Editorial: No ducking violence in Chicago mayor's race

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is lucky Chicago holds municipal elections in February, not August or early September. He'd face extraordinary scrutiny in his bid for a third term if residents were about to go to the polls amid the convulsion of summer gun violence.

Emanuel would have nowhere to hide. He is mayor, and he's answerable.

Also answerable to the life-and-death question of how to end the bloodshed are the other candidates for mayor. Each