We all knew what you meant.

As it should be. No politician should just get a pass on policies you disagree with. In this case, I'm not sure how much worse the alternatives could be.

If any dem voter had a hesitation voting for Mamdani, this endorsement should end that.

He hasn't been a typical "DC" establishment dem, you mean. He's not Corey booker. He's very much a typical Illinois establishment dem.

How he got there? His predecessor gave him the seat.

Sadly, I do think of someone who has spent 40 years as a force in their state Democratic politics as establishment. You keep calling him an outsider, it's cute.

Using the power of your elected office to bypass a primary is the height of establishment privilege. Oh, he didn't always toe the line? Cool. Used his office to make backroom deals? Establishment trick. Bequeaths office to personal choice? Establishment trick. Dude showed who he was.

Go ahead, defend what he did. Defend what his predecessor did. Explain how that isnt establishment politics.

Shameful failure to be journalists. You had a good run, 60 minutes. Infotainment all the way down, I guess.

Sorry, my time in Illinois wasn't in Chicago. Do only Chicago folks get to have an opinion? Good to know.

The guy who has been called a "fixture of Illinois politics" for four decades? Sure, "outsider".

Six days before the deadline to file petitions to run in the 2018 election, Congressman Luis Gutiérrez pulled his petition. Garcia was his chosen successor. He acts like this seat is property the established politician gets to pass on. Sorry we pointed out the facts on another old guy Democrat.

Gee, why do young Democrats hate the establishment Dems?

Guess they shouldn't have gutted cybersecurity

You know it's satire, though, right?

It's not a bizarre obsession with grooming, it's a way to attack African American soldiers.

There were anti-trump messages on the hand rail. They said, "Anti-Trump."

They Might Be Giants!

Yet, your article says it is because of his deep concern. Bullshit. Trump has no deep concern, he's letting an anti-science heroin addict make the decisions in the face of massive evidence to the contrary. Politico softballing it is part of the problem.