6 DAYS TO THE ELECTION
From Laura Washington in the Chicago Sun Times:
“There’s an interloper in these environs. He’s stealing voters’ attentions and affections. He could throw the race into the arms of Fritchey, the progressives’ No. 1 villain. That interloper is the wiry-framed Tom Geoghegan, the labor movement’s Don Quixote.
“Milky-complected, book-toting, hair askew, the longtime labor lawyer is beloved by Chicago’s wine-and-cheese class. This progressive’s progressive is backed by big-name lefties around the nation: Geoghegan is endorsed by the Nation magazine, Tom What’s the Matter with Kansas? Frank, New Yorker scribe Hendrik Hertzberg, and he’s Joe Trippi’s Internet adoptee. Much of his campaign cash comes courtesy of the liberal blogosphere.
“He barreled into the race out of “left” field in a broken-down Ford Escort that has more junk in the trunk than J. Lo. Geoghegan has toiled for renegade labor reformers. His law partner is the august Leon Despres, the 101-year-old dean of liberal alderdom. Geoghegan once tried to force unions on the Lettuce Entertain You restaurant conglomerate.
“His story screams champion of the little guy and girl. His constituency extends even into the animal kingdom, says Kathy G., proprietress of TheGSpot blog. For weeks, she has been chronicling and cheerleading the Geoghehan movement.”
