I should have given her a shot, even if she said, ‘It’s your problem.’ I didn’t give her a chance at the table. “Mayor 1 Percent,” he said, alluding to a nickname some Chicagoans gave him to suggest that he catered to rich downtown interests and not to the ordinary residents or struggling neighborhoods. Mr. Emanuel said that he was concerned that he might not have another four years as mayor in him, not after a run of back-to-back political posts. “Here’s the thing I know: I know what that job requires,” he said. I had spent two years with Obama on the front end, eight years as mayor.

Source: New York Times May 19, 2019 18:33 UTC