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With today being the drop deadline for next year's elections, U.S. Rep. Danny Davis has announced he will forgo a run at Cook County Board President and instead focus on getting re-elected to his current position, Congressman of Illinois' 7th District, and office he has held since 1996.
There had been some controversy in the Cook County Board race as some black leaders expressed concerns over the possibility that Davis and three other black candidates - incumbent Todd Stroger, 4th Ward Alderman Toni Preckwinkle, and Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Dorothy Brown - would split the black vote in February primaries, clearing the way for Terrence J. O'Brien, president of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, to win the Democrat primary. Regardless of race, with Davis' exit and Brown's ongoing issues, it seems to be a three-way contest between Stroger, Preckwinkle, and O'Brien. Meanwhile, Davis has his hands full with 10 other competitors in the Democratic primary for his 7th CD spot.
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I wonder which argument got to him?
Did he cave in to those who want only one black candidate or did someone remind him that his countywide opponents will bring up his truly bizarre connection to Rev. Moon & the Moonies?
Black, white, or otherwise, if you've read a newspaper or watched any local news in the past 4 years, I would hope that you'd vote for ANYONE other than The Toddler. Honestly, I think that backing TS has dimished the weight that the Ministers Coalition would usually carry. Then again, religious leaders don't call their followers a "flock" for nothing...
I have always kinda admired the long winded and folksy Danny Davis, which is why I decided to ignore the whole Rev. Moon connection. Hey if other Chicagoans can put their heads in the sand on every social and political issue, allow me just this one!
There's no way you can ignore Davis at a ceremony in a Senate office building in DC where Moon had a crown placed on his head!