READER COMMENTS CLOSED FOR THE WEEKEND
Saturday, Sep 16, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller Head to Illinoize for all your commenting goodness. *** UPDATE *** Go check out Mike Flannery’s latest story about “the check.” *** UPDATE 2 *** Bollywood Friday was pretty good this week. Don’t miss it.
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This just in… IEA says “none of the above” *** Updated x1 ***
Saturday, Sep 16, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller Blagojevich already has the IFT’s nod, so this decision by the state’s largest teachers union is a blow to Topinka. The state’s largest education employees union is taking the unprecedented step of making no recommendation for governor of Illinois. Comments will be opened on Monday. *** UPDATE *** AFSCME also took a pass. Two influential unions that endorsed Gov. Rod Blagojevich when he was elected four years ago have decided not to endorse anyone this time around in the governor’s race. Redfield’s right to an extent, but we’ve all known for some time that AFSCME wouldn’t endorse Blagojevich. The governor definitely wasn’t expecting it, but JBT was really hoping to get this nod for the general, as she had in the primary. The AFSCME decision was probably more of a win for Blagojevich, despite what the Topinka campaign says, because of the intense animosity between himself and the union’s leaders and members. The AFSCME decision demonstrates better than just about anything else that Badabinka hasn’t yet convinced the big boys and girls that she can pull this off. She needs to do something right now or that same “inevitability factor” that helped elect George Ryan and sank Glenn Poshard (among others) will take firm hold.
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