Posted in December 5th, 2007
Via Rich The Blagojevich Administration: The Blagojevich administration issued a written statement blasting the lawsuit as the work of “Republican activists.” “It’s unfortunate that two prominent Republican activists would go to court to take health care away from families,” Blagojevich spokeswoman Rebecca Rausch said in the statement. “President Bush wouldn’t even go to those lengths. […]
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Posted in November 20th, 2007
Yellow Dog Democrat said pretty much the same thing I did. Go check it out at Illinoize.
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Posted in November 20th, 2007
Rich covers the Governor’s stated belief that he is above the Illinois Constitution. JCAR’s Constitutionality has never been directly tested in the courts and I do take seriously the notion that it might be unconstitutional. JCAR reviews rule making which is generally considered an executive function. I happen to like JCAR and think it’s an […]
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Posted in October 29th, 2007
With virtually no one left to demonize in the state, Rod gets a gift from the Trib, one of the few institutions Democrats cannot stand more than Blagojevich. He shows no inclination to resign from office. And while the state constitution does allow for his impeachment by the Illinois House and trial by the Senate, […]
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Posted in October 25th, 2007
Yesterday’s Rasmussen release gave Rod a 16% approval and below Bush. IWU’s poll has him above Bush by 2%, but at 23%. Rasmussen is usually a little higher on approval for Republicans than other polls so the two aren’t that much in conflict–which is exactly the right number is hard to say, but none of […]
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Posted in October 24th, 2007
Blagojevich just doesn’t get it. Via Rich 16 percent approval Given the margin of error his Excellent rating could be from 0.5% to 9.5%. Woohoooooooooo….. Looking up at Nixonian numbers. How’s it feel Guv? All Madigan has to do is sit, avoid headlines, and he, or his daughter, will be around far longer than the […]
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Posted in October 11th, 2007
You are all going to die if I don’t get my way! The governor held a morning news conference in Chicago and said lawmakers who want the new limit would effectively be voting to kill people. I’m agnostic on trucks going 65 MPH because I haven’t seen the studies or evaluated them. However, it is […]
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Posted in September 24th, 2007
I’ve often felt sympathy for many of the Governor’s staffers who have good ideas, but have to operate in a pretty toxic environment: BECKY CARROLL, who often explains budget issues from the perspective of Gov. ROD BLAGOJEVICH, is leaving the administration to work for the presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. BARACK OBAMA, D-Illinois. Carroll, now […]
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Posted in September 12th, 2007
I posted a comment over at Capitol Fax that the Governor has a reasonable point about the House not entering vetoes when they met last. To which Rich Miller responded: He is probably right, Larry. The question is, does he want to sue or does he get something done? Sue. This has been another edition […]
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Posted in September 4th, 2007
Rich comes back and offers up a fairly detailed post about the lawsuit filed by the Governor to force Special Sessions at the time and date he proposes, a quorum be present, and to forbid the granting of excused absences when a quorum is not present at a Special Session called by the Governor. To […]
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Posted in September 4th, 2007
Apparently the Governor is coming up with a transit funding plan As Fritchey previously said: Take the mass transit funding issue for example. A number of legislators (myself included), unions, transportation advocates and interest groups have supported SB572 as a prudent means of not only avoiding a transit funding crisis, but of providing reform and […]
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Posted in September 1st, 2007
Hanania at it again: The point is Blagojevich HAS THE RIGHT to everything he has done, calling special sessions, introducting legislation. ANYONE can introduce legislation through a specific process, not just legislators. Except appropriating money without the General Assembly approving the appropriation which is what he says he’s doing right now. From the Illinois Constitution […]
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Posted in August 31st, 2007
Ray Hanania might want to read the Illinois Constitution: They pushed Blagojevich into a corner. He was elected by Illinois voters to lead this state, twice, and yet Daley, Madigan and even Quinn think that they, not the voters, should decide what’s good for the state. Blagojevich has certainly made his mistakes. His relationship with […]
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Posted in August 31st, 2007
Blagojevich keeps saying he’ll do it, but it’s clearly unconstitutional. Blagojevich said he would use some of the nearly $500 million in initiatives he called pork that he cut from the state budget to pay for the program. Teresa Kurtenbach, spokeswoman for the Department of Heatlhcare and Family Services, said the state would use “available […]
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Posted in August 29th, 2007
From Rasmussen for Fox Chicago 1* How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his roll as President? Excellent, good, fair, or poor? 15% Excellent 17% Good 14% Fair 53% Poor 1% Not Sure 2* How […]
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