Call It A Comeback
The Tribune points out the shell game going on in the Madigan-Birkett race. The Illinois State Rifle Association, a contributor to, but not directly a part of the Illinois Circular Firing Squad Team, is endorsing Birkett. Birkett claims he doesn’t support concealed carry, but connect the dots…
Note to Sullivan fans: This is they way to connect the dots…
The Illinois Leader criticizes Topinka for being accepting of gays and lesbians. Or are they just playing to the crowd like Jeb?
Rich Miller at the Capitol Fax sums up the campaign:
STATEWIDE GOOFS Did you see that Jim Ryan believes the AFL-CIO intended to put George Ryan’s photo on a mailer instead of his in order to continue tying him in voters’ minds with the governor? The state fed says the mailer was done by the national operation and somebody just made a mistake. But JRyan insists there was a vast conspiracy. Maybe now we can see how he could have prosecuted Rolando Cruz twice without any physical evidence
The Redeye has debuted, but has virtually no on-line prescence. If you are hoping to attract younger folks with higher incomes, an on-line presence and attraction would seem to be a necessary feature. But they do have Steve Rosenbloom three times a week…\
And apparently, Steve Rhodes agrees with me.
Illinois Issues does a story on the impact of a Democratic Sweep of Illinois Government. Connecting the dots, Duchossis has started spreading money to Emil Jones so the claim
Elimination of subsidies to Repub-lican horseracing magnate Richard Duchossois and a variety of GOP-crafted tax breaks granted corporations over the years to fill likely budget holes;
isn’t likely to come to pass.
The Back Room is predicting that a Dem sweep in Illinois will bring back straight-ticket voting. Good call.
He never seems to capture the larger issues in Illinois. Ryan has run the worst campaign this cycle with the exception of Bill Simon. Now J-Ry isn’t a Bill Simon, but his campaign has been horrid and he doesn’t have a message. I don’ think he could overcome the cards dealt him this year, but he hasn’t even given a credible effot.
Don Wycliff takes on the amen chorus of dot connectors and points out the shoddiness of one particular twit.
Most political wounds are self-inflicted and this one is a doozy. Webster disclosed and for whatever it is worth, he did the right thing. Pitt didn’t and that is unacceptable. While there is no evidence that Webster was involved in hanky-panky, disclosing a fact related to his past performance in corporate oversight is unacceptable.
Bad, bad, bad news for the Governor and the ICFST. The finger in the dyke was just pulled. This guy probably has dirt gone through a C-14 half life.
Daniels stepping down to focus on his soon to be indictment and this may bring G-Ry down after leaving office. I suppose the R’s will have to stop complaining about Dan Walker then.
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