02.24.08
Political Potpourri for the Weekend
Russ Stewart over at the Chicago Daily Observer asks….”Do Illinois Republicans Need A Bobby Jindal?” More here.
Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL) is given a traffic ticket for driving “left of center”. Insert joke here. But the You Tube CNN interview is here. Someone please call Colbert and get Davis on his show. Writer strike or not it would be high comedy.
Read on . . .
Jim Edgar bounces out into the spotlight to endorse Rudy. Jason Bonham of Race42008.com and occasional poster at Illinois Review got the video up on You Tube. Click here for the press conference. He also scored an post-presser interview here. I love the beginning of the interview where the words ex-con actually comes out of Edgar’s mouth in relation to ex-governor’s. Priceless. Near the end of the interview Edgar says he is not for a recall provision in the State Constitution. He’s reasoning is it would be disruptive once a Governor makes a tough decesion then he would have people trying a recall effort. Was Edgar paying attention to the Grey Davis sitituation in California, which brough about The Arnold as Governor?
Since becoming Governor Arnold has made plenty difficult decisions and here but no one has came out to say he should be recalled. Edgar dodges the question by doing a political rewind that amounts to a “I told you so.” That dosen’t answer the political reality of today some 390 days after the election. My follow up question would have been. “Governor Edgar…Do you think in hindsight you shouldn’t have taken 6 months to decide you were not going to run for Governor again, keeping those in the race from being able to fund raise?”
And finally Congressman Ray LaHood says that he has not ruled out endorsing a candidate in the race to replace him.
Video here.
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