https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/ Your Illinois news radar Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:21:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11231037 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 05:11:41 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11231037 I'll echo a few earlier posters. You have to wonder if this couldn't have been put in the bag had the DC folks backed Gill from the start. Their primary complaint seemed to be that had had lost in previous races. But, since this was a new district and most of the overlap from the old district was Gill's base of support, he would seem to have been a good pick. But what do I know? I’ll echo a few earlier posters. You have to wonder if this couldn’t have been put in the bag had the DC folks backed Gill from the start. Their primary complaint seemed to be that had had lost in previous races. But, since this was a new district and most of the overlap from the old district was Gill’s base of support, he would seem to have been a good pick. But what do I know?

]]> https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11231027 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 03:01:06 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11231027 Andy Griffith? Really? Andy Griffith? Really?

]]> https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11231008 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:36:46 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11231008 It struck me as kind of a district mismatch in terms of temperament and presentation if not necessarily policy; you're effectively running Alan Grayson in a district that expects Andy Griffith. It struck me as kind of a district mismatch in terms of temperament and presentation if not necessarily policy; you’re effectively running Alan Grayson in a district that expects Andy Griffith.

]]> https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11231006 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:08:10 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11231006 Gov Quinn should be on the phone offering him a job soon, just as he did with Seals, Bean, and Harper. Gov Quinn should be on the phone offering him a job soon, just as he did with Seals, Bean, and Harper.

]]> https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11230993 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:16:03 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11230993 Gill is just ticked that he missed the "No Democrat Left Behind" General Election of 2012. Gill is just ticked that he missed the “No Democrat Left Behind” General Election of 2012.

]]> https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11230975 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:17:35 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11230975 Plummer reax to Davis/Gill, with creative props to Oswego Willy: "Look at that Dad! His Dad only owns a few McDonald'ses and he could buy his Son a Lt. Congressman Job. All our Lumber Yards is a lot more than McDonald'ses right? Dad? Hey, speaking of McDonald's, can we go get a Big Kidz Happy Meal? They have Hot Wheels toys now! I love Hot Wheels!" Plummer reax to Davis/Gill, with creative props to Oswego Willy:
“Look at that Dad! His Dad only owns a few McDonald’ses and he could buy his Son a Lt. Congressman Job. All our Lumber Yards is a lot more than McDonald’ses right? Dad?
Hey, speaking of McDonald’s, can we go get a Big Kidz Happy Meal? They have Hot Wheels toys now! I love Hot Wheels!”

]]> https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11230969 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:57:08 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11230969 Honestly, I think if he'd started out with a strong campaign manager and experienced advisors, he would have had a fighting chance. But he didn't have much money, and I don't think the establishment initially saw him as a serious candidate. Gill's a great guy, and he had a lot of people onboard who really liked him. Unfortunately, most of them had never really run a campaign of that scale. Honestly, I think if he’d started out with a strong campaign manager and experienced advisors, he would have had a fighting chance. But he didn’t have much money, and I don’t think the establishment initially saw him as a serious candidate. Gill’s a great guy, and he had a lot of people onboard who really liked him. Unfortunately, most of them had never really run a campaign of that scale.

]]> https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11230968 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:55:34 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11230968 Gill is a textbook example of doing everything wrong with the wind at your back. Still, I wouldn't be surprised if Urbana Democrats nominated him a fifth time for this seat. Gill is a textbook example of doing everything wrong with the wind at your back. Still, I wouldn’t be surprised if Urbana Democrats nominated him a fifth time for this seat.

]]> https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11230958 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:46:41 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11230958 Gill may have been too unmodulated a populist for the district. The focus should have been on preserving the social safety net, not soaking the rich. Becuase of the primary fight he did start at a huge financial deficit and it took a long time for national demcorats to support him; he certainly did not have the establishment support from the get go to Bustos, Schneider, Foster and Duckworth. Still a loss is a loss. Gill may have been too unmodulated a populist for the district. The focus should have been on preserving the social safety net, not soaking the rich. Becuase of the primary fight he did start at a huge financial deficit and it took a long time for national demcorats to support him; he certainly did not have the establishment support from the get go to Bustos, Schneider, Foster and Duckworth. Still a loss is a loss.

]]> https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11230955 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:42:35 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11230955 Basically yeah -- she and DCCC worked really hard, and it's a tough situation because Davis ended up ahead but only by a fraction of a percent. That's still > 1000 votes, though. I'm not sure how many absentee or provisional ballots are out there. Basically yeah — she and DCCC worked really hard, and it’s a tough situation because Davis ended up ahead but only by a fraction of a percent. That’s still > 1000 votes, though. I’m not sure how many absentee or provisional ballots are out there.

]]> https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11230947 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:30:15 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11230947 I know nothing about Sherry Greenberg and haven't followed this race closely, but simply that Gill probably lost doesn't mean she failed or did a poor job. Perhaps she saved Gill from crushing defeat. I know nothing about Sherry Greenberg and haven’t followed this race closely, but simply that Gill probably lost doesn’t mean she failed or did a poor job. Perhaps she saved Gill from crushing defeat.

]]> https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11230933 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:02:17 +0000 https://capitolfax.com/2012/11/07/fun-with-numbers-8/#comment-11230933 Seriously? The GOP wins 1 race yesterday in Illinois, and they won't even concede that one. Talk about being greedy. Seriously? The GOP wins 1 race yesterday in Illinois, and they won’t even concede that one. Talk about being greedy.

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