The corporatist Chicago Tribune, fellow travelers with the Chicago Machine, has endorsed Mark Pera's (website, donate, NDFA volunteer) opponent Dan Lipinski, heir to Bill Lipinski's political fortunes.
How sophisticated an endorsement is that? In other words, "What do they know?" Well consider that they think Lipinski is finishing his first term in office - "he's growing into the job in his first full term". Nice going Trib. My how time passes when you're having fun, eh?
It would be much easier to endorse him if he didn't have such a cozy political relationship with his father, former Rep. William Lipinski. The father installed his son in his old seat and is now a lobbyist. The congressman's chief of staff gets paid to do work for something called the All American Eagle Fund, which the elder Lipinski created to pay for some local youth programs and funnels campaign contributions to other politicians. Lipinski, the son, has to tell his chief of staff he works for him, and only him.
