* Remember the other day when I told you about my old buddy Mike Madigan running for the Illinois Senate as a Republican? Well, he now has a Facebook page called “The Other Mike Madigan” and recently posted a pic of himself with Gov. Rauner…

Just to make this interesting, I’ll award the funniest commenter a coupon for a free entree at Madigan’s restaurant.

       

139 Comments - Dave Dahl - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:44 am: ” … and the governor he controls … “ - Concerned - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:45 am: The Other Madigan and the restaurant he controls, with Chief Food Critic Bruce Wronger. - Louis G. Atsaves - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:45 am: “Hey, I need you to attend a meeting on November 18th.” - thunderspirit - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:46 am: Because…Madigan. No, not THIS Madigan, the OTHER Madigan. - Anonymous - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:47 am: The sequel to twins - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:47 am: “Boy, do I wish you lived in the 22nd legislative district!” - Jolly1 - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:48 am: Will the Real Mike Madigan please stand up.. - GA Watcher - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:48 am: The budget impasse has aged Governor Rauner considerably, while Speaker Madigan seems to have discovered the Fountain of Youth. - Almost the Weekend - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:48 am: “Remember all those ads bashing Mike Madigan, it’s just like my visit to Black Dog Smoke & Ale House in Urbana, your competition. It never happened” *Bruce hands Madigan $500,000 check* - walker - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:49 am: The Warbuck brothers. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:49 am: “You just say what I want Speaker Madigan to say and I’ll make it worth your while.” - Skeptic - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:49 am: “Now I know how Jim Ryan felt.” - Working for the people - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:51 am: I shall call him mini-me… - BW - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:51 am: “See, I have been meeting with Mike Madigan on finding a budget solution.” - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:52 am: “When you’re done here, Governor, we have a ‘John Cullerton’, ‘Lisa Madigan’ and we also have a ‘Ron Durbin’, but we can work around that ‘Ron’ name.” - Cubs in '16 - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:53 am: “Hey look everyone! I finally broke Mike Madigan and got him to stand shoulder to shoulder with me!!” #winning - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:54 am: “Just think, if you win, Cullerton will finally get to tell Mike Madigan what to do… “ - How Ironic - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:54 am: In a nod to the Gov, and to Mike Madigan the newest dessert item is revealed. The Apple Turnaround. - Concerned - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:55 am: Working for the people takes the early lead! - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:55 am: “You don’t have a Spokesman named ‘Steve Brown’ do ya?” - Precinct Captain - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:55 am: Separated by Ben Carson - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:56 am: “I need you to start commenting as ‘you’ on Capitol Fax right way, right way… “ - thechampaignlife - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:58 am: Leave the budget. Take the brisket. - Name Withheld - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:59 am: “See, I told you I’d been meeting with Madigan.” - Anonin' - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 10:59 am: Yikes…we thought MM was a a lot brighter than to climb in right away with the anti university crowd ….won’t do the stores much good either Hope the rental fee was veryyyyy large. - Dance Band on the Titanic - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:00 am: “Mike Madigan and I have been talking on a regular basis.” - Dance Band on the Titanic - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:00 am: “Governor, what are YOU smoking?” - lake county democrat - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:02 am: Hey, do you know the folks at Gene and Georgetti’s? - Jocko - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:02 am: Unfortunately, the cropped photo failed to show Jon Cullerton on Bruce’s right. - MOON - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:03 am: Which one is the real deal? - walker - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:04 am: “Fat’s on the fire.” - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:04 am: Rauner - “No, … No… No, I’m not going to make you say anything I’m uncomfortable with, so don’t worry for me.” - East Central Illinois - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:06 am: From Bruce: “Hey Mike, you got any tuna steaks in this restaurant? If so, send one to Rahm and YOU sign it this time, OK?? - Flynn's Mom - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:06 am: ” Mike, what kind of apples are you eating? You’re looking younger by the second.” - Wensicia - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:07 am: “I’m the good Mike Madigan! I assume the good Bruce Rauner is posing with my evil twin?” - LizPhairTax - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:08 am: I just won a BIG election for someone just like you and I’ve got a winning formula. Social media is key. Now tell me what have you got on the menu that would go well on a Thomas’® English Muffin. - Dr X - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:08 am: “The only Madigan I don’t have a f’ing problem with….yet” “Later on, Gov Rauner, with his hand mysteriously up Madigan’s back, drank water while his words flowed from another’s mouth.” - Formerly Known As... - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:09 am: The updated version. 2.0! - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:10 am: “Hire Madigan, 1.0?” - AC - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:12 am: Proof that Rauner and Madigan meet regularly - A guy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:12 am: “How do you like dem apples?” - AC - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:14 am: After calling Madigan on election night, Rauner finally has an opportunity to have his picture taken with the only Mike Madigan that matters to him. - Honeybear - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:15 am: I’m Mike Madigan and I approve of Gov. Rauners Turnaround Agenda! - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:16 am: “Don’t tell you don’t have a cell phone.” - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:16 am: “I bet Chuck Goudie can’t catch you either… “ - Formerly Known As... - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:17 am: Steve Austin and Oscar Goldman at a Springfield screening of The Six Million Dollar Man. - x ace - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:18 am: “No Problem , I’ll Put a Million into your Campaign. But , You Gotta Change Your Name.” - AC - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:19 am: This isn’t Mike Holmes, and he isn’t here to fix the Mansion? Rauner inquisitively asks. - A guy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:19 am: Zohar, I just wanna be BIG. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:19 am: “Win or lose, I can win your restaurant 25K, that I can promise you.” - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:20 am: “Lance, tweet this picture to Lou Lang… “ - Austin Blvd - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:21 am: Moderation? To hell with moderation. - Get a Job!! - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:21 am: Mike Madigan & the other Mike Madigan, both made fortunes from pork! Mike Madigan likes to eat apples for lunch. The other Mike Madigan likes his lunch served with an apple in its mouth. - Tony - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:21 am: “We know the going rate for table scraps” - GOP - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:21 am: In an ironic move, Rauner looks to double the Mike Madigan Caucus in his attempt to dethrone the Sullivan Caucus…now that’s shakin’ up Springfield! - Formerly Known As... - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:22 am: Do you use email? No. Can I text you then? Or maybe call you? At the house or office. I don’t trust those cell phone things. Seriously? Hey, it works for the other Mike Madigan. - Commander Norton - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:22 am: “I swear you’ve gotten taller since our last meeting, Mr. Speaker. And what happened to your hair? That’s operating in the extreme, if you ask me.” - A guy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:22 am: == A guy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:19 am: Zohar, I just wanna be BIG.== Might even be Zoldan or Zeldan. You get the idea. - Stumpy's bunker - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:26 am: “Hey! Looked what I reeled in!” - Rufus - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:27 am: “Just a little more plastic surgery and Mike Madigan will look and talk just like me.” - Downstate - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:30 am: I love Mike Madigan. We talk all the time! I just wish the Speaker was able to say the same. - Anonymous - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:31 am: Goldberg said we would never be friends - Henry - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:33 am: Governor Rauner’s lapel symbolizing his attempt to Turnaround Illinois every time he looks over his shoulder. - SAP - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:35 am: Governor Rauner and the Mike Madigan he controls. - pool boy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:37 am: What a coincidence, l also call my doormat Mike Madigan. - Wensicia - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:38 am: “Governor, why is there fish fillet in my mailbox from your office?” Rauner: “Oops, wrong Madigan.” - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:38 am: (Not pictured: Evelyn Sanguinetti) - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:39 am: “Mike, I can go for a Strawberry Shake. You guys have those?” - Anonymous - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:41 am: I thought the Governor was waiting till Nov. 18th for a meeting with Madigan. Great to see progress. - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:41 am: “Things work out here, you’ll be the first Mike Madigan to visit my ranch… “ - Robert the Bruce - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:41 am: Mike, you don’t suppose the other Mike will find a guy named Bruce Rauner to run against you? - OneMan - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:42 am: Wow a friend of Rich Miller who will talk to me, who knew? or Funny, my daughter Lisa is talking about going to law school. or You are taller than an I remember or You look a lot better when you are not wearing a polo shirt and your Urkle pants - Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:45 am: “Okay, Mike, you’ve got the driver’s license. Z! Call those Mission Impossible guys and ask ‘em how much to make one of those rubber masks.” - Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:50 am: In Bizarro Illinois, where everything is just the opposite of what it should be, Bizarro Mike Madigan poses with Bizarro Bruce Rauner, a Governor who doesn’t govern. - Rich Miller - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:55 am: Almost the Weekend has the lead so far. - Earnest - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:59 am: Mirror, mirror on the wall: who’s the most not-beholding-to-anyone-in-order-to-get-political-donations of them all? - Abe Froman - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 11:59 am: The taller Mike Madigan (still stands in Rauner’s shadow). - Mittuns - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:06 pm: I like my budgeting process and governing style like I like my barbecue, smoke-filled and full of pork. - Algonquin J. Calhoun - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:06 pm: “Holmes on [One] Home with Mr. Nine Homes” - Mittuns - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:07 pm: How much pork can I get for $20 million? - Mittuns - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:11 pm: The Madigan Platter: four billion pounds of pork, smoked over applewood for 45 years. Served with government union boss sauce. - Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:19 pm: “I like a Mike Madigan who dresses like a regular guy–me.” - Oneth street - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:20 pm: Wow? This is great. You can barely see Rauner’s lips move. - Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:23 pm: “We found another guy named John Cullerton, but he’s 97 years old and has lumbago.” - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:24 pm: “On the menu in 2016… “ - Jake From Elwood - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:26 pm: Rauner’s smile converts to a sneer upon the mere mention of the candidate’s name. - Stones - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:28 pm: If you can’t beat him - join him! - Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:29 pm: “Mike, you’re a restaurant guy. Know anything that will get the smell of tuna fish off your hands?” - Oswego Willy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:35 pm: “…’Your table is ready’… “ - My New Handle - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:39 pm: I have changed the name to Black Dog Smoke & Mirrors House. - Sad days - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:40 pm: Bruce, rub my bald spot and a genie will pop out with three wishes. - dogbreath - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:42 pm: Guberner Mad-Again - Slippin' Jimmy - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:44 pm: Hey Miller, here’s your scoop for ya- Mike here has agreed to approve my Turn Around Agenda in my Nov 18 Seminar! - Stones - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:48 pm: “I’m Mike Madigan and I endorse Bruce Rauner’s Turnaround Agenda!” - Das Man - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:55 pm: The pensioners have no bread? Let them eat steak! - My New Handle - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 12:57 pm: Governor Rauner smiles at learning Madigan’s secret recipe for awesome sauce. - burbanite - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 1:11 pm: Stones 12:48! - MrJM - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 1:11 pm: “Dogs and cats living together… Mass hysteria!” – MrJM - Anonymous - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 1:12 pm: “Sure is nice to meet you! I’ll call you Madian. You know, because of the other fella and because your name’s so much better without that darn ‘g’ in the middle.” - bluecollargal - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 1:18 pm: “I know we have a lot of Madigans in state government, and as Governor I know I shouldn’t play favorites, but just between us, this guy is really MY FAVORITE Madigan.” - Allen D - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 1:29 pm: Just what I always wanted. My own little Madigan. I will name him Mike, and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him… - Century Club - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 1:31 pm: Just have to get a Cullerton and my set will be complete! - 4 percent - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 1:49 pm: Scott Bennett’s top political ammunition - illinoised - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 1:51 pm: Governor Bruce Rauner with his next lt. governor Mike Madigan. - Crazy Cat - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 1:56 pm: See–my Turnaround Agenda really works! - ChinaTown - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 2:00 pm: “Again, I’m not going to divulge any discussions or negotiate in public, all I can tell you is that Mike Madigan and I have been meeting.” - zatoichi - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 2:09 pm: The new hosts for ‘This Old House’ do some PR shots. - Hawkeye in Illinois - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 2:09 pm: Although this Mike Madigan won the Daddy Warbucks look-alike contest, Bruce is the one with the “war bucks” - Downstate - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 2:20 pm: “A Mike Madigan I can love” - Downstate - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 2:21 pm: “Who says I can’t cut a deal with Mike Madigan?” - No Kidding - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 2:23 pm: I told you I was already meeting with Madigan! - Dome Gnome - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 2:32 pm: “I Like (M)-Ike.” - Ahoy! - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 2:35 pm: Rauner finally acknowledges that he has been negotiating with the wrong Mike Madigan. - HangingOn - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 2:37 pm: “Because, Mike Madigan. No, the other one.” - HangingOn - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 2:41 pm: “Now, you got the list of buzzwords from ck, right? You just stick to those and you’ll be set!” - illinoised - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 2:43 pm: “Bruce Rauner selects Mike Madigan as his 2018 running mate”. - Metro East Transplant - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 2:48 pm: Gov: Is your BBQ better than Poe’s? Let’s have a cook-off and I’ll donate to the winners campaign. - CrookCounty60827 - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 2:53 pm: Will the real Mike Madigan please stand up? - St. Louis Bob - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 3:02 pm: Yes. We have pork. - Anon - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 3:07 pm: Gov: “I’m telling you: I talk to Mike Madigan regularly! I don’t know why you don’t believe me!” - Downstate - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 3:10 pm: “I have a sworn affidavit from Mike Madigan stating my agenda is the only one that works. How can you argue with that?” - Yo - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 3:23 pm: Look! Ed Harris brought back ALF with him on Apollo 13 - Big Tom - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 3:51 pm: “You’re gonna need a cheap watch kid.” - Tuesday's Pizza - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 4:10 pm: Look he’s talking and I’m not moving my lips. - Anonymous - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 4:42 pm: Warmest personal regards - Anonymous - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 4:43 pm: Go with the name you know - Anonymous - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 4:45 pm: This snark stuff is fun Goldberg - Anonymous - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 4:54 pm: There’s something fishy here - Anonymous - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 5:18 pm: I’ll pick your campaign up from here - Anonymous - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 6:04 pm: I hope I don’t get my madigan mailers mixed up - Anonymous - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 6:12 pm: You know I’m looking for a new wing man - Anonymous - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 7:21 pm: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - Anonymous - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 7:36 pm: I crack myself up - Anonymous - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 7:56 pm: Say it again”I’m mike madigan and I approve the turnaround agenda” - PENSIONS ARE OFF LIMITS - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 9:06 pm: Psst: “I’ve got this thing and it’s f$$$$$$ golden.” - Anon - Thursday, Nov 5, 15 @ 9:26 pm: Thanks, Bruce I will hang this pic right next to the last Gov Inworked for! - Anonymous - Friday, Nov 6, 15 @ 5:53 am: Reformer and former - Anonymous - Friday, Nov 6, 15 @ 7:04 am: Smoke house to the state house I own a lot of houses - Tommydanger - Friday, Nov 6, 15 @ 7:28 am: “Brogaine-its what Rogaine wished it had been!” Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.