J-Ry, “OH SHIT”
Emil Jones and Da Speaker just put $1 Million into the Democratic GOTV effort in Illinois. If you read down the article you’ll see J-Ry pulling in more money recently. This is probably due to Hastert’s intervention recently. For those unfamiliar with Illinois politics, Hastert is from the Fox Valley and so is Rauschenberger–one of the mainstream, but conservative, GOPers. Hastert is trying to shore up the party to keep the Senate and hopefully avoid a painful, painful fight for the soul of the ICFST after a major loss.
An interesting note on this is Crain’s Chicago endorsements where they layed down the challenge to the GOP from here on out. The pushed for a GOP to back business and not social conservatives. The fight between the social conservatives and the business community should start somewhere around poll closing in Illinois on the 5th. I can see it now, Crain’s vs. The Illinois Leader in drag out knock down….