Presidential Primary - Patricks Day Parade - Times - Pols

BY DAVE MCKINNEY AND FRANK MAIN Staff Reporters

A female strolling upon E. Monroe St. together with a great Irish flag through the St. Patrick's Day Saturday, March 17, 2012, around Chicago. John J. Kim Sun-Times

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Chicago s St. Patrick utes Day parade unfolded Saturday in the middle of record-breaking warmth, bagpipes, some sort of weighty serving of politicking in addition to green where that eye could possibly see.

Eighty-two degrees, them verts most of all downhill next year, Mayor Rahm Emanuel told a crowd court arrest projected at 350,000. We can easily t conquer this.

Emanuel strolled the Columbus Drive route with Gov. Pat Quinn, U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) as well as the primary minister with Ireland, Enda Kenny, who referred to the particular Grant Park parade for a very good chance to enjoy Ireland along with just what it really is being Irish.

Despite the massive crowd, police arrest described no arrests during the parade.

Absent coming from your celebration had been Republican presidential individuals Mitt Romney along with Rick Santorum, that campaigned in this article Friday in addition to have been predicted to come back before Tuesday azines country wide witnessed Illinois primary.

After walking in line inside parade, Quinn criticized the GOP candidates duking it out and about along at the top rated of the particular get together s ticket.

They have a really slim message, this type of pessimistic message, Quinn advised reporters.

Republican Judy Baar Topinka, this assert comptroller, wouldn t give a prediction inside the presidential main but aware their poisonous firmness is harmful the girl party.

Much similar to Barbara Bush said, I assume all of us lso are publishing the particular script pertaining to Obama for all practical purposes. Coming away from a journalism background, I might already start out croping and editing just what exactly azines becoming mentioned along with getting it straight into commercials throughout my personal head, mentioned Topinka, that hasn t endorsed anybody inside presidential primary .

I just don capital t imagine it vertisements balanced to become banging with each some other such as that. It will need to become more civil. I don t in this way whole election. I don t including the way it vertisements moving as well as course the idea verts taking, she said.