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Michael Jordan had come out of his brief retirement to lead the Bulls to the best-ever season at the time, winning the first of what would be a “three-peat” of NBA championships.
But teenage nostalgia aside, Chicago really was better then. There were problems — poverty, gangs, bad schools — but things seemed to be getting better. Daley was following Clinton’s “new Democrat” policy formula: a focus on economic growth, with a strong social safety net. The old welfare state, like the housing projects, was being dismantled. A bright new future beckoned.
He was replaced by the atrocious Lori Lightfoot, who let the Black Lives Matter riots run wild. Voters rejected her last year — only to elect Brandon Johnson, who is even more radical.Chicago is in a political death spiral, common to one-party systems throughout the Third World. One failed left-wing politician is followed by another; the idea of electing a Republican, or even a moderate Democrat, is unthinkable.
Illinois’ votes in the Electoral College are a foregone conclusion. Obama came out of Chicago — sort of — but now he lives among the elite on Martha’s Vineyard.
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