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'''Chicago-style politics''' was a political ] used in the ] of conservative ] politicians and commentators during the ] and presidency of ] to attempt to associate Obama with aspects of ], including ], ], ], and ], in the ], Obama's home town. |
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== Earlier usage == |
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The phrase "Chicago-style politics" originated before May 2008.<ref name=esquire20130511>{{cite web |title=The Political De-Branding of America |first=Charles P. |last=Pierce |authorlink=Charlie Pierce |publisher=] |url=http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/chicago-style-politics-4810720 |accessdate=2014-04-14 |date=May 11, 2013}}</ref> In 1986, ] winning '']'' editor and columnist ] lead his review of ]' ''An Autobiography of Black Politics'' with "It should surprise no one to find that black politics in Chicago have a history that is no less intriguing, raucous, wheeling, dealing, back-biting or cajoling than any other Chicago-style politics."<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=] |title=Black Politics: Dempsey Travis Expands His Autobiography |date=December 28, 1986 |first=Clarence |last=Page |authorlink=Clarence Page |accessdate=September 4, 2015 |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-12-28/entertainment/8604070174_1_black-politics-black-american-history-chicago-style-politics}}</ref> In 2003, ], the founder and former editor of '']'' said "Chicago-style politics is coming to Seattle," which he described as "this whole muscling-the-opposition, reward-your-friends and punish-your-enemies, tough-guy politics," in reference to political campaign contributions from the owners of a ] seeking a ] change to expand their parking lot.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=] |title=A Tale of Sex, Money and Politics, in 'Mayberry' |last=Kershaw |first=Sarah |date=August 27, 2003 |page=A11 |accessdate=September 4, 2015 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/27/us/a-tale-of-sex-money-and-politics-in-mayberry.html}}</ref> |
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== Wider usage as a political meme == |
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The term was employed by conservative Republican politicians and pundits.<ref name=MacAskill>{{cite news |last=MacAskill |first=Ewen |date=4 June 2010 |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/04/colorado-andrew-romanoff-democrats-senate |title=Republicans accuse White House of 'Chicago-style politics' |work=The Guardian}}</ref> According to Chuck McCutcheon, ], and ], writing in 2014 in ''Dog Whistles, Walk-Backs, and Washington Handshakes: Decoding the Jargon, Slang, and Bluster of American Political Speech'', the phrase "took on new resonance" in the political campaign advertisements of Republican presidential candidate ] when Democratic US Senator ] of ] ran for President in 2008.<ref name=dogwhistles>{{cite book |title=Dog Whistles, Walk-Backs, and Washington Handshakes: Decoding the Jargon, Slang, and Bluster of American Political Speech |first1=Chuck |last1=McCutcheon |authorlink2=David Mark (journalist) |first2=David |last2=Mark |authorlink3=Jeff Greenfield |first3=Jeff |last3=Greenfield |isbn=978-1611687002 |date=2014 |page=72}}</ref> McCain's political campaign said Obama practiced Chicago-style politics.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=] |title=A Form of Political Flattery? |last=Leibovich |first=Mark |authorlink=Mark Leibovich |date=September 27, 2008 |page=A14 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE2DD103CF934A1575AC0A96E9C8B63 |accessdate=September 4, 2015}}</ref> In August 2009, ] ] ] wrote, in an ] in ] in opposition to the Obama administration's health care reform effort, that threats were in the spirit of "Chicago-style politics."<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=] |title=Obama Targets Medicare Advantage |last=Rove |first=Karl |authorlink=Karl Rove |date=August 27, 2009 |page=A13}}</ref> Wider usage as a political meme began in October, 2009 when ] ] (]-]) said during a weekly press briefing "Chicago-style politics is shutting the American people out and demonizing their opponents" in reference to the Obama administration's health care reform effort.<ref name=dogwhistles/><ref name=Silva>{{cite news |last=Silva |first=Mark |date=23 October 2009 |url=http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/10/obamas_chicagostyle_politics_b.html |title=Obama's Chicago-style politics:' Boehner |work=]}}{{dead link|date=April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Boehner Statement on the White House & Democrats "Chicago-Style Politics" |accessdate=September 1, 2015 |url=http://www.speaker.gov/press-release/boehner-statement-white-house-democrats%E2%80%99-%E2%80%9Cchicago-style-politics%E2%80%9D |date=October 21, 2009 |publisher=Speaker Boehner's Press Office}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Lynn |last=Sweet |authorlink=Lynn Sweet |accessdate=September 1, 2015 |newspaper=] |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_dat=news%2F12D5C718C8375138&rft_id=info%3Asid%2Finfoweb.newsbank.com&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&svc_dat=NewsBank&req_dat=C23BE832E46446E3AEC1CCAEBDEAF5AE |title=Those from City of Big Shoulders shrug at 'Chicago-style' insult - Slams of Windy City politics 'hype,' 'not fair' |date=January 20, 2010}}</ref> |
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In December, 2011 Republican National Committee chairman ] wrote in a solicitation e-mail entitled "Help Fight Big Brother Obama" that "it's time to fight back and stop the Obama campaign and the Democrats from dividing our nation with their sleazy Chicago-style politics and demagogic class warfare rhetoric."<ref>{{cite news |title=The Draft Dodger and the Spammer; History repeats itself: first as sitcom, then as farce |authorlink=James Taranto |first=James |last=Taranto |date=December 15, 2011 |url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203893404577100453272291224 |accessdate=September 7, 2015 |newspaper=]}}</ref> ] ] introduced the phrase into the rhetoric of the 2012 presidential campaign<ref name=dogwhistles/><ref name=tribune20120720>{{cite news |work=] |title=GOP uses association with Chicago against Obama; 'Chicago-style politics' enters lexicon of presidential campaign |date=July 20, 2012 |first1=Bob |last1=Secter |first2=Rick |last2=Pearson |accessdate=September 1, 2015 |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-20/news/ct-nw-chicago-politics-20120720_1_chicago-style-politics-chicago-politics-chicago-campaign-event}}</ref><ref name=cst20120717>{{cite news |title=Romney’s ‘Chicago-style’ attack |first=Lynn |last=Sweet |authorlink=Lynn Sweet |date=July 17, 2012 |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_dat=news/140146F8419EE6D8&rft_id=info:sid/infoweb.newsbank.com&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&svc_dat=NewsBank&req_dat=C23BE832E46446E3AEC1CCAEBDEAF5AE |accessdate=September 1, 2015 |newspaper=]}}</ref><ref name=atlantic20120106>{{cite news |title='Chicago-Style Politics at Its Worst'? Fact-Checking Romney's Jab at Obama |first=James |last=Warren |authorlink=James Warren (journalist) |date=January 6, 2012 |url=http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/01/chicago-style-politics-at-its-worst-fact-checking-romneys-jab-at-obama/250993/ |publisher=] |accessdate=2014-04-28}}</ref> when he described a ] by President Obama as "Chicago-style politics at its worst."<ref>{{cite news |title=Obama Tactic: Jab Congress To Hurt Rivals |last=Cooper |first=Helene |authorlink=Helene Cooper |newspaper=] |date=January 6, 2012 |page=A1 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/us/politics/president-obama-unveils-aggressive-re-election-strategy-against-gop-rivals.html |accessdate=September 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Romney, Santorum bash Obama recess appointment. Why that could backfire |last=Trumbull |first=Mark |newspaper=] |date=January 5, 2012 |page=12}}</ref> Romney supporters used "Chicago" as an epithet and referred disdainfully to "Chicago-style politics."<ref>{{cite news |magazine=] |title=Feel the Loathing on the Campaign Trail |first=Mark |last=Leibovich |authorlink=Mark Leibovich |date=August 29, 2012 |accessdate=September 5, 2015 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/magazine/feel-the-loathing-on-the-campaign-trail.html}}</ref> Former ] chair ] said the 2012 Obama campaign engaged in "classic Chicago-style politics,"<ref name=tribune20120720/><ref>{{cite news |title=Obama and Romney Step Up Accusations on Jobs |last1=Baker |first1=Peter |last2=Shear |first2=Michael D. |newspaper=] |date=July 17, 2012 |page=A16 |accessdate=September 5, 2015 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/us/politics/obama-and-romney-step-up-accusations-on-jobs.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303933704577529120490625172 |accessdate=September 5, 2015 |title=Fight Over Romney's Bain Tenure Thunders On |last1=Kendall |first1=Brent |last2=Devlin |first2=Barrett |publisher=] |date=July 15, 2012}}</ref> mentioning the meme at least three times in a conference call with reporters.<ref name=cst20120717/> In February 2012, Rove said ]'s '']'' ] featuring ] was a sign of Chicago-style politics.<ref>{{cite news |title=Republicans See Politics In Chrysler Super Bowl Ad |first1=Jeremy W. |last1=Peters |first2=Jim |last2=Rutenberg |newspaper=] |date=February 7, 2012 |page=A13 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/us/politics/republicans-see-politics-in-chrysler-super-bowl-ad.html |accessdate=September 5, 2015 |quote=“The leadership of auto companies feel they need to do something to repay their political patronage,” Mr. Rove said on Fox News, where viewers of the network’s morning program “Fox & Friends” rated the ad their least favorite of the game. “It is a sign of what happens when you have Chicago-style politics, and the president of the United States and his political minions are, in essence, using our tax dollars to buy corporate advertising.”}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Corporate News: Super Bowl Ad Goes to OT --- Chrysler, Dealers Deny 'Halftime' Ad Was Political; Furor Draws Web Shoppers |last1=Bennett |first1=Jeff |last2=Vranica |first2=Suzanne |newspaper=] |date=February 9, 2012 |page=B2 |quote=The following day, the advertisement became fodder for talk shows after Republican commentator Karl Rove said he was offended by the commercial. He described it as "a sign of what happens when you have Chicago-style politics and the president of the United States and his political minions are, in essence, using our tax dollars to buy corporate advertising." }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Karl Rove ‘offended’ by Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler ad |first=Rachel |last=Weiner |date=February 6, 2012 |accessdate=September 5, 2015 |newspaper=] |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/karl-rove-offended-by-clint-eastwoods-chrysler-ad/2012/02/06/gIQAYt3HuQ_blog.html |quote=“I was, frankly, offended by it,” said Karl Rove on Fox News Monday. “I'm a huge fan of Clint Eastwood, I thought it was an extremely well-done ad, but it is a sign of what happens when you have Chicago-style politics, and the president of the United States and his political minions are, in essence, using our tax dollars to buy corporate advertising.”}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Clint Eastwood Super Bowl Ad is Chrysler's Pay Back for Auto Bailout: Karl Rove |first=Dan |last=Rivoli |date=February 6, 2012 |accessdate=September 6, 2015 |newspaper=] |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/clint-eastwood-super-bowl-ad-chryslers-pay-back-auto-bailout-karl-rove-406474 |quote=I was, frankly, offended by it. I'm a huge fan of Clint Eastwood. I thought it was an extremely well-done ad, he added. But it is a sign of what happens when you have Chicago-style politics and the president of the United States and his political minions are, in essence, using our tax dollars to buy corporate advertising and the best wishes of the management, which is benefited by getting a bunch of our money that they'll never pay back.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Clint Eastwood's Super Bowl ad riles Karl Rove |date=February 8, 2012 |accessdate=September 7, 2015 |first=David |last=Horsey |newspaper=] |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/08/nation/la-na-tt-eastwood-rove-20120207 |quote=Rove said he was offended. He said it was Chicago-style politics at work.}}</ref> |
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In March 2012, in the Republican primary in Illinois, candidate for the US House of Representative ] criticised his opponent ] for his "Chicago-style politics."<ref>{{cite news |publisher=] |url=http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/217217-kinzinger-beats-manzullo-in-win-for-gop-leadership |date=March 21, 2012 |title=Rep. Kinzinger defeats Manzullo; victory a relief for GOP leaders |first=Cameron |last=Joseph |accessdate=September 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |publisher=] |title=Tea party backs veteran Illinois politician in House race |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2012/03/tea-party-backs-veteran-over-frosh-074202 |first=David |last=Catanese |date=March 20, 2012 |accessdate=September 5, 2015}}</ref> |
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== Reaction == |
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"'Chicago-style politics' is mainly just a way for him to call Obama corrupt without coming out and saying so", according to ] of '']'', referring to Romney.<ref name=dogwhistles/><ref name=ChicagoStyle>{{cite news |last=Weisberg |first=Jacob |authorlink=Jacob Weisberg |date=23 July 2012 |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_big_idea/2012/07/mitt_romney_s_campaign_is_attempting_to_link_barack_obama_to_the_corruption_of_chicago_style_politics_of_a_different_era_.html |
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|title=Chicago Style |work=]}}</ref> "'Chicago-style politics'...seems to have become a generic insult for just about any politics one disagrees with", wrote Chicago-based political consultant and columnist Don Rose in '']''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/79131.html |title=In praise of 'Chicago politics’ |first=Don |last=Rose |publisher=] |accessdate=2014-04-28 |date=July 30, 2012}}</ref> The '']'' characterized the refrain as an attempt to discredit Obama through "guilt by geography," saying "...Chicago has seen a goodly share of high- and low-profile officials and operatives shipped off to prison over the decades, and Republicans would like to prod voters into thinking that some of that dirt surely must have rubbed off on Obama."<ref name=tribune20120720/> ] professor of ] Dennis Goldford, an expert on presidential politics, said the meme was used by Republicans to imply that Obama was a product of a outdated large urban political organization based on unethical behavior and the use of force.<ref name=tribune20120720/> McCutcheon, Mark, and Greenfield wrote that the attempt to portray Obama as "born of a corrupt Chicago political machine" had no factual basis.<ref name=dogwhistles/> ] wrote in '']'' magazine that "even if you buy into the Fox News caricature of slimy government and practitioners, Obama was never a product of the system."<ref name=atlantic20120106/> Political commentator ] writing in '']'' magazine positioned the meme in the context of "a decades-long, almost systematic GOP program to debrand cities of their Americanism."<ref name=esquire20130511/> |
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