* A conference will be held soon to discuss former Gov. Jim Edgar’s legacy…

As the subject of a conference that will essentially be a retrospective on his political career, former Gov. Jim Edgar is in a unique position. He’s alive.

“Usually the person is dead when they do these. I probably shouldn’t even go,” Edgar joked recently, adding that his presence might intimidate people who will be speaking about him at the “Governor’s Conference on the Jim Edgar Administration,” scheduled for April 15-16 at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.

* The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum’s “Illinois Statecraft” oral history project has done an extensive oral history of Edgar’s political career. Go check it out.

* I’ve started watching the interviews, and I may excerpt more in the future, but I clipped out a few TV ads from Edgar’s 1990 gubernatorial campaign for today. Have a look…

Nowadays, 90-second spots are unheard of. Times change.

* The 1994 campaign interview is not yet on video. I’ll post ads from that one if they’re featured. It was one brutal campaign.

…Adding… A couple more, one of which features Speaker Madigan…