CHICAGO (AP) — Now that President Barack Obama has been elected for a second term, Chicago is hoping it won't be anybody's Second City.
He's not facing re-election, so the president doesn't have to worry about being criticized as just another practitioner of so-called "Chicago-style" politics. People hope that means Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a fierce ally of the president, can persuade him to provide more federal funding for everything from schools to bridges the city's train system.
