Rahm Wants To Run For Mayor After All
White House Photo/Pete Souza Remember a few months back when the rumor spread that Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff, former U.S. Congressman of Illinois' Fifth District, and charades mastermind was mulling a run for Mayor of Chicago? And remember that kinda/sorta denial? Well, turns out the whole thing is true after all, albeit with a small caveat. Appearing on last night's Charlie Rose Show, Rahm told Rose, "I hope Mayor Daley seeks reelection. I will work and support him if he seeks reelection. But if Mayor Daley doesn't, one day I would like to run for mayor of the city of Chicago. That's always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives." At this point, less than 10 months away from the next mayoral election, there's no reason to think Daley won't run for reelection. Rahm added, “Right now I'm a chief of staff. I'm in the Cabinet, [the] president put the chief of staff in the Cabinet, but one day I want to run again.” Mayor Daley hasn't responded to the interview but spokeswoman Jacqueline Heard said of Rahm's hopes and dreams, "That makes him one of many who aspire to the same goal. It is a laudable aspiration."
No video of the interview has been posted on Rose's site yet but when he does, we'll update the post with an excerpt. In the meantime, we'll be awaiting the first round of "Rahm in 2015" bumper stickers.