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Of course he did.
The reason he had difficulty wiht the question is that he wants to be liked by all sides.
"Oops...I thought she was running unopposed again. Of course I'll be supporting the Republican nominee."
"Wait. Its Birkett? Again?!?"
"I look forward to having Lisa Madigan as attorney general when I'm the governor."
I didn't say he wasn't ready I said he messed it up! The Lisa announcement was perfectly timed to come out right when he hit the podium. (If it was a coincidence it came at the right time) Dillard has reached out to conservative leaders and is a pretty conservative Senator on his own. The candidates who are in now only have themselves to blame they had 6 months to lite a fire and couldn't. And personally I think Joe isn't going to get his head handed to him he gave Lisa a hell of a fight last time and there has been nothing but corruption in the headlines since. In the last run against Joe she spent the money of a Governors candidate to win and just squeaked by. She will have the Democratic parties corruption to deal with, and rightly or wrongly her office has not been the one prosecuting the US attorney is.
That's tinfoil talk, man. Don't go weird on us.
Good for the Brickhead.....his problem will be all of his arguements (which failed to carry the day EIGHT years ago) have now been fully addressed
TTFN Brick
he said I look forward to working with Lisa madigan but i am supporting joe birkett. its easy for the press and his primary opponents to pick up on a snippet and blow it up.
he is the favorite and will get hit by all sides.
Steve, what do you call that wing -- Electable? What do you call the one you're signed on with?
To you and others I say, RTIC (Read The Illinois Constitution). If the Madigan family is foisting some kind of nefarious dynasty on helpless citizens, at least know what the law allows them to do.
Steve, you do understand that is the winning wing of the Illinois GOP, don't you? When the IL GOP decides they want to win elections again in Illinois, Kirk Dillard is exactly the kind of candidate they should nominate.
But by all means, keep the civil war going.
While I'd bet that Birkett would be happy to have Dillard's support, he can move forward with his campaign either way.
Therefore, the only people who might stand to benefit from this--I don't even know what to call it--are the Ds and perhaps some of the other R candidates for Gov--IF the Rs allow it.
A solid argument for NOT taking the bait is that it further emphasizes a vulnerability that is supposedly well-known within our Party and which exposes us to easy manipulation.
Come on. We're stronger, better, and smarter than this.
Best to send a clear message up front to anyone who wants to jump on this that moving forward, we're fully aware that these types of tactics are not going to help us reach OUR goals as a Party and as informed Voters, so stick to the REAL issues facing this State, please.
No you're not. It is going to be another Democratic sweep.
Listen:
By the way, if Quinn is the nominee I just might vote for Dillard myself if he makes it through the firing squad, which is doubtful.
Get back to the TV. You're missing Sean Hannity's America!
Therefore, if there was a missed opportunity to argue that Obama was "not ready", then I'm going to guess that it was because someone might have missed the opportunity--not because Rich wouldn't allow it.
The only press the guy got today was throwing another republican under the bus.
What do you call Sen. Dillard hosting a fundraiser in DuPage for Bill Brady the same night he goes on Fox TV and says he's running for Gov? Get real.
One small verbal error? Are you new?
A) McCain and Palin had their share of gaffes too so why aren't you mentioning those and questioning why Rich didn't point them out?
B) Rich likely wouldn't have pointed out gaffes in the presidential race in the first place because his is a blog about Illinois, not Federal, politics -- whether a resident of the state is running for president or not.
He purposefully tried keeping national issues to a minimum but when he did post on items related to the presidential campaign he often listed caveats such as 'National campaigns aren't usually a focus on this blog, but...' or warnings like 'If you just use cut-and-paste national talking points you risk being banned...' in order to put some parameters on the topic.
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John Ruberry,
90% of the current Federal deficit is due to a combination of Bush's spending, Bush's economic policies like massive tax giveaways and Bush's sour economy. And that's based on non-partisan CBO reports my friend. (The same Congressional Budget Office that Republicans turn to when complaining about the costs of Democratic proposals.)
Ergo, if Obama is a "profligate spender" your man Bush must be a "lavishly squandering spendthrift"... or somesuch. :)
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DuPage Dan,
Perhaps you missed the news but the Feds have indeed been going after corruption in Chicago and have put some people behind bars and even got a certain alderman to recently wear a wire...
We may not know if Attorney General Madigan was also investigating the same or similar cases but that's the nature of undercover evidence gathering. (You don't tell the suspects they're, y'know, suspects.)
Again, please conservatives, please keep talking about Lisa Madigan was investigating Rod Blagojevich but had to stop because Fitzmas was coming to town... Oh, and by the way, she helped Fitzgerald by turning over the work she had done gathering evidence so he could use it in his Federal case so it's not like she was sitting there doing needlepoint.
Yeah, I probably said that and in some ways, looking at where we are now, I still believe that. Personally and ethically he might have had some problems. I think he dealt with the entrenched Springfield power structure as well as anyone could without rolling over and just allowing them to do whatever they wanted.
I wouldn't want to bee in Quinn's shoes right now.
Worse, he gives Lisa Madigan and Mike Madigan an incentive to turn out Democratic votes. Lots of them. Everywhere.
That comment says more about you than them, frankly. lol