So, does Rahm's victory in Chicago tell us anything?

[MineralMan]

20. You don't know how I see things.

You claim that I don't see money as a problem. You're wrong. I do, however, see it as a reality we have to deal with. Changes in campaign financing are a long way off, and to get them, we have to win. I can't affect how campaigns are financed, so I have to deal with things as they are, whether I like them or not. I don't have to accept them or support them, but they are a reality.

I do not have time to speculate on what might be or what could be someday. There's an election coming up. There's one this year, but it's a local election in Minnesota, and is all about mayors and council members and school boards. Not all that much money is spent in those elections, but they make a huge difference to people.

Turnout will be very low, as it is in all odd-year elections. It's a time when progressives can make a big difference, if they will turn out and vote. And yet, they don't. In fact, the only faces I see at the polling place are those who vote in absolutely every election. They will always show up.