Chicago Firing

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🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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The podcast today examines the stunning rejection of incumbent Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot in a Democratic primary that ended with her getting 15 percent of the vote after a landslide four years earlier. Why did it happen? And what does it say about municipal governance and crime? Also, student loans and the feeling that you’re a sucker if you work hard and play by the rules. Give a listen. Source Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh, for the best, expect the worst, some preach a pain, some die of thirst, the way of knowing which way it's going.
0:19.0	Oh, for the best, expect the worst, oh for the best, oh for the best.
0:23.8	Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast.
0:26.2	Today is Wednesday, March 1st, 2023.
0:28.6	I am John Pauldhord.
0:29.6	It's the editor of commentary magazine with me is always executive editor, a green walled high Abe.
0:33.9	Hi John.
0:34.8	Media commentary columnist, an American Enterprise Institute senior fellow, Christine Rosen,
0:39.6	high Christine.
0:40.6	Hi John.
0:41.6	And Christine's AI colleague and our Washington commentary columnist Matthew Contanetti.
0:45.9	Hi Matt.
0:46.9	Hi John.
0:47.9	Big news out of Chicago last night, Democratic primary ends with the incumbent mayor, Lori Lightfoot,
0:58.1	receiving 15% of the vote coming in third.
1:02.8	She will therefore no longer be mayor of Chicago come election day in November.
1:09.3	There will be a runoff between the two leading candidates.
1:13.8	The leading candidate is a tough on crime, pseudo Republican school reformer.
1:28.2	Person was now spent 20 odd years in and out of school districts kind of trying to fix
1:36.0	them from Chicago's to Bridgeport, Connecticut's to Philadelphia's as well as having served
1:43.3	in state government in Illinois, Paul Vales.
1:50.1	He is essentially like the Giuliani of this race, if you can put it that way.
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