Democrats May Challenge Mayor Daley In Next Election

The Chicago Tribune reports:

U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) slammed Mayor Richard Daley Saturday for dodging blame in the police torture scandal, as Gutierrez inched closer to declaring his mayoral candidacy.

Gutierrez, using the mayor's own words, said voters should consider Daley's entire record if he runs in February's mayoral election.

"The essence of his message is, `You know me, trust me, I have a record, but the hiring incident isn't part of my record. Jon Burge isn't part of my record. The scandals of contracting, those aren't part of my record,'" Gutierrez said Saturday. "Every time there's an issue, `that's not part of my record. Judge me on the totality of who I am,' and that's what he says. This is the totality of who he is."

The Democrats in Chicago don't appear to be one happy family.