Sneed hears rumbles that former U.S. Commerce Secretary Bill Daley, who's on Barack Obama's transition team, is less and less interested in running for governor.
Sen. Dick Durbin, who asked President Bush for former Gov. George Ryan's freedom Monday, feels he did so with approval.
Senior White House adviser David Axelrod's mustache is prompting Washington wags to wonder if it will resurrect lip hair popularity.
Scoopsville? Paul Vallas, former Chicago Public Schools CEO, may not have plans to run for governor in 2010 -- but Sneed hears he's seriously looking at running for Cook County Board president as a Republican!
. . . For a country united while walking through ashes on Sept. 11, 2001; electing a president on Nov. 4, 2008, capable of inspiring us all; muddling through tough economic times the best way we know how: together.
Sneed has learned that Sen. Dick Durbin's decision to consider asking President Bush to set former Gov. George Ryan free -- was a journey of the heart that began months ago.
Scoopsville: President-elect Barack Obama's personal pitch to lure the 2016 Summer Olympics to Chicago is no surprise to Sneed. On Oct. 30, this column tipped word of Obama's lead Olympic role.
Sneed's exclusive last Wednesday that Sen. Hillary Clinton was a dark horse in the race to be named secretary of state is causing a furor in Sen. John Kerry's camp.
Sneed hears rumbles a dark horse is in the race for secretary of state: Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
It's a sad script: Former Channel 5 reporter Amy Jacobson, whose controversial "bikini" firing last summer made headlines, is having a tough go.
The latest from Blagoville: Is Gov. Rod Blagojevich toying with tossing Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who wants Blago's job?
Sneed's sore loser award goes to defeated GOP Cook County State's Attorney candidate Tony Peraica, who never phoned Dem opponent Anita Alvarez to concede or congratulate her on her win. Give me a break.
The Big Buzz: Sneed hears Barack Obama was eyeing U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff and was not nixing the idea when privately queried. Word is state Dem committeemen were already talking about Rahm's replacement at the Obama Grant Park rally Tuesday night if a special election were to replace Rahm. Stay tuned.
"I did the right thing," said former Ald. Ed Vrdolyak, who stunned everyone by pleading guilty to fraud charges Monday shortly before his trial was to begin.
