Separated At Birth?

The only difference I can find between Scott Walker and Rahm Emanuel is their position on gay marriage, which, unfortunately, seems like all it takes to win the gay vote in Chicago. Anyway, Walker's been raising a boatload of money because the campaign contribution laws don't kick in until after the election is "officially triggered."

Walker’s campaign announced earlier that he raised $4.5 million in just the period from December 11 through Jan 17, and has over $2.6 million on hand. Walker has been taking advantage of a key aspect of the state fundraising law for recalls — that until the election is officially triggered, the targeted incumbent can bring in unlimited donations. As a result, he he has been able to bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars in individual donations.

Note to Wisconsin: that's a really stupid law you've got there.

Rahm did something similar when he bought his current job here in Chicago.

Many of Emanuel's biggest donors are the same people who filled Mayor Richard Daley's campaign coffers over the last two decades. Daley swore off contributions from anyone with a City Hall contract following a bribery scandal, but that was only after he had banked a large campaign fund.

Emanuel declined to follow Daley's executive order while raising more than $14 million for his campaign, but on Friday his spokeswoman confirmed that now he will make good on his pledge to adopt a similar ban when he takes office May 16.

In other words: "I'll swear off this horribly unethical thing that I'm doing once this horribly unethical thing gets me my office in a horribly unethical way."

Rahm Emanuel. Scott Walker. Same person. Except for the gay thing.