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Originally Posted by kato13
Trying not to be political but just giving a Chicago perspective I actually don't consider Obama to be a "machine" politician. I think Mayor Daley, the king maker in our "Machine", didn't like or support him for most of his career viewing him as an outsider. Of course once Obama looked like a distinct possibilty for president the Machine was behind him 100% (even though Daley's brother was in the Clinton cabinet).
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That's what i thought as well... I wasn't trying to make a 'political' statement.. just was wondering if he had been part of the machine or not... I had thougth of a post-OOoppps world the political machine would have created a major feifdom different from the clans seen in the "Ruins of Chicago"