Obama's White House Becomes Daley's City Hall

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

What was exported from Chicago to Washington, Jarrett said, was "personal relationships that we have that creates a foundation of trust. . . . Some of my closest friends today are people who have been at City Hall," she said, referring to Sher, Mrs. Obama and Axelrod.

The Chicagoans at the top tier of the Obama White House have actually known each other longer than they have known the Obamas.

"We shared a common history in that so many of us did have ties back to City Hall and had relationships that grew out of that experience, and we have grown up in a sense together,'' Jarrett told me. "And then to come here together, it would have been much harder without each other."

That's Valerie Jarrett's Chicago. Also, Alderman Roti's Chicago.