The former chief of staff will hopefully be denied a change in ballot names by the Illinois Supreme Court, an occurrence which would likely sink his bid for office altogether and make a political comeback difficult at best. Emanuel's no nonsense behavior has given him a reputation as one with little respect for the rules which restrict his own advancement, but finally those tenets have come to bring him down at his finest hour.
It is still viable that Emanuel will fight the ruling and attempt to win a reversal in superior courts,yet the likelihood of his success even as the ballots are now being printed is extremely slim. The zeal which surrounds the man will be lessened when he crashes to defeat in several weeks. A write-in campaign has also been deemed mostly irrelevant, as his timing would need such precision and mobilization that at this point it is entirely worthless for consideration.
Regardless of what may come next for the slick president's man, he has just suffered the blow which may come to eclipse the remains of his vicious and unrelenting political career. By the time the office opens up again, he will be helplessly outnumbered by the more prestigious guns of the Democrats--as well as the incumbent mayor, creating a quagmire of dramatic proportions that promises to make his future political life problematic.
Illinois may remain a hotbed of political corruption and criminal activities, but the prevention of Emanuel from seeking the office of mayor is a small turn of effort to redeem the state from its past grievances. Wrong has been struck a deft yet firm blow; it only remains to be seen what more shall come of it.
Andrew Rimmer
National Alliance Vice President for Communications
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