Chicago Machine having trouble enforcing its will in primary

The petri dish of Democrat candidates in the special election Democrat primary for Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s former congressional seat remains teeming with candidates, despite the Chicago Democratic Machine's heavies being deployed to empty it out.So far only two have caved, Toi Hutchinson who dropped out of the race over the weekend, and Patrick Brutus, which leaves Machine pick Robin Kelly and former congresswoman Debbie Halvorson vying for the top spot in the slate of many.Today another candidate in the race, Alderman Anthony Beale, is reporting that he's been under pressure to drop out, though he won't name names.In an interview with Chicago Mag's Carol Felsenthal published today, Beale said that he had received a call to drop out, although he's "not at liberty" to divulge who, and that it was "absolutely not" an option at this point.
The Machine is having to contend with the potential of a splintered Democrat ticket that could leave their Kelly open to challenge despite whatever machinations they deploy to help her win the primary. Beale, an African American who has been attending every candidate forum (unlike Kelly) along with Debbie Halvorson, has been able to amass both contributions and support that make him a credible threat.Felsenthal wonders who put the "strong arm" on Hutchinson to make her drop out over the weekend, settling on either anti-gun maven and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle or the massive expenditures in attack ads by New York Mayor Bloomberg's PAC, now estimated at $2M.Dean Dr Sandhya Kamat said she has requested the BMC authorities to prioritise the new machine's purchase. When asked to explain the delay in the machine's procurement, Dr Kamat said she took charge only recently and hasn't had the time to go through the old files.
Under a post-Rincon legal scenario, tribes making general fund payments to the state could seek to reduce or end the payments. If the state refused, a tribe could file a lawsuit that presumably would end the same way as the Rincon case.The Brown administration believes that the Rincon case applies only to future casino deals, not previous ones that all sides had agreed to, spokesman Evan Westrup said.It was unclear last week if any tribes have expressed an interest in re-opening their agreements in light of the Rincon deal. Representatives of Inland tribes did not respond to requests for comment and the governor's office declined to comment.Crowell, the Rincon attorney, said it is unknown how courts would view an attempt to change an existing compact.