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On this week's episode of the WBEZ political podcast The Best Game in Town, historian Rick Perlstein helps us explore the comparisons between Presidents (and Illinoisans) Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan. Perlstein wrote a recent article for Newsweek on the topic.

When the votes are tallied and the campaigning dust has settled, Chicago’s next Mayor will face an even bigger task: Getting up to speed on a city that’s been run by someone else for over two decades.

Of the candidates running for mayor, two come from the Latino community. But Latinos are the city’s third largest population.

There’s less than two weeks until the 2011 Chicago municipal election. Earlier this week, Eight Forty-Eight kicked off its mayoral candidate conversations with Miguel del Valle.

Race relations can be a tough issue to address, especially for politicians during election season. Alden Loury and Jamiko Rose joined Eight Forty-Eight to discuss the racial challenges the next mayor of Chicago will inherit.Loury is the publisher of the Chicago Reporter.

Chicago may be in a deep freeze but the political scene is still hopping! With less than three weeks to go before Election Day, the candidates for Mayor can’t really afford a day off.