AG teases, LG flip-flops again, McCain says cool out, and Fitz criticized
Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 - Posted by Rich Miller * AG Madigan caused quite a stir on Meet the Press this morning…
* But the guv’s spokesman shot it down…
* House GOP Leader Tom Cross was asked on Fox this morning “Do you have any indication at all that that governor is voluntarily going to give up any of his powers?” His answer hit it on the head…
Cross was also asked why he thinks the governor is still “holding on” to his office…
* LG Quinn has been all over the map on the Senate replacement…
I hope this isn’t how he plans to govern the state. * The Republicans are launching a new TV ad and taking Quinn to task…
* Over on ABC, John McCain tells the national Republicans to tone it down on the Blagojevich stuff and focus on the ecomony…
* And there was more criticism of Patrick Fitzgerald…
[h/t: BB at Illinoize]
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Emil Jones on impeachment; More Senate candidates surface
Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 - Posted by Rich Miller * This is poppycock…
The sole constitutional requirement for impeachment is 60 votes in the House. The sole constitutional requirement for removal is a 2/3 vote by the Senate. Understand what I’m saying? * Mark Brown is thinking impeachment is a criminal trial…
Impeachment is a political act. He can be impeached and removed for crossing the street with the light. * In other news, some people just don’t know when their time has passed..
* And I seriously doubt this will ever happen…
I like Chris Kennedy. He’s a great guy. The man has the Kennedy charisma in spades. He’d probably be a heckuva Senator. But wouldn’t three Kennedy’s in the US Senate be too much? * Other stuff…
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Coming outta the woodwork
Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 - Posted by Rich Miller * Everybody wants to get into the act…
* And remember the “traffic jam” we heard about Friday? Well…
* In other developments…
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Auto bailout voting analysis
Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 - Posted by Rich Miller * CongressMatters has a handy list of US House members who voted “Yes” on the financial industry bailout, but voted “No” on the auto industry bailout. Those from Illinois were…
* Those who voted “Yes” on the financial industry bailout, but did not cast a vote on the auto bailout…
* And here’s a list of those who voted “Yes” on the auto bailout, but voted “No” on the financial industry bailout…
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Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 - Posted by Rich Miller
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Legislative survey on impeachment, resignation; Plus: Which state is the most corrupt?
Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 - Posted by Rich Miller * As I told you the other day, GateHouse has a new survey of state legislators on various issues. It would’ve been helpful if GateHouse had given us a breakdown by chamber and by party, but no such luck. Here’s the narrative…
* There are some basic toplines…
There are no crosstabs, but click here to search for your own legislator. You can’t search by votes on each topic, which is quite maddening, and there also doesn’t appear to be a way to download the entire xls file. * Meanwhile, the New York Times looks at various ways of discerning which state is the most corrupt…
* Here are some of the charts. Click each for the complete lists…
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