Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel is discovering that being an aggressive and ruthless Democrat in a solidly blue city may not be enough to get re-elected, despite having friends in both the Clinton and Obama camps of the Democratic Party. Break out the world’s smallest violin in sympathy. It’s no secret that presidential dreams have haunted Emanuel for many years, but falling flat in his face in Chicago could ruin his aspiratins. Writing in City Journal, Aaron M. Renn describes Rahm’s current problems: It’s been a tough few weeks for Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel. A string of setbacks have left him politically vulnerable for the first time since he took office in 2011. According to a recent Chicago Sun-Times poll, city voters don’t think he’s doing any better than his predecessor, Richard M. Daley. His reelection bid, the Sun-Times reports, is “on the ropes,” despite a $7 million campaign war chest. Given a hypothetical list of...(Read Full Post)