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Madigan has been a reluctant Senate candidate. For years she has been eyeing the governor's mansion. Impeccable sources tell me that in that White House meeting, Obama made it clear he wants her to run for the Senate. Now she's carefully pondering a tough quandary.Two months ago, Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias was looking golden. The Senate aspirant had raised more than $1 million and was a ubiquitous TV presence. He was known as Obama's cherished basketball compatriot. Now he is contending with the Bright Start college fund scandal and possible stiff challenges from a Madigan and a Kennedy (Chris).
As for Sen. Burris, he remains mum on his future intentions even as it was announced last week he won't face perjury charges for his shady testimony before the Blagojevich impeachment committee earlier this year. [via Beachwood Reporter]
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Enough with all the speculation! Madigan, and the rest of the field, need to make a decision and soon. Waiting around for guarantees of victory shows me she is scared of something. She doesn't want a primary? She wants the endorsement of the president? Who the hell does she think she is?
A primary allows voters to choose the best candidate. The press keeps reporting Madigan is a winner. She has the best chance in a head to head with Kirk. Please someone show me the polling to support that.
Furthermore, a crowded and tough primary only helps the victor. The audacity to ask for a privileged pass to the Senate seat is insulting to the people of Illinois.
What's the rush? The primary isn't for seven months, and the filing deadline isn't for four months. Personally, I don't think we need seven months of campaigning and the attendant media spending that goes along with it. All candidates will have more than enough time to make their cases between November 1 and February 1.
"What's the rush?"
Money is big part of it--fundraising and all that.
As well, you have to get the propaganda machine up and running, which also takes money (along with time to repeat all the lies that, with skillful repetition, become reality.)
And the various children and other relatives of our various local princes and kings need to figure out what peerage and/or dukedom they will settle for or be forced into for the time being, and then plan accordingly. That also takes time.
"Money is big part of it--fundraising and all that."
Exactly. The earlier they announce, the earlier they'll be raising money and letting people make deposits on their souls. I say the longer any of them wait to start that stuff, the better.
That's why I support public financing, though it will never come about because apparently the 1st Amd means we must protect the right of the rich to buy politicians.
Agreed.
Fundraising and building a campaign infrastructure to operate quickly in the weeks after January first. Because, honestly, who is paying attention to politics during the holidays?
Does this mean that during the whole process nothing will be done in Illinois because her old man can't multi task?
Just thinkin out loud here.....
If she's going to go for the Senate and not for Governor, can she please clue her dad in, so that he can stop withholding funding bills from being signed in order to make Quinn look bad? Thanks.
Oh wonderful. Another candidate who is annointed by virtue of her bloodline and membership in the Machine. Her Old Man is doing such a fine job of running the Illinois House, lets see if we can reproduce that political magic on a national level. I've voted for many of these Machine candidates in several elections but I think I've had my fill. I really don't think I can pull the level for Little Lisa. You can't tell me that the most qualified people for these positions always happen to come from the same circle. Kirk isn't looking too bad to me right now.
Kirk isn't looking too bad to me right now.
I'm not a fan of Madigan, but you have got to be kidding me.
No, I'm not kidding. Outright refusal to vote for Republicans under any circumstances is what gets us the current government we have in Chicago and Illinois. I've done it for way too long. I am so disgusted with it, I can either a) move or b) stop voting for the same corrupt politicians. I'm open to moving but since I own 2 properties here, that won't be for a while. In the meantime I can't keep voting for these people and then complain about corruption, taxes, etc. Kirk appears to be fairly moderate. We fall right into the Machine's hands when we allow them to associate every single Republican in the state with Bush and eliminate them from our consideration. Democrats I have voted for have been in control of this state for the last several years and we are in terrible shape. I don't like Bush as much as the next person, but I draw the line at blaming him for Illinois' problems.