Article: KUP'S COLUMN

The Weekend PicKup: Most fascinating behind-the-scenes mayoral machination is the effort of top Republicans, realizing they have no viable candidate, to urge their fellow GOPers to cross over to the Democratic primary and vote for State's Attorney Rich Daley for mayor. Their reasoning: That would assure Daley's winning the primary and probably the election, and he then would be beholden to Republicans for some voice in city government, which they haven't had since 1931.

BUT THERE'S THE invariable "but" - if an unwelcome Eddie Vrdolyak decides to jump into the race as a Republican candidate, the GOP plan could collapse. Vrdolyak might take away enough votes from Daley in the general ...

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