Daley Supports Cohen

Or at least, he isn't among the pack of wolves howling for his hide:

• Mayor Richard Daley today declined to join the growing chorus of Democratic leadership calling on embattled lieutenant governor nominee Scott Lee Cohen to withdraw, saying voters elected him.

  "People vote in elections. Everybody knew he was a pawnbroker," Daley said. "You knew. The media knew. Everybody knew that, right?"

  Several top Democrats have called on Cohen to step down after revelations that he has been accused of abusing women, failing to pay child support and spending lavishly on extramarital affairs. In Sunday's editions, the Tribune looks at Cohen's tax troubles and other issues.

Since the mayor presides over a political cabal of assorted thieves, philanderers, pillagers, gang bangers and thugs, he'd look quite the fool calling on Cohen to step down. It might look even more hypocritical if Shortshanks ends up doing a stint in prison himself.