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* Kirk Dillard’s campaign rolled out Jim Edgar yesterday to ask for civility. From a press release…

Former Governor Jim Edgar [yesterday] said he was disappointed in the negative tone of the governor’s race, and urged candidates to talk about the issues. “There’s a lot at stake in this year’s election,” Edgar said at a joint news conference with Republican hopeful Kirk Dillard. “I think the voters deserve better.”

Edgar reaffirmed his support for Dillard, who served as Edgar’s first Chief of Staff. The former Governor said instead of discussing the issues, opponents have spent money on television to distort Dillard’s record.

“Let me be clear,” said Edgar. “Kirk Dillard opposes higher taxes. He’s never voted for a general tax increase.” Edgar said Dillard has been running a positive campaign with a real vision to create jobs, cut spending, eliminate red tape and end politics as usual.

But today Dillard started running a new TV ad. Technically, I suppose, it’s “comparative.” Others might just call it negative. Rate it…

* I told you earlier today about a new Pat Quinn TV ad. That was just one of the two he has running. Here’s the other one…

Quinn is not letting up on trying to create a backlash against Hynes’ Harold Washington ad. Patterson has details…

Quinn’s campaign released a list of county Democratic chairman who signed on to a letter taking on Hynes for his ads. The letter reads in part, “you have crossed an important line by choosing to be so destructively, relentlessly negative in your campaign.”

The letter is signed by the Democratic chairman of the DuPage and Kane organizations along with several other counties.

But noticeably absent is the chairman of the powerful Cook County Democrats, lobbyist and property tax maven Joseph Berrios. That organization endorsed Quinn, but didn’t sign on to this letter ripping Hynes on the ads, at the same time recent polls are showing an extremely close race.

The list of counties is pretty short - and those counties for the most part are also short on [Democratic voter] population. See it for yourself.

* Democratic treasurer candidate Justin Oberman has a new TV ad that slams his opponent Robin Kelly. Watch…

* Dan Proft’s new ad…

* This blog’s absolute favorite video producer, Simon Edelman, has been a bit quiet lately over at the Quinn campaign. His new Internet video is typically well done. Watch it…

Keep an eye on that young man. No matter what happens next Tuesday, he’s going places.

* Jim Ryan’s campaign also has a new Internet vid. This one attacks Andy McKenna. Check it out…

Ryan also has a new Facebook app.

* Rep. David Miller’s comptroller campaign tries its hand at an Internet video. Have a look…

* And a big, big roundup…

* Ads send mixed messages as primary campaign winds down

* Late campaign cash floods Illinois election races

* More than $5 million rolls into governor candidates since Jan. 1

* Democrats fractured as they approach Illinois primary

* Democratic Senate appointees are now looking vulnerable

* Brown’s win shows Republicans how to seize Obama’s old Illinois Senate seat

* RR Star: Kirk best choice for Republicans in Senate race

* Kirk Seen as Threat to Democrats in Race for Obama’s Former Senate Seat

* Mark Kirk and the Republicans Target President Obama’s Seat

* Mark Kirk Pulls Away In Republican Senate Primary

* State Capitol Q&A: Illinois primary also a test of new eVoter Web site

* Giannoulias decides to post donors

* U.S. Senate candidate Meister stops in Jacksonville

* Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate focuses on job creation, business during Quincy stop

* Senate hopeful says healthcare reform is a must

* Cohen raises more than $1 million in lieutenant governor race

* Lt. Governor Candidate, Scott Lee Cohen, Travels Illinois to Highlight Local Jobs

* Senator wants to be Illinois’ next lieutenant governor

* Republican lieutenant governor candidates see opportunities

* Illinois lieutenant governor: 6 Democrats vie to succeed Quinn

* Illinois lieutenant governor: 6 Republicans are in the running

* Oberman, Kelly Vie for Treasurer Nomination

* State financial races attracting campaign cash

* Preckwinkle for board president

* Preckwinkle joins with board candidates to back Cook health reform

* Candidates line up to challenge two-term Cook County commissioner

* Figueroa for county assessor

* Assessor candidate injured in sign scuffle outside home

* Cook County Assessor candidate hurt in fight outside NW Side home

* Fight Erupts Outside Assessor Candidate’s Home

* Berrios and the truth

* Cook County assessor candidates aim to reform office

* Assessor Candidate Lets Loose with TV Ads

* Dart for Cook County sheriff

* Campton issue in Kane 15th

* Kendall Dist. 1 Dems split on Prairie Parkway funding

* Experience, age factors in GOP race

* Anonymous robo calls irk candidates

* GOP candidates feud at forum

* Now did he really apologize?

* Hultgren apologizes after ad rips Hastert

* Hastert responds to Hultgren “apology”

* Two Dems battle for a chance to take on Schock

* 10th Congressional District primary races draw big money

* Open 10th District Brings Costly, Combative Primaries

* 9th Congressional District Green party candidates sound off on health care

* Bassi disputes, defends “present” votes

* 3 Democrats look to get Boland’s job in 71st District

* HAMEN ASKS FOR SUPPORT IN 57TH HOUSE DISTRICT

* No outsiders in Will County sheriff races

* Three attorneys vying vie for GOP nomination for judge in 8th Judicial Circuit

* Bloom Township Dem Committeeman Race Heats Up

* New Trier expansion plan in hands of voters

* Contests in both parties for 16th Circuit judge

* Veteran lawyers challenge for new judicial seat

* GOP, Dems face off for seat Davies held for 35 years

* (Beacon-News) Political endorsements

* (RR Star) Our 2010 primary endorsements

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 12:14 pm

Comments

Edgar cracks me up…. talk about calling the kettle black, Edgar was so dirty running against Hartigan back in 1990,…Edgar is mad is boy is going down.

Comment by DemVoter Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 12:24 pm
Quinn campaign: PLEASE turn that Ford internet video into an ad.

Comment by dave Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 12:31 pm
The good thing about Edgar was he was deregulatory. He let us pursue deregulation of and competition in telecoms. We were the leading state in the union in that area of regulation. All our colleagues at other states and the feds pointed to IL as a leader. Then, things went to pot.
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Also, seriously, why are people running for Lt Gov? I can’t believe candidates are spending money for that position. Is this a new phenomenon based on the Mod Rod indictment and G Ryan in prison? Are folks running for this office as a stepping stone to governorship?

Comment by Peggy SO-IL Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 12:34 pm
Dillard is such a hypocrite. Trotting out Edgar — AGAIN! — to bash negative campaigning, and then turning around and resorting to it himself because he’s desperate and behind. Has he no shame, or sense of irony?

Comment by Whatever Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 12:38 pm
I think it’s admirable that Quinn went, unannounced and alone, to Illinois soldiers’ funerals.

I’m bothered by it being the subject of a campaign spot. It strikes me as disrespectful.

Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 12:40 pm
I see your point Word.

I also think that with all the funerals and wakes PQ has attended, he could’ve taken a few minutes out of his day to go to Carlos’ wake or funeral.

But, he has such wonderful relations with the political media right now - what with the gag order at DoC and the lies and the rest - that I’m sure he thought he didn’t need to pay his respects when every political reporter in town was grieving. He also probably didn’t think it was a big deal to schedule an event on the South Side the morning of Carlos’ funeral. And I’m sure no political reporters took notice of any of that.

What a guy.

Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 12:51 pm
Capt Fax: Yikes this is waaaaaaaaaaaay toooo much
especially since no one will vote…..

I love Edgar…he always blinks when he lies….he gave away high ed to BlueFieldBob Kustra..he escaped office before he got nailed for his role in the MSI scandal…..lots of good stuff….but his biggest scam was whacking DC Netsch for raising taxes and then backing the same plan after beating her…Come on Blinky, give up on Dillard and just go back to the UofI with the Big Ike and work harder to get BlueField back to IL to save our teams.

Comment by CircularFiringSquad Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 12:51 pm
Whooooooaaaaa,
The Democratic Chairman of DuPage County! Congratulations Governor!!!! I bet that Bozo is good for about 5 or 6 votes.
Nice commercials, Pat, but I hope SEIU saves a few dollars so that they can support the Dem nominee in the general after you blow it.

Comment by Bill Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 12:57 pm
Rich,

I am offended that you can be so personalin your bashing of Pat Quinn, but remove blogger comments that do the same.

Please apply standards to yourself as well…Thanks

Comment by Loop Lady Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 12:59 pm
Hey, Loop Lady, bite me.

Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:00 pm
Oh Oh,
Loop Lady is offended. Watch out!

Comment by Bill Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:01 pm
Wow Rich. You’ve sunk to a new low. You have no idea why or why not the Governor didn’t attend a wake. I’ve seen video of the Governor saying very nice things about Carlos.

Wow. Your bias is clear. Please don’t ever claim objectivity again.

Comment by Wizard of Ozzie Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:08 pm
- wordslinger- I’m bothered by it being the subject of a campaign spot. It strikes me as disrespectful.

I dare anyone to challenge the disrespectful nature of that ad. I think the families involved or any military official would stand behind The Governor without hesitation.

Comment by The Shadow Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:10 pm
Wiz, you can bite me too.

He didn’t go. That was his choice. I just pointed out what happened and how some people, including me, felt. If you scroll down a bit, you’ll see I defended him against the Tribune twice today. Also praised his video guy in this very post. So, whatever. Grasp at some more straws.

Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:10 pm
Wow.. The female host on WSOY summarizes Andy McKenna perfectly….

Comment by OneMan Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:11 pm
“What a guy”

So because he didn’t attend Carlos’ funeral his attending military funerals was now all for political reasons. Give me a break.

If you really want to count up all the times “you defended him”, I can do it one hand. It is incredible that you would claim that you have any sort of objectivity when it comes to this race. =

And going after his attending military funerals because he didn’t go to the funeral of one of your friends is a pretty clear example of your personal crusade. Again, wow.

Comment by Wizard of Ozzie Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:18 pm
Shadow, I find it disconcerting, and yes, disrespectful, that someone uses going to dead soldiers’ funerals in a campaign spot. I don’t think it’s appropriate to make political hay out of that.

Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:20 pm
===So because he didn’t attend Carlos’ funeral his attending military funerals was now all for political reasons. ===

Did I write that?

===If you really want to count up all the times “you defended him”, I can do it one hand. ===

Today, yes.

As for the rest, you misread my comment, or I wasn’t clear. I’ve praised him time and time again for those funerals. In fact, I think I was the first one to write about it.

But, are you saying that he isn’t the one politicizing this by putting it into a campaign TV ad? Isn’t that the very definition of politicization? I mean, there are reasons you put things in campaign ads, right?

Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:23 pm
I agree with wth Wizard entirely…I can see you trying to make a horserace out of the Dem Gov primary, but your critique of Quinn attending/not attending a wake that you felt compelled to has nothing to do with his character, but says a hell of lot about yours…

Comment by Loop Lady Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:24 pm
OneMan, what did she say?

Comment by Secret Square Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:25 pm
We need a pool for when Rich will issue his first “bite me” of the day. Come session overtime or the general election, when the pressure is on, we might need to switch it to how many “bite me’s” in a day. 10% off the top will go to a scholarship program for his interns.

Comment by Anon Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:26 pm
LL, please read my comment directly above yours.

And I didn’t make this primary a horse race. Quinn did.

Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:26 pm
To clarify, I had no role whatsoever in releasing violent people from prison. lol

Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:29 pm
LOL. I bet it was you who told Harold to fire Quinn because of incompetence.

Comment by Bill Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:37 pm
She said basically he did nothing for her.

Comment by OneMan Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:43 pm
I think Quinn’s positive ads are pretty good. Not a bad strategy to remind voters why they liked the guy until they started reading about the parole controversy and his governing shortcomings.

Still, based on the polling, he needs to do a better job of stopping the gains Hynes seems to be making with African-American voters. It’s trickey, but I think he needs to go on the offensive on Burr Oak and the Harold stuff on black radio and on television programs with high African-American viewership. Maybe sprinkle in some reminders about Hynes’ campaign against Obama too.

I don’t see how Quinn wins this thing without taking a healthy majority of the black vote.

Comment by ralph Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:46 pm
“those counties [Democratic chairman who signed on to a letter taking on Hynes for his ads] for the most part are also short on population”

The DuPage County population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau for 2008 is 930,528, making it the second most populous county in Illinois after Cook. In 2007, the population of Kane County was estimated at 501,021.

They ain’t Cook County, but they ain’t nothin’ neither.

Comment by MrJM Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:46 pm
===The DuPage County population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau for 2008 is 930,528, making it the second most populous county in Illinois after Cook. In 2007, the population of Kane County was estimated at 501,021.===

I should’ve written “Democratic voter population.”

…Adding… And now it’s done. I also added italics to “for the most part.” Not all. Just most. Sorry to offend the three “not small” counties on the list.

Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:47 pm
Kane County remains a pretty darn solid R county. Not a single Democrat elected at the countywide level currently. (Rep. Foster lucked out, in part, because Sen. CPA and Oberweis were the best the GOP had to offer.)

Comment by Stuck with Sen. CPA Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 1:59 pm
- wordslinger - I’m not sure if you or the voters are aware that these are gold star families and they are ALL very supportive of Governor Quinn. From what I gather they all wanted and asked to help him out in anyway, shape or form. It’s not like this is found footage of a dead mayor.

Comment by The Shadow Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 2:05 pm
So basically Dillard is saying, “Stop bringing up the ad I did for Obama and the big taxes I raised. It’s incredibly hurtful to my campaign!”

Instead of “More Cowbell” - Dillard’s catchphrase is “More Edgar.”

Comment by just sayin' Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 2:13 pm
stuck — the sheriff is a dem.

Comment by todd Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 2:16 pm
It is your blog, and if you want to say “bite me” to people who don’t share your opinion, then that is your prerogative. But, it rubs me the wrong way. Your criticism of Quinn has crossed the line more than once, IMO, and today takes the cake. Just to be clear: I think discussions of his competency and performance are fair game. But, after the HW commercial came out, you have been cut throat. Incredibly, you didn’t even pause and give Quinn some leeway when Zorn pulled out the 1987 article that provided incontrovertible evidence that this issue was much more complicated than the commercial made it seem. As for the wake….do you want to tell us which other politicians failed to attend your friend’s wake and criticize them? Quinn, who happens to be running for governor, probably had several engagements the day of the wake. Ya think?

Comment by Jake Yeah Whatever Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 2:49 pm
Doh, correct. My bad, Todd.

Comment by Stuck with Sen. CPA Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 3:19 pm
It’s too late for him to take voice lessons, but for someone who’s supposed to be media savvy, you have to wonder where Dan “Also Ran” Proft gets his styling tips (e.g. bad hairstyle and his suit & tie don’t look as though they fit him properly).

Comment by QRBNST Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 4:23 pm
Addendum: He’s also blinking too much in his ad.

Comment by QRBNST Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 4:25 pm
Proft looks oily.

For a guy who always knows what to say, he doesn’t look like he believes any of it.

Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 5:04 pm
Good ad by Dillard. McKenna is running scared and refusing to answer questions, appear in debates, or come clean. If he won’t answer questions now, he will be crucified in the general election.

Comment by 4 percent Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 5:30 pm
I just have to say “who is running Quinn’s campaign?”. That Simon guy is great, that is the video that should be on the television; not these sappy Quinn is a nice guy, he came to our funeral, he’s honest. Simon’s video should be on prime time. It shows a strong Quinn, and Daley talks about his leadership. Quinn is blowing this campaign by not putting quality for the whole public to see. Putting that video on the internet only? Dumb move.

Comment by Paul S. Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 5:46 pm
I sat & talked with Quinn the night before he missed Govenors day in 2008 to attend a soldiers funeral. He did so quietly and respectfully as he always did. It was one of the things that impressed me so much. Now he is using crying grandmas in State of the State speeches & making funerals in campaign commercials. One of the many actions he done to make me vote for Hynes.

As for the letter. I heard about it a few weeks back when they were calling most of the chairs looking for signatures. Looks like there weren’t many takers. In assition to Cook Co., notice the head of the County Chairmen’s Association is not on that letter either. Makes you wonder how much support it had.

Comment by Blue Dog Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 6:29 pm
- CircularFiringSquad wrote on - Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 12:51 pm:

woow, you are spot on…IMO, G.Ryan should have a room mate.

Comment by DemVoter Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 7:04 pm
My recollection is the MSI thing resulted in indictments, convictions, and acquittals and none of those involved Jim Edgar or anyone very close to him. It’s kind of hard to climb the food chain when a jury of peers cuts the ladder.

Comment by steve schnorf Wednesday, Jan 27, 10 @ 11:28 pm