I don't think Rahm's behavior indicates he is a machine politician so much as just a politician in general. Rahm has embraced or at least co-opted many reformers like Forrest Claypool, while picking away at traditional Machine patronage sucks like Streets and San, CPS, and City Colleges. His tactics are those of a shrewd politician but not particularly old-school Chicago.
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