The Chicago Tribune reports:
Many Chicago politicians have plans to be safely seated in the friendly confines of Wrigley or the Cell, assuming the Sox can get it together this weekend. That’s because, in many cases, public servants only had to wait for the ballclubs to check on their needs and desires.
They got a call or a note from the teams asking a simple question: Do you want to go?
Senate President Emil Jones, the South Side political power broker who has waited 72 of the last 100 years since the last North Side world championship, said yes and is waiting for details.
and
The Cubs, who are owned by Tribune Co., which also owns this newspaper, made the ticket offer to some federal lawmakers, such as U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and that junior senator from Illinois who is making a name for himself talking about hope and change. No word on whether they’re coming, given the national financial crisis and the Nov. 4 election.
Obama,fighting for Obama.
