Chapter 852

"You went to Springfield? What do you think? "

Song Ya changed her itinerary and rushed back to Michelle's office of affirmative action in Chicago. She had promised that she would still support her husband's election this year. There was no way out. 96 was a general election year, and she had to spend a lot of money.

"What do you think? What do you say? "

Song Ya didn't understand what Michelle was suggesting. "Just, the office is very beautiful. We talked about employment problems..."

"All the people around Peter have good positions, don't they? Eli is the chief of staff, former assistant, director, private lawyer, legal adviser of the governor's office. He was an old subordinate of the Cook County state prosecutor's office. What's his name? He was placed in the state ethics committee... "

It's just that one person can get a good job. It's normal. Peter's ass is full of shit. Of course, he has to build a political firewall. He has to use his own people in key positions. Song Ya shrugged, "Peter is a very strong politician..."

Michelle smiles and doesn't go on. She doesn't like Peter flock, or even the Underwood couple. After years of business in Chicago politics, she has her own connections. For example, she worked as an assistant to the mayor of Chicago, little Daley, for a while, and managed several charitable and equal rights organizations that demonstrated her strong ability to raise funds and win government funding. Last year, she helped her husband win the title of chairman of a Chicago public school renovation project. For that project alone, about 50 million yuan of municipal funds could be used, and private donations were counted separately.

For five years, her wealth has been soaring, but others will not stay where she is. Michelle is far from her 90 year old acquaintance.

"What can I do for you in such a hurry?"

A cold dinner party is being held here. All of them are well-dressed upper class people. Many people are familiar with each other but can't name them. Some people will smile and say hello from afar. Some people will take the initiative to introduce themselves. Song Ya feels that he can't cope with it.

"Wait a minute. I'll introduce some people to you first..."

"Milton Davis, chairman of the south bank bank bank, is the largest and oldest Community Development Bank. They did a good job in Chicago. At the beginning, they cooperated with the current chief commander in Arkansas to provide microcredit for poor residents in the community to brush their political achievements and votes."

"I've heard of him."

Milton Davis is a rare black banker with a fortune of Anyway, I didn't see him on last year's rich list in the United States, because the nature of Nan'an bank is similar to that of the inner city broadcasting company. It is in a bad state of operation, but it has great political influence. It can also get preferential policies from the local government from time to time, and then feed back the votes of politicians by subsidizing the black block people and small and medium-sized entrepreneurs.

Milton Davis is much better than the sardons because of his good relationship with the donkeys, such as little Daley and the current grand commander.

"The white man over there is mikiva, a former White House counsel to the current grand commander, who is also teaching at the University of Chicago Law School, Jewish."

"And Axelrod, you must have heard of it."

"Of course."

Song Ya looked at Michelle in surprise. Unexpectedly, today's buffet party is full of hidden talents. Axelrod is the driving force behind many black politicians in Chicago. He once helped Harold Washington, the first black mayor, to be elected successfully. He is considered to be the best campaign adviser who is good at selling black politicians to white voters. Like mikwa, he is Jewish, and he is also the top campaigner for politicians, especially for black politicians.

These guys have a very strong influence on Chicago's political arena and the media. If they can gather together this super lineup, Michelle's husband has basically been elected this year. It can also be seen that little Daley's support is very strong, and Michelle's thread is indispensable.

Of course, these veterans will not run to support politicians who have no future. Song Ya looks at Michelle's husband, who is laughing heartily under the attack of several black and white aunts. This guy has a strong affinity. He has bright white teeth, and is shy and free to say something. The aunts are dazzled by his words, and they all start to start!

It seems that they are not ordinary aunts. They are all female councillors with names in the nearby constituencies. They are not so reserved.

It's like killing chickens with a knife? "Wow, so you don't seem to need me, Michelle." It seems that I have underestimated Michelle's political energy. This team is one or two grades higher than Eli, who is close to Peter flock. However, the stronger the ally, the better. Song Ya joked with her.

"No

After years of friendship, Michelle took him to the place where he spoke alone and told his troubles in a serious manner.

Starting from the second half of last year, Congressman Mel Reynolds, a black politician in Chicago, slept with an underage volunteer in his campaign office. Naturally, after the scandal was exposed, he had to resign and step down.

Every black donkey party seat in the federal house of Representatives is very valuable. The white people can't miss this vacancy. The black political circle in Chicago immediately discussed the candidates for the position. There are only two requirements. They must be black. They have a good chance of winning. They hit Alice Palmer, a black female senator from the Illinois government.Alice Palmer, of course, is willing to go a step further in the face of such a windfall pie. She decided to run for the U.S. representative from the original constituency of Mel Reynolds this year.

In this way, there was a chain reaction. After she left, she left a vacancy in the Illinois government Senate (not the U.S. Senate). The black political circle in Chicago needed to find a substitute. The Senate constituency was larger than the representative. The vacant constituency she left included Hyde Park, where Michelle's husband ran for the house of Representatives.

After emergency consultation with the campaign team, Michelle and her husband decided to seize this rare opportunity to give up the representative election and run directly for the Illinois Senate.

Alice Palmer also recognized Michelle husband. In order to gain mutual support, she publicly recommended Michelle husband to the voters in the original constituency, calling on everyone to transfer their support to him.

However, the subsequent development of the matter changed. Song Ya's witness, black civil rights leader and political troublemaker Jesse Jackson suddenly pushed his son, Jesse Jackson Jr., to the federal representative position left by Mel Reynolds.

Alice Palmer couldn't beat Jesse Jackson Jr. at the end of last year, she felt the chance of victory was slim. In order to avoid losing both ends, she planned to break her promise and eat up the Illinois senator's comeback.

Now everyone is embarrassed, because Michelle's husband is also unable to return, and the representative contest in Hyde Park has been thrown out early to make a benefit exchange.

"Is that so? Even if Alice Palmer comes back, will our team win? " Song ya probably understood the cause and effect, touched his chin and said, "is Chicago politics trying to persuade you to obey the overall situation?"

"It's not."

"It's a moral dilemma. Alice Palmer gave up her constituency and now she wants to come back. If we don't back down, we'll be criticized by the voters," Michelle said. It is also inappropriate for her to support us first and then renege on our promises. No matter who wins this competition, we will be greatly impressed by the voters. This may be a cheap third party within the donkey party or the elephant Party's opponents later. "

Well, it's only at the beginning of 1996, and the donkey party primary election is still early.

"What are you going to do?" Song Ya asked.

It seems that this busy money is not enough. In the final analysis, Michelle and his wife are a little greedy. They did not grasp the sudden temptation. They temporarily changed their objectives in the first election and jumped from the state house to the Senate level.

With bigger constituencies and more power, competition is naturally more intense, and the unexpected situation and the need for more campaign funds.

"Alice Palmer has to quit or we'll all be killed."

Unknowingly, Milton Davis, mikwa and Axelrod approached. "We will certainly win the election, but it will be detrimental to the subsequent political image of Michelle husband."

Alice Palmer gave up her constituency and expressed her support. It was a good thing for you and me. Now you suddenly decide not to let me go back to the election. What can I do? Everyone is right to tear it up, but Michelle's husband fell into the fray with black female politicians in the first election, which did great harm to the political image. We should know that the black mother really tore it up, but its fighting power was very strong.

"Hello, aplus."

"Hello, hello." Song Ya and the three shake hands respectively. A top black banker, a top black banker, a former White House legal adviser, and a top Chicago campaign manager shake hands with each other. This line-up and its associated political energy are evenly pushed out. Even if he turns to compete with young Jesse Jackson for the federal representative, Jesse Jackson will have to give up three points.

"It's not about winning or losing, it's about protecting Michelle's husband."

Milton Davis admiringly looked at the man in the distance. He was socializing with a team of voters. Everyone could hold hands and have a chat to make sure that the other party was happy. The crowd burst out laughing from time to time, and both the host and the guest were happy. "He has a bright future. It's like an inborn talent aplus. Others can't learn from him."

"Yes."

Song Ya nods. Michelle's husband's mother is Jewish. She can gather an elite Jewish campaign team around the first election, which is beyond her own comparison Hum, am I not likable? Damn it.

"Alice Palmer has to take the initiative to quit, which is good for all of us, and we'll pay her back later, but not this year. This year we have to help Michelle's husband choose." Axelrod said, "I'm going to talk to her through private channels, so we need you, aplus, to stand with us today and put the most pressure on her. Is that all right? "

"Of course, of course, Michelle and I have known each other since 90 years, when I was a poor Southside kid in second-hand clothes, and her husband was my reference to the University of Chicago."

No matter what, who Alice Palmer is, of course, she helped herself. Michelle is her will witness. Many times she used her energy to engage in anti discrimination. Song Ya has nothing to think about.

"Very good, very good." All of us are happy with his statement. Isn't the support of the billionaire fragrant?"Thank you, aplus."

Michelle was also very moved. After all, it was her husband's first election. Even if such a strong behind the scenes team was called, she could not be completely calm. Besides, there was such a bad thing happening again.

"Don't mention it, Michelle. You've helped me a lot."

Song Ya raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "but I'm going to shoot the MV tomorrow, and I have to go to Washington for a hearing on the 9th, so..."

"OK, let's go and have a movie." Mikwa and Axelrod, two Jews, hugged him affectionately around his shoulder and led the way, "I hear you want to go to law school? Come and apply for my class Mikwa laughed.

Song Ya truthfully replied: "yes, about next year, my undergraduate course will often be absent, it is too busy."

"That's understandable."

All the best candidates in the campaign are experts in communication. Mikwa and Axelrod soon became as close as their long lost brothers to Sonya.

Song Ya knew that they were observing and probing themselves, and he was also spying on them. Campaign promoters are indispensable arms for politicians. Election managers, media advisers, legal advisers and other positions are almost all the real secret people closest to politicians. In the United States, this group is a mixture of dragons and snakes. Some of them are like nomads, with different types and colors.

there are not only expert legal elites like mikwa, but also Axelrod and Eli They run so-called policy consulting companies and public relations companies, and are good at dancing in the local political arena. They are among campaign managers, businessmen and brokers.

There is another example, for example, when Russell competes for the federal representative seat, the kind of rude man who focuses on dealing with trade unions often means that there are underworld forces behind Russell. The guy who can roll in the dirty water all year round will not be clean.

Song Ya does not know how many such nomads there are in the United States. It can be imagined that they are very large groups. For politicians, it's even a selective labor market, where thrift is up to the people.

If politicians choose them, they also choose politicians. Politicians with strong fund-raising ability, high status or recognized potential stars can assemble a very large and professional team, such as the several people around Michelle's husband.

Or senior politicians like Peter, who don't value the abilities of this group of people, but prefer to use Eli's reassuring privacy.

Those nameless politicians may only have the money to hire a bottom pusher who carries a travel bag and pursues water and grass like a migratory bird. If the election is successful, hello and I are good. If the election fails, we are all poor people, so we have to clap our hips and split up and go our separate ways

Their future and personal choices are also quite different. There are those like mikwa and Eli who are willing to follow the "master" and turn to serve the White House legal adviser and the chief of staff of the governor's office. Some are like Axelrod's corporate management, pushing one politician after another in the local area, and expanding their "business" to all rice and even other English speaking countries.

Take the five eye alliance of rice, Britain, Australia, Singapore and Canada as an example. Due to the transnational existence and thread of these nomads, many politicians' political allies are also transnational. Because of their close personal relationship with politicians, the decisions made by politicians may even deviate from the national interests and help their distant allies.

The water in this business is very deep. Song Ya is now accumulating experience. As a person who pays money, he should also understand that money is not.

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