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Originally Posted by OrdoSeclorum
I think a non-negligible amount of Chicago transit stuff can be funded under the guise of CREATE. And CREATE helps people move oil and gas and the steel used to produce oil and gas. Republicans will support it because they'll get pressure from the cigar-chomping, monacle-wearing fat-cats who benefit. This is where Chicago depends on Mark Kirk now. Kirk is the kind of guy who can get kicked out of office pretty easily in Illinois. Doing some things that please the urban moderates who ride trains to Loop jobs and read boards like this can keep him in office.
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Good point. I believe he's up for reelection in 2016, too, and he'll probably be vulnerable.