Low Polls, But No Challenger

No challenger yet, hopefully:

• More than half of Chicago voters say they don't want to see Mayor Richard Daley re-elected next year should he decide to run for a record seventh term, a new Tribune/WGN poll shows.
  
  The mayor has been buffeted by a spate of summer violence, a weak economy and a high-profile failure to land the 2016 Olympics. Dissatisfaction abounds, the survey found, over Daley's handling of the crime problem, his efforts to rein in government corruption and his backing of a controversial long-term parking meter system lease.
  
  As a result, the poll found only 37 percent of city voters approve of the job Daley is doing as mayor, compared with 47 percent who disapprove. Moreover, a record-low 31 percent said they want to see Daley re-elected, compared with 53 percent who don't want him to win another term.

But who's in the wings? Daley has managed to keep any potential challengers either out of the city or moved around internally so as to prevent any consolidation of power. Look at a partial list of potentials:

• Vallas - out of town
• Santos - felony record
• Dart - baggage
• Jesse Jr. - Washington DC and Blago damage
• Hoffman - election loser
  
• Emmanuel - Obama baggage
  
• assorted aldercreatures - jail, baggage, etc.

There just isn't a strong contender at all.

No, we aren't running either.