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Depression still is a work in progress. U.S.
growth has resumed, but unemployment,
at 9.4 percent in December, still is too high.
‘DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL’
Obama was able to keep his promise to
repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” rule against
gays serving openly in the military, signing
the repeal on the final day of the congres-
sional session in December.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Obama had promised to make the U.S. a
leader in the fight against global warming.
But he failed to get a bill to curb climate
change through the Senate despite making
an international commitment to cut U.S.
greenhouse gas emissions.
OVERHAUL HEALTH CARE
In March, Obama signed into law a land-
mark bill to revamp the United States’
$2.5 trillion health care system. It extends
health insurance to 32 million Americans
who have none and expands the Medicaid
government health insurance program.
But polls show many Americans don’t un-
derstand the new law and Republican rep-
Halfway point
resentatives voted Wednesday for its re-
peal, although that is not likely to happen.
IRAQ
Obama pledged to withdraw all combat
troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking
office. It took him a little longer—the last
combat brigade left in August. There are
still about 47,000 troops in Iraq, although Obama delivering State of the Union on heels of wins and losses
they have been relabeled as “advisory and
assistance” brigades.
President Obama has reached the halfway point in his four- to office in 2009 still are works in progress, such as plans to
AFGHANISTAN
year term. As he prepares to deliver the annual State of the reform immigration laws and fix the economy.
Obama also kept his promise to send two
new brigades—some 30,000 troops—to Union speech at 8 p.m. Tuesday, a tally of Obama campaign According to politifact.com, which keeps track of his prog-
Afghanistan as part of a revamped strategy
promises finds that he has managed to keep many more of ress with an “Obameter Scorecard,” Obama has kept
to break the momentum of a resurgent
Taliban enemy. these vows than he has broken. 134 promises, compromised on 41 and broken 34. Some
GUANTANAMO But most of the issues he vowed to tackle after coming 221 pledges are “in the works,” the scorecard finds. REUTERS
Opposition in Congress and legal compli-
cations have prevented Obama from clos-
ing the Guantanamo detention camp for
The Supreme Court drama
terrorism suspects.
IMMIGRATION
Obama promised to have an immigration Tuesday’s State of the Union address will be leveled at a court ruling by President Obama elections.
bill in Congress within his first year in of- watched closely not only for what is said, during last year’s address. Alito had been a regular at previous ad-
fice. That has not materialized. Immigration but also for who will there in person to hear Obama criticized the majority rul- dresses, but in October 2010 he told an
reform has taken a backseat as Obama it—especially the members of the Supreme ing in Citizens United v. Federal Election audience in New York that he felt “like the
grapples with other issues, such as health Court. Commission, which removed legal barri- proverbial potted plant” at such occasions
care and financial reform. Justice Samuel Alito has publicly stated ers preventing corporations and unions and would not be attending in the near fu-
he will not attend after the dramatic criticism from spending unlimited sums on federal ture. CNN
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Mayoral candidate
Carol Moseley Braun
TERRENCE ANTONIO JAMES/TRIBUNE
Emanuel vows to fight Until Monday’s 2-1 appellate ruling, poll conducted Jan. 15-19.
Emanuel had been steamrolling past for- “I am extending a hand of friendship to all
court’s decision to boot
mer U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, former the fine Chicagoans who have been support-
him from mayoral race;
mayoral chief of staff Gery Chico and City ing Mr. Emanuel and all those who haven’t A group of supporters for mayoral
challengers sound off Clerk Miguel del Valle. Raising more than made up their minds yet,” Braun said. candidate Rahm Emanuel gather
Monday to protest the court decision
$10 million in the last half of 2010, Emanuel One of the most frequent critics in la- removing Emanuel from the ballot.
by far had the cash advantage while a recent beling Emanuel a “Washington outsider,” PHIL VELASQUEZ/TRIBUNE
Chicago Tribune Tribune poll showed him with a 2-to-1 edge Braun—the consensus choice of some
A pair of state appellate justices accom- over Braun and the largest voter support African-American city leaders—pitched
plished Monday what months of campaign- across racial and ethnic lines. herself as a candidate who could appeal to
ing could not: shattering the aura of inevita- Even the early challenges to Emanuel’s all Chicagoans.
bility Rahm Emanuel tried to establish that residency appeared to have played in his “Our campaign for mayor has always
he’ll be Chicago’s next mayor. favor, helping to portray a politician with been about standing with all families in ev-
The ruling that Emanuel did not meet a a brash, expletive-filled, bare-knuckles ery neighborhood,” Braun said. “Nothing
one-year residency requirement for mayor style as a reflective, sympathetic figure who about that has changed with today’s appel-
sent the former White House chief of staff merely wanted voters to have an option to late court decision. ... The decision doesn’t
scrambling to the Illinois Supreme Court to consider his candidacy. make one neighborhood safer, one senior
keep his candidacy alive. Now Emanuel faces the prospect of ad- citizen more secure, one child better edu-
But with only four weeks until election vancing a campaign whose future is a ques- cated or give one unemployed person a job.”
day, Emanuel’s three main rivals redoubled tion mark until the seven-member state Del Valle, who had only 7 percent backing
their efforts to promote their visibility and Supreme Court decides its destiny. and raised the least cash among the major
viability as the best alternative to the front- The uncertainty could chill early voting contenders, issued a statement chastising
runner if he fails to win back his ballot spot. in the city, which begins Monday. It also “those who thought that Rahm Emanuel’s
It’s the first major setback Emanuel could affect absentee voting by mail, with election was a foregone conclusion.”
faced in his bid for mayor since leaving the ballots to be sent out starting at the end “Now, the voters are going to really have
Obama administration in October to re- of the week to those who requested them. an opportunity to choose the next mayor of
turn to Chicago to campaign. Almost im- Ironically, Emanuel’s campaign had asked the city of Chicago,” he said.
mediately challenged over whether he met supporters to take advantage of absentee Chico, who trailed Emanuel and Braun
the one-year city residency requirement to voting, but now risks having ballots that do with 16 percent support, acknowledged he
run for mayor, Emanuel won at both the not contain his name sent to backers. was surprised by the appellate ruling. Still,
Chicago Board of Election Commissioners Langdon D. Neal, the elections board he maintained he hasn’t “paid much atten-
and Cook County circuit court. chairman, issued a statement: “We’re going tion to who’s on or who’s off” the ballot.
Emanuel tried to downplay the appellate to press with one less candidate for mayor.” If Emanuel remains stricken from the
decision, saying he’s confident the state’s Pending a stay of the appellate decision, the ballot, the mayoral contest could come
highest court would rule in his favor. He dis- board planned to move forward Tuesday down to those best able to find a way to
missed questions about the fate of his can- printing ballots destined to overseas and reach his supporters.
didacy by spinning his repeated campaign military voters and those who sought ab-
themes of working to create jobs, improve sentee ballots.
schools and make streets safe from crime. City elections officials say candidates JAN. 5
“I have no doubt that in the end we will who have been removed from the ballot
ONLY IN CHICAGO ‘The poorest candidate’
prevail in this effort,” Emanuel told report- have until Feb. 15 to file to run as a write-in
Del Valle, who reported having
ers of the residency challenge ruling. “This candidate. But even if Emanuel decides to
about $110,000 in his campaign
is a big election ... that will determine the go that route, he may face legal challenges
The debate over Rahm Emanuel’s residency has coffers in December, makes no se-
city’s future.” from individuals who will say those votes
been a key issue throughout the mayoral race, but cret of the fact he’s short on cash.
Still, one prominent Democratic offi- should not count because he doesn’t meet it has by no means been the only one to raise eye- “I will be the poorest candidate. I
cial backing Emanuel but not authorized residency requirements to be mayor. brows. During the past month, he and the other want to announce that today,” he
to speak publicly about the campaign, ac- Braun called the appellate ruling a “mile- three leading candidates—Carol Moseley Braun, said at an event earlier this month.
knowledged “this was a terrible day for the stone for our campaign.” She trailed Eman- Gery Chico and Miguel del Valle—have all had at “I will be the poorest candidate with
Rahm campaign.” uel 44 percent to 21 percent in a Tribune least one memorable moment. REDEYE the most to offer.”
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Mayoral candidate Mayoral candidate
Gery Chico Miguel Del Valle
JOSÈ M. OSORIO/TRIBUNE HEATHER CHARLES/TRIBUNE
Early voting SOCIAL
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SOUNDOFF
quandary
We turned to
RedEye’s Facebook
and Twitter contin-
Chicago Tribune
gent for their opin-
Voting early or absentee comes with a warning in the ions on Monday’s
Chicago mayor’s race now that it’s unclear whether court ruling. Here
Rahm Emanuel’s name will appear on the ballot. are some responses.
“There are no do-overs,” said Langdon Neal, the Please follow
city elections board chairman, after an appellate @redeyechicago on
Twitter and like us on
court on Monday struck Emanuel from the Feb. 22
Facebook at
ballot and the candidate quickly turned to the Il-
facebook.com/
linois Supreme Court to reinstate him.
theredeye. COMPILED
Early voting begins Monday, and thousands of BY SCOTT KLEINBERG.
voters are left with an immediate quandary: Do I
TWITTER
vote now, or wait until the dust settles?
@videocognito
For now, elections officials say that Emanuel’s
It’s ridiculous! He’s
name will not appear on the computer touch
the obvious front-
screens at the 51 early voting locations across the
runner. Can we vote
city. But if the state’s highest court puts Emanuel
for him as a write-in
back on the ballot, the touch screens can be repro- candidate? I’m gonna
grammed or swapped out pretty quickly, city elec- do that, anyways.
tions officials said. @theseacow
The same holds true for paper ballots that many Good riddance!
voters will cast on election day. If the court rules
@deleteandrewind
quickly, the election board would shift gears and I still say it should’ve
print new ballots. been Oprah’s huge
“We will have an election, and it will comply shocker. Way more
with whichever court is the last court to rule on interesting than the
this,” Neal said. “We will make adjustments, and do sister thing.
what we need to do.”
FACEBOOK
Tom Minota: Get
Obama involved. Let
JAN. 14 JAN. 17 JAN. 21 him make a presiden-
tial order.
‘Let’s talk about tampons’ Tough stuff Friday ... live!
Alicia Kan: It will be
During an editorial board interview with the Tribune, Moseley Braun was bullied as a kid. Emanuel “Saturday Night Live” cast member Andy
fixed. Watch.
Moseley Braun asked Emanuel if there was truth to the and candidate del Valle too. But not Chico. At a Samberg is one of several celebrities backing
rumor that he once told a male staffer to “Take your WTTW public forum where the question of bul- Emanuel. In a video posted to the Sun-Times Nick Tsinoukas:
[bleeping] tampon out and tell me what you have to lying was raised, the mayoral candidate said kids website, Samberg and Emanuel shook hands I think one of the
say.” He answered by starting, “When it comes to fight- generally left him alone after he got in a fight or with CTA commuters Friday at Merchandise happiest people to
ing the NRA ...,” but Braun cut him off. “No, tampons, two growing up in McKinley Park. “You got in one Mart. In response to a question about hear this is Cutler
let’s talk about tampons,” she said. “This isn’t about or two fights in my neighborhood, you learned Samberg’s foul-mouthed portrayal of him on ’cause now he’s no
guns, this is about tampons and how women would how to defend yourself, you won a couple of “SNL,” Emanuel said he’s always found it funny. longer the lead story
feel about someone who does that in the workplace.” fights, they left you alone. It’s Andy Griffith 101.” SOURCES: TRIBUNE, WTTW.COM, SUNTIMES.COM in Chicago.
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It’s been standard for the
past two seasons for the
Blackhawks to honor U.S.
servicemen and service-
women by having two of
them, one retired, one ac-
tive, stand on ice with ten-
or Jim Cornelison (above)
as he belts out the national
anthem before every
home game. But Tuesday’s
pregame tribute, before
a contest against the
Minnesota Wild, promises
to have a little something
extra. Cornelison—fresh off
national TV appearances
singing the anthem before
the Bears’ playoff games—
will stand alongside
his mother, 88-year-old
Kathryn Cornelison, who
served in the U.S. Army
Nurse Corps immediately
after World War II.
Bear down er
5 more CPS
teachers charged
Days after two Chicago
Public School teachers
were arrested and charged
with stealing public mon-
ey, Cook County prosecu-
A little perspective helps fans beat their football blues
tors Monday announced
criminal charges against
five others accused of sim-
Chicago Tribune one, a job or a home? That starts the sufferer to- mission for the ecstasy that we enjoy when we ilar crimes. The charges
As sports hangovers go, this one was a whopper. ward a more rational place, Prepura said. win,” Blaine said of the heartbreak. are part of an expanding
Doug Heasley, a lifelong Bears fan, woke up Of course, the healing can be more challeng- If we check our emotional engagement, “we public corruption probe
to a gray, gloomy Monday that seemed perfectly ing if a wounded Bears fan discovers supporters miss out on the passion of the circus,” he said. nicknamed “Operation
rotten after the NFC championship loss. of a certain Wisconsin team have violated the “It’s a lot of fun.” Cookie Jar.”
“I definitely came in at least 15 or 20 minutes whiteboard at his desk with taunting phrases Randy Roberts, a history professor who spe-
Teen’s family
late to work because I didn’t want to get out of such as “#1 Green Bay Fan.” cializes in sports and pop culture at Purdue Uni-
looks for answers
bed,” said Heasley, 25, of St. Charles. That’s what happened to Heasley, an under- versity, said the loss was devastating but won’t
Friends and family of a
It’s a common affliction called “sports fan writer for a Warrenville company, who also is go down as the most disappointing Midwestern
teenage Chicago girl who
big loss malaise.” But when you’re talking about administrator of The Official Chicago Bears sports event ever.
has been missing for more
the Bears, the malady easily can become more Fan Club on Facebook—which since 2006 has That distinction, he said, goes to Cleveland,
than three years said they
acute. And when it involves an archrival that more than 7,000 members. which lost basketball superstar LeBron James have not given up hope
now advances to the Super Bowl, it’s akin to the “They’re all rubbing it in,” he said. to the Miami Heat. that the girl will be found
five stages of grief for some fans, psychologist Licensed clinical social worker Jeff Blaine, “They lost their franchise,” Roberts said. alive. On Monday, Yasmin
Wayne Prepura said. who wore his Walter Payton jersey and Bears And as far as Chicago sports history goes, Acree’s mother and four
“The first one hits you and you can’t believe cap while enduring the loss at his home, said the another event still tops the list of letdowns, he pastors met with Chicago
police and FBI officials at
what you just saw,” said Prepura, who was en- emotional investment is worth it. said.
Area 5 headquarters to en-
gaging in a little self-help therapy himself. The defeat even helped bring people togeth- “This doesn’t rise to the Bartman level,” Rob-
sure the case still is a top
The key to getting better, he said, is to place a er in a sort of community of commiserators, erts said, referring to the Cubs’ crushing Game
priority. TRIBUNE
realistic value on the loss. Blaine said. 6 loss in the 2003 National League Champion-
How does it compare, say, to losing a loved “It seems to me that’s part of the price of ad- ship Series.
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Quinn to OK civil unions
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probation, and ordered to serve 40 hours of com-
munity service at St. Sabina Catholic Church on
the South Side, prosecutors said.
Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan, as-
signed to the Criminal Courts Building, also or- Chicago Tribune Lt. gov.: End On Tuesday, Quinn will sign legislation that will significantly af-
dered Hunninghake, of Coralville, Iowa, to repay A measure allowing same-sex cou- death penalty fect Medicaid, according to spokeswoman Mica Matsoff.
$15,565 to the city of Chicago to cover the cost of ples to enter into civil unions in Illi- Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon The changes are aimed at cutting waste and fraud, and will tight-
the investigation. nois will be signed by Gov. Quinn on on Monday called on en guidelines on who qualifies for government-subsidized health
Prosecutors had charged Hunninghake with Monday in a ceremony at the Chi- Gov. Quinn to sign the care. Lawmakers from both parties overwhelmingly approved the
a felony count of making a false report, but that cago Cultural Center, his office said. ban on the death pen- overhaul during the recent lame-duck legislative session.
charge was dropped in exchange for the plea, said It’s one of two significant pieces alty that lawmakers The Medicaid reforms were pushed by Senate President John
Andy Conklin, a spokesman for the state’s attor- of legislation Quinn said he will sign approved this month, Cullerton (D-Chicago), who said the legislation is “just the first
saying Illinois “cannot
ney’s office. in the next week, the other being a outcome from a series of efforts to work with Republicans to
tolerate error in execu-
Hunninghake, who directed the university’s major overhaul of the state’s Medic- achieve reforms and cut costs for the state this year.”
tion.” Quinn has yet to
Institute for Clinical and Translational Re- aid system.
say how he will act. He
search, was in Chicago for a medical conference The General Assembly approved Two of the key changes:
has kept in place the
April 24 when he told police that three men had the civil unions legislation in early current moratorium » Medicaid applicants would be required to prove Illinois residen-
approached him “in a menacing manner” while December. Quinn’s signing will be on executions. cy and provide evidence of one month’s income before they could
he went for an early-morning jog along the Riv- open to the public, but space is lim- sign up. Recipients would no longer be automatically re-enrolled,
erwalk at 140 E. Lower Wacker Drive. ited. Those wishing to attend should and those caught abusing the system could face a $2,000 fine.
He told police the muggers stole his wallet RSVP to the governor’s office. » Income limits would be put in place for the All Kids health in-
and several hundred dollars in cash before one The law would take effect June 1 and allow gays and lesbians to surance program, which was expanded under ex-Gov. Rod Blago-
of them stabbed him several times in the chest use civil unions as a way to gain several of the same rights as mar- jevich to provide coverage for children regardless of family in-
and abdomen, according to a police report filed ried couples, from sharing a nursing home room to being involved come. Now, applicants would qualify only if their family income is
in court records. He was treated at Northwest- in end-of-life decisions. Heterosexual couples also could opt for at or below 300 percent of the federal poverty level, or $66,150 a
ern Memorial Hospital for non-life threatening civil unions instead of marriage. year for a family of four.
wounds and released the next day.
Report: Officials botched Fox case The videotaped confession of Kevin
Gold Coast death apparent suicide Fox, who was charged with his daughter’s
A young woman died Monday afternoon after murder and jailed for eight months before
apparently leaping from a Gold Coast high Chicago Tribune by Andrews International, a firm hired by DNA evidence excluded him, was “highly
rise near North Lake Shore Drive, authorities A scathing report released Monday said the Will County Sheriff’s Police to scruti- questionable evidence,” with a detective
said. The 27-year-old woman was found on the the Riley Fox murder investigation was an nize why detectives wrongly pinned Riley’s leading Kevin Fox and providing details of
ground in the 500 block of East Ohio Street. “unguided missile,” with meetings among murder on her father, Kevin Fox. the crime, the firm said.
Authorities did not release her identity. investigators “scattershot, disorganized “In retrospect, it is a tragedy that this Scott Wayne Eby, 39, was charged in
and unproductive.” simple narrative of the crime and the evi- May with snatching Riley from her fam-
Police seize weed worth $700K
The sheriff’s office “made major mis- dence to support it was lost in the ‘noise’ ily’s Wilmington home. Eby sexually as-
A tip led Chicago police late Sunday to a West
takes” during the investigation, manage- of the case,” the report said. “Investigators saulted her, bound her with duct tape
Side warehouse, where they seized an esti-
ment of the investigation was almost non- were too quick to dismiss the idea that the and drowned her in a nearby creek June
mated $700,000 of high-end marijuana. One
existent and police missed opportunities Riley Fox murder may have been a stranger 6, 2004. Eby pleaded guilty in November
person was taken into custody. “Our tactical
guys had a better day than the Bears,” said Sgt. from the beginning that could have led to crime, and they were too focused on Kevin and was sentenced to life in prison without
Edward Sullins. TRIBUNE the killer, according to the 45-page report Fox to correct their error.” parole.