Chicago Confidential January 31, 2010 | By Melissa Harris Chicago attorneys Lewis Manilow and Patrick Giordano don't pretend to be pulling the strings behind President Barack Obama's push for high-speed rail. But they do admit to being very persistent. For more than a year, Manilow and Giordano have prodded two of their most influential friends -- White House advisers Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod -- about high-speed rail. Manilow is friends ...