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Of course that all assumes that Debbie actually controls the rules committee, which of course she does not. I think in a show of good faith, she should resign her position of Rules Chairman in disgust. It would probably win her some media points, and further solidify her congressional victory. What does she care if she is the Rules chairman for 8 more months of hell?
Greenberg seems to be running his campaign with the same skill he runs his personal businesses.
Either of his primary opponents was a better candidate.
A third airport built as a jobs/contracts cash cow is a horrible use of resources and an environmental blight. With soon-to-be $125 oil, I don't know if the future holds a need for expanded passenger capacity.
Color me an idealist, but maybe that's part of the reason our system is broken?
Sen. Debbie Halvorson has been carrying bills for Blago for years. She is basically second in charge of the Senate. She is one of the people that run the Senate. She's not going to let this recall thing move because she and Emil are Blago's partners.
When Pat Welch lost his seat Sen. Debbie Halvorson took over a bunch of Blago's agenda in the Senate and she is as smary and tough as they come. If she had any interest in moving the recall measure, you had better believe it would get done.
After all, she can move the entire state budget to passage in three hours flat and she can even move med mal caps right over the trial lawyers.
Have your laugh about Greenberg - but expect Halvorson to lose to whomever the Repubs slate because her buddy Blago is going to be the albatross around her neck.
Is it official that Ozinga is the R's candidate now?
The Trib reporters must have phoned this one in...
The 2008 election is going to be a referendum on the last 8 years of Republican governance in Washington DC. It's definitely a national election,unlikely to be affected by local issues like the recall intiative, which I support. On this basis, I'd conclude that Halvorson will prevail in her race to succeed Jerry Weller. If I were Mark Kirk, I'd expect to be defeated too, if Obama is the nominee.
After 2008, I foresee the possibilty that Illinois Republicans might be able to begin rising from the ashes of a landslide defeat, given the extreme level of Democratic dysfunction in Springfield. I'd vote for a credible moderate Republican for Cook County Board President if Todd Stroger is renominated.I'd defintely vote for a moderate Republican for Governor if Blago were nominated for another term as a result of a multi-candidate Democratic primary.
Kirk might emerge as a credible Gubernatorial candidate even if he loses his Congressional race. People are going to be really fed up with the State Democratic party leadership of State government by 2010,if present trends continue.
Either she is the Senate Majority Leader or she isn't. She is either running the Rules Committee or she isn't. She is either supporting the recall or she isn't. Her actions say she isn't, while she plays politics with her statements.
If I'm not mistaken, we have been seeing blogging on how Illinois businessmen like Ozinga get milked by cash-hungry politicians who decide who gets state contracts after they see how much they are given by those companies bidding on the contracts. We all know this is a pay-to-play state. So what's with all this "Ozinga has finger prints all over Blagojevich with campaign contributions" bloviating? Read your own comments and you'll see that contributing to Blagojevich and friends is how you get a shot at state contracts. There is a trial going on confirming this - and you know it too!
So which is it? Do you think voters want to see Debbie Halvorson pretend that she favors issues like the recall, but don't lift a finger to make it happen. Or Halvorson pretending that she favors ethics reform, but hasn't lifted a finger to make it happen. Which is it?
She is either the weakest, most useless Senate Majority leader we've ever had or perfectly contented with the situation we see in Springfield. And if she is contented, then what kind of Congressperson can she be when she is so clearly beholden to Blagojevich and Jones? A reformer? Baloney!
This District is purple if it isn't red. Ozinga has the cash and the ability to lump Halvorson where she belongs; in Jones' back pocket.
Teresa Bartels self-destructed then quit in 2006
Kathy Salvi lost to McSweeney
Hastert ran his worst race since 1986
Now Greenberg is broke and gaffe prone
Who would hire Goodman for political work with a track record like this?