Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel: Happy, happy, happy

By Richard K. Barry

A new poll finds that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel can stop worrying.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has opened up a substantial lead on challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia with only a week to go in the runoff campaign, a new Chicago Tribune poll has found.

Emanuel has the backing of 58 percent of voters compared with 30 percent for Garcia — double the margin of a similar survey three weeks ago, when the mayor led his opponent by 14 percentage points. Another 9 percent were undecided in the latest poll, which was conducted March 25 through Sunday and has an error margin of 3.7 percentage points.

Such a pleasant man. Would hate to see him go away.