A couple years ago, I was struck by a long article that ran in Chicago Magazine in 2011, describing how Chicago's Democratic politicians are working hand in glove with Chicago's gangs.  The fact that the police could never touch them based on their connections to Democratic political power was why Chicago's violence was so high.  I wrote about that here. The 2011 Chicago Magazine article (hat tip: Instapundit), titled "Gangs and Politicians in Chicago: An Unholy Alliance," described how gangs and Democrats offered protection to one another.  Gangs performed the muscle tasks to bring in votes once done by political machines and supplied Democratic pols with drugs on the side, while politicians gave gangs complete immunity from police enforcement.  (The article can also be read on Outline here).  It was why Chicago was so violent, why Democrats needed to be held to...(Read Full Post)