2010 roundup - Cook Prez; US Senate; Census
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - Posted by Rich Miller * She ran an absolutely horrible race for mayor, so I’m not sure that this threat is credible. Then again, others have bounced back from terrible races to win their next one…
If Brown does run, there would be at least three African-American candidates in the Democratic primary, including Stroger and Ald. Toni Preckwinkle. Forrest Claypool appears to be the only white guy interested in the primary to date, but that can always change. I chatted a bit with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin yesterday about Paul Vallas. Nagin, who was in town on a speaking engagement, said he thought Vallas might run for governor, but then said Vallas will likely remain on the job as the city’s school superintendent for another year. That would rule out a gubernatorial bid because of the potential of a large GOP primary field. But he could still run for county board president if the field was effectively cleared for him. Back to Ms. Brown…
She’ll have no choice but to get “inside that battle” if she runs. * Meanwhile, the absence of a decision by GOP Congressman Mark Kirk about whether to run for the US Senate seat is starting to create a vacuum that some candidates may try to fill…
* And Illinois Issues takes a look at the upcoming census…
The count is all important.
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“God knows number one, I, I wanna help Rod”
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - Posted by Rich Miller * The tapes of Roland Burris talking to Rod Blagojevich’s brother Rob a month before Burris got the US Senate appointment aren’t exactly flattering. Here’s the Tribune’s coverage…
And…
Burris didn’t make the contribution (at least not directly and as far as we know), which is to his favor. But Burris never mentioned that conversation with Rob Blagojevich in any of his sworn statements or affidavits to the Illinois House Impeachment Committee, which works heavily against him.
Yep. More…
Sneaky, eh? * Take a look at the transcript and you’ll see Burris goes right into the Senate stuff at the very beginning…
Blagojevich then mentions the need to raise campaign money by the end of December for the January filing period and Burris goes right back to the Senate seat…
Again, from the transcript, it looks more like Burris is finding a way to reconcile the need for pay to play than just be an honest person…
And Burris was mighty persistent throughout the conversation. Here’s the end…
Bye.
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