Ex-Senator Is Now the Only Black Hopeful in a Chicago Race.

[elleng]

Carol Moseley Braun, a former senator, became that candidate this weekend, as Mr. Davis announced his plans to step aside and to support Ms. Braun. The Rev. James T. Meeks, the pastor of a large South Side church, quit his campaign about a week ago.

Pressure to unite around one African-American candidate has been bubbling here for months, in part out of fear that the city’s black vote would be split — diminishing its influence and all but ensuring that a white candidate (like Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff) or a Latino candidate (like Gery Chico, a former board of education leader) might win on Feb. 22.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/us/politics/02chicago.html?hp

[Drale]

1. We all know Rahm is going to win

There never was any race, why do you think they are fighting to get him disqualified from running?

[Dokkie]

2. so true

they might as well crown him now. The machine is behind Rahm and nothing is going to stop it. :(