Hang on folks, the race for Governor in 2006 has officially started! WOooohOooooooo!
Capitol Fax Reports Rauschenberger is in!
I’ve said many nice things about Steve in the past. He’s a goto guy on state budget issues and is incredibly bright. I’d considered him a reasonable Republican, until he and Syverson joined in inviting Alan Keyes to Illinois and now I think Rauschenberger has sold his soul to Jack Roeser and Roeser’s cash to win the Republican Nomination fro Governor. Roeser is a wingbat and if that is the campaign it’s going to be, no thank you. If Rauschenberger is the guy to take on the Blagorgeous, I’ll be backing the Blagorgeous thank you very much. He’s a pain the ass, but unless someone primaries him, he’s my pain in the ass.
Someone better get in this race fast if they want to raise the money and paint him as extreme.
The weird part is that O’Malley was running for Governor and now he either has to challenge Rauschenberger or go for some other race.
In other fun, Chris Lauzen is threatening to run for another statewide office.
I love roadkill. Especially when it’s funny so jump on board Chris.
Wait, That’s Chris Lauzen, CPA.
If Rauschenberger is the guy to take on the Blagorgeous, I’ll be backing the Blagorgeous thank you very much. He’s a pain the ass, but unless someone primaries him, he’s my pain in the ass.
Is there any speculation about Blagorgeous having a serious primary challenger? If so, where do I send my check?
I think at this point, a primary challenge is wishful thinking for…well most all of us.
I figure a challenger would need union backing, a good to great ground game, and a ton of downstate and suburban support to make it work– oh and a boatload of cash.
Put me in the “suck it up and vote for Blagorgeous” column. He certainly deserves a primary challenge, if for no other reason than to remind him that “you gotta dance with the one that brung ya.” Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like he’ll face a serious opponent, even though there’s a real undercurrent of resentment among Democrats and progressives.
On the other hand, there won’t be any danger of significant defection to the GOP in the general election. Even JBT is tainted by Keyes. (Yeah, I know she didn’t want him, and she didn’t have a vote. But she was the chair of the SCC, and she completely mismanaged the process. She’s tainted, too.)
Forget it. It’s Blago in 2006. Whatever you may think of him, importing cheap drugs–and standing up to the Bush administration–has sealed it for him.
Illinois State Senator Steve Rauschenberger Going for Governor
ArchPundit (via CapitolFax) reports that Elgin State Senator Steve Rauschenberger is running for Illinois Governor in 2006 – and suggests his funding is coming from Jack Roeser, who recently backed Alan Keyes in his U.S. Senate run against Barack Obama…