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This article is about the meme used during the 2008 US Presidential campaign. Not to be confused with Political history of Chicago.
The phrase "Chicago-style politics" originated before May 2008. The term was employed by conservative Republican politicians and pundits. Wider usage as a political meme began in October, 2009 when Speaker of the HouseJohn Boehner (R-Ohio) said "Chicago-style politics is shutting the American people out and demonizing their opponents" during a weekly press briefing. 2012 Republic presidential primary candidateMitt Romney introduced the phrase into the rhetoric of the 2012 presidential campaign. Former Republican National Committee chair Ed Gillespie said the 2012 Obama campaign engaged in "classic Chicago-style politics." In March, 2012, in the Republican primary in Illinois, candidate for the US House of Representative Don Manzullo criticised his opponent Adam Kinzinger for his "Chicago-style politics."
Reaction
"'Chicago-style politics' is mainly just a way for him to call Obama corrupt without coming out and saying so", according to Jacob Weisberg of Slate, referring to Romney. "'Chicago-style politics'...seems to have become a generic insult for just about any politics one disagrees with", wrote Chicago-based political consultant and columnist Don Rose in Politico. The Chicago Tribune characterized the refrain as an attempt to discredit Obama through "guilt by geography," saying "...Chicago has seen a goodly share of high- and low-profile officials and operatives shipped off to prison over the decades, and Republicans would like to prod voters into thinking that some of that dirt surely must have rubbed off on Obama."
