Yesterday's Chicago News Cooperative article on the Democratic primary for Cook County Board President included this interesting tidbit about Mayor Daley:

Toni Preckwinkle, the 4th Ward alderman, has been coy about her efforts to gain the mayor’s backing. “He came to a fund-raiser that one of his friends had for me,” Ms. Preckwinkle said. “That was helpful.”

Pressed to name the mayoral friend, she interrupted the interview and asked her aides, “Am I at liberty to say?” She concluded that she would not reveal the name.

Attendance at a fundraiser certainly doesn't constitute an endorsement.  But it's notable nonetheless, particularly considering the ongoing speculation that Daley might choose to support Preckwinkle -- either overtly or behind the scenes.

In other news, board president candidate Terrence O'Brien received the endorsement of conservative Democratic Congressman Dan Lipinski over the weekend.