He's really bad at optics.

by Jim (fisherj08) @, A Samoan kid's laptop, Tuesday, March 03, 2015, 07:47 (3313 days ago) @ Mike (bart)

Two recent moments of the Emanuel mayoral regime:

1) Closing schools when he was on a ski vacation in Utah

2) Rahm's street perfectly plowed while the south side of Chicago was engulfed in snow.

People remember that stuff. And especially when he's running against a guy who represents the forgotten part of Chicago, AND he has a reputation for only caring about the North Side, it makes him especially vulnerable.

Plus, as you say, for a guy who worked for Barack Obama, he's dismal at campaigning. But given how notoriously bad his tenure as White House Chief of Staff was, we probably shouldn't be too surprised that he's bad at managing people.


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