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Hey –

Betsy Dirksen Londrigan’s ComEd lobbyist donors are back in the headlines.

Which raises the question: Will Betsy give back the thousands of dollars the corrupt Magidan-cronies donated to her campaign?

(See here, here, here and here.)

Or will she hold onto the dirty dollars and keep hiding in silence?

[VIEW ONLINE]

–
Carly Atchison
NRCC
Regional Press Secretary

* Champaign News-Gazette…

Coincidentally the parent company of the utility company accused of bribery is one of Rep. Davis' biggest campaign donors. $10k from Exelon PAC plus more $ in individual donations this cycle. https://t.co/f1RnGCMNUn

— tom kacich (@tkacich) July 17, 2020

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 1:05 pm

Comments

Maybe just take a pass at that attack? Just saying

Comment by Frank talks Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 1:07 pm
Doesn’t make what they are saying about BDL untrue….

And the links go to donations by the actual lobbyists not the PAC, such as Mike McClain so the ties to Madigan are much closer.

Comment by Lord of the Fries Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 1:11 pm
The NRCC has to be one of the most genuinely stupid organizations in politics right now. There never seems to be an attack or nickname they’ll pass on.

Comment by Nick Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 1:14 pm
===Doesn’t make what they are saying about BDL untrue===

Nope, but stones, glass houses, etc.

Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 1:17 pm
Maybe the DCCC should dig into the 2012 archives. After all it’s Illinois politics, we don’t want nobody; nobody sent.

https://youtu.be/j_RgqIdXZe8

Comment by ILLannoyed Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 1:18 pm
I guess Rodney Davis is the “same” as Betsy…?

Not a good look.

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 1:21 pm
- Doesn’t make what they are saying about BDL untrue….

And the links go to donations by the actual lobbyists not the PAC, such as Mike McClain so the ties to Madigan are much closer. -

That’s the type of nuance that really cuts through the noise and imbeds right into the mind of most voters. You must work for the NRCC.

Comment by Excitable Boy Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 1:28 pm
Modern scholarship on campaign attacks suggests the first attack gets the benefit of the argument even when a solid response is offered by the attacked. There are long term consequences to being the initial attacker, regardless of the response. It is known as the “sleeper effect” and has been discussed and identified by academics.
Maybe folks on this blog shouldn’t so quickly fall back on conventional wisdom when looking at political situations.
In campaigns, at most, only 50% of the candidates win. The same is true about the accuracy of the opinion on this site.
Half of the people are right about half of their ideas half of the time.

Comment by Altgelds Ghost Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 1:31 pm
Click here, here, here, and here.

So it returns the names of 4 people that only readers of this blog would know, and not even all of them. So 99% of the constituents of that district dont know who those people are.

I thought the D Trip was the dumbest organization ever, but now Im leaning to the NRCC as someone mentioned above. Way to go, Carly.

Comment by low level Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 1:36 pm
As Homer Simpson would say “D’OH(banned punctuation)”

Comment by AnonymousFool Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 1:39 pm
- I thought the D Trip was the dumbest organization ever, but now Im leaning to the NRCC -

Too close for me to call that one.

Comment by Excitable Boy Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 1:41 pm
===suggests the first attack gets the benefit of the argument===

Except, I think I’m the only one who ever posts the NRCC stuff.

Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 1:49 pm
L, as they say, OL.

Comment by Nick Name Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 2:02 pm
After such an abysmal quarter for Davis, I’m surprised the NRCC isn’t yelling at Davis rather than Londrigan. Someone needs to get Davis’ campaign a kick in the rear end and get their finance operation off the ground. She’s cruising right past him in the money game.

Comment by MoneyMoneyMoney Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 2:11 pm
Tom Kacich attacking Rodney Davis? This is my shocked face.

What a joke he is.

Comment by Token Conservative Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 2:17 pm
OK, but who is “Magidan”?

Comment by KSDinCU Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 2:22 pm
This may sway some of the four or five undecided likely voters in the 13th.

Comment by CEA Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 2:24 pm
Great catch, KSD!

Comment by GregN Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 2:26 pm
“Tom Kacich attacking Rodney Davis? This is my shocked face.

What a joke he is.”

Which one?

Comment by filmmaker prof Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 2:43 pm
The attack would of looked better if Davis had returned his donations first. Then asked why Betsy didn’t return hers.

Comment by Bruce (no not him) Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 4:18 pm
Apples/oranges comparison by Kacich, but low information voters will eat it up.

Comment by Dave W Wednesday, Jul 22, 20 @ 8:04 pm