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More disarray at EE campaign
Tuesday, Feb 21, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller I had heard about this from the governor’s people a while ago, but completely forgot to follow up. Oops on me.
And that’s confirmed in an EE press advisory:
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Question of the day
Tuesday, Feb 21, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller I wrote in the Capitol Fax today that I found it a bit strange that the male Republican gubernatorial hopefuls have a habit of attacking Judy Baar Topinka when she’s not in the room, but clam up when she’s around (except for a brief to-do during the debate yesterday with Jim Oberweis). Why do you think this is? Do you think it will change?
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Unsolicited advice
Tuesday, Feb 21, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller I’m not sure that either of these points help showcase the governor’s new contention that he has learned hard lessons, matured and is growing into the office.
Clinton ditched the saxophone for his re-election bid. Blagojevich might want to consider dumping Elvis and start showing up on time. At the very least, they should adjust the schedule to his reality. Add your own unsolicited advice below. UPDATE: Pete Giangreco says in comments that the story quoted above is in error. The governor was not late to any of his events Sunday. So, he’s got that going for him. But let’s go ahead and continue with the unsolicited advice. UPDATE: The reporter stands by his original story. So there.
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Morning shorts
Tuesday, Feb 21, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller · Did anyone else find it odd that the Illinois Federation of Teachers announced its endorsement of Gov. Rod Blagojevich on a Saturday during a three-day weekend? · The blogger behind the Elginite blog has a couple of great news feeds devoted solely to Elgin happenings. I’m a big fan of news feeds, as you’ve probably figured out by now, and this is a fantastic idea for micro-politics bloggers. · The Post-Dispatch had a story yesterday about an Illinois political fundraising event in Arizona and ran an editorial calling Gov. Blagojevich “Lord Bountiful.” · Best satire of the past week. Blagojevich introduces his pizza franchise. · DuPage tries to win back Republicans who took Democratic ballots. · The Tribune appears to be moving towards a 24-hour a day coverage cycle. Before, they’d wait until early morning to put big stories online. But yesterday at noon they had a story up about the GOP gubernatorial debate, and then updated it at 7:18 with a full story. At 5:30 they posted a full story on CUB’s efforts to fight a ComEd rate hike. At 8:27 pm, they ran a piece about how Bob Kjellander no longer represents The Carlyle Group. And at 10:20 pm, they had a story up about how car dealerships are fighting a new law in Springfield. · The Decatur Herald & Review gives a thumbs down to Gidwitz ad. “Hard-hitting ads are fine, but they should be based on facts.” · The original headline on this article was “Republicans Smear Blagojevich During Debate,” which I thought was weird. It was eventually changed to “Republican Candidates Lash Out At Topinka’s Ethics.” · Was Mike Lawrence muzzled? Sure looks that way. · Two Illinois congressional races make Larry Sabato’s “Dirty Thirty” list of the most contested US House races in America.
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