Experts: Scandal will mar Chicago election (AP)

CHICAGO - The convictions of Mayor Richard M. Daley's former patronage chief and three other one-time officials on federal charges are guaranteed to cast a shadow over next year's election, experts say. And that shadow could grow if federal prosecutors obtain indictments against City Hall officials even closer to Daley, they say. "Most prosecutors work their way up the ladder — and if this case continues, they won't be working their way down the ladder," Roosevelt University political scientist ...