ more › ]




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