 President Barack Obama has established that he's done with Congress for the rest of his term. Feeling chumped after Republicans wouldn't reach agreement with him on a broad deficit-reduction agreement, Obama has decided its time to campaign against GOP leadership of the House and Senate.  | Zorn: Young Republican sees Romney as a winner … Today, Chicago attorney and political commentator Kyle Stone, executive board secretary of the Chicago Young Republicans, joins Tribune columnist Eric Zorn for a dialogue about the presidential race. |  | Reining in those pesky protesters Using May's G-8 and NATO summits as the trigger, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has proposed sweeping changes that would greatly restrict public assembly in Chicago. Among the new measures: | | Abuse and reform The realization that Illinois' public pension system is broken — and gradually approaching broke — now has Illinois' top Democratic leaders saying they're determined to find solutions. Or maybe they sense that their management of state finances, with their pension debacle as Exhibit A, could have devastating consequences for their party in the November general election. Whatever the motive — we'll all know soon enough — Illinois' top Dems are edging away from their years-long strategy of delay and denial: | |  | |
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