On the one hand we have a web site done by 1871 Media, a quite good on-line company that does sites such as Georgia’s Political Vine, The Illinois House Republicans, Jack Ryan for Senate, Chris Lauzen’s site, and the Illinois Leader. They produce the Illinois GOP site.
On the other, we have the Illinois Democratic Party.
Trending Demcratic or not, Illinois Dems need better than this. Feel free to send this to Steve Brown in Madigan’s office and see if the problem registers with him.
Mike Madigan looks like you just showed up to take Lisa to the prom and you came wearing a Barry Goldwater T-Shirt.
He always looks like that. Always.
Oof. He is pretty severe looking.
The page might suck, but the people with the good pages have that little Circular Firing Squad problem.
Of course, the way things are going, showing up in a Blagojevich shirt might be worse.
I can remember ONE TIME in my four years on his staff when I saw the guy really smile, really beam: When I saw him in the 13th ward walking with his wife and following his son on a tricycle.
LOL—I was thinking the only time I’ve seen him smile is when Lisa won. We were sitting in his Wrigley seats and there was a guy coming up the tunnel who kind of looked like him and I asked the friend if I was with if that was him (at a Cubs game????). The guy smiled and my friend didn’t have to answer.
BTW, this was one of the more bizarre insights into what the guy is like:
http://www.archpundit.com/archives/005989.html
And here I thought this was the state party page 😉
http://www.cookcountydems.com/
I like how they list the Republican county commissioners– combine indeed.
I tried faxing and e-mailing to join a mailing list or volunteer through that site and never heard a single word from anybody. What’s the point of having the website at all?
Don’t think the crayola-drawn-on-the-kids-menu web site is by accident. DPI also used to have an office. Now it has a PO Box. No staff. No office. No questions. No sharing.
Who is the Campaign Advisory Corporation and why do they hate the Democratic Party?? This is a dreadful site. Surely they can dig up a little dough for something better — or get a volunteer Dem web type to do something. Clicked on the “Candidates” tab — jeez. Plus needs updating. I know Obama wasn’t Madigan’s choice, but as I said — jeez. Eye on the prize people.