The Chicago Sun-Times jumped into the Edelman saga and added some new information.
Their headline: Braggart angers teachers’ union after tough negotiations over reform bill.
Edelman was recruited to Illinois by Bruce Rauner, a Republican venture capitalist and former client of Mayor Rahm Emanuel who helped make Emanuel a millionaire when Emanuel was an investment banker. Because Rauner is Republican, Edelman said some expected his group to fund Republican candidates.
But Edelman said he realized Madigan was the game in Illinois and so he funded six of Madigan’s Democratic legislative candidates and only three Republicans.
Fred Klonsky 