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-- John Kass in the Chicago Tribune, Feb. 23.
Chicago, meet your new boss: The Rahmfather. You can call him by his formal title, Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel. You can call him the Rahminator. Or you might join the Daley brothers in rhythmic clapping in the bowels of Chicago's political coliseum, as President Barack Obama beats syncopated time, shouting the chorus of hope and change: 'Rahmulus! Rahmulus! Rahmulus!' Or not. Yet no matter what you call him, no matter what you think of him, by winning Tuesday's election without a messy runoff, Rahm Emanuel is boss of Chicago. He'll govern that way. It's what was sold. It's what is expected. The thing is, he's smarter than the old boss, more talented, skillful, adept, more focused . . . Rahm will begin making moves almost immediately, what with the city's finances in disastrous shape. And he will change minds. This is no game. And becoming mayor of Chicago isn't his last stop. It's one of his first. Rahm's last stop might just be back in the White House, but not as another chief of staff. Don't think it hasn't crossed his mind.