Reply #76: Have to disagree about Chicago

[Hailtothechimp]

You say it's not particularly progressive, but consider who hails from Chicago:

Both Jesse Jacksons
Rahm Emanual
Barack Obama
Governor Blago
Jesse White
Lisa Madigan
Bobby Rush
Danny Davis
Luis Gutierrez

Chicago went 82% for John Kerry last time around. Living in this city, I can't think of any real conservative types I know (and I don't live in Hyde Park or the Gold Coast).

Evanston and Oak Park are both fine and dandy, but the truth is that Chicago is the difference between Illinois being a red state (like Indiana, Iowa, and Missouri are) and the blue state that it is. Illinois is indeed blue, but only because Chicago has the numbers to drown out the people in DuPage County and beyond. So think twice before bashing my city.