Written by Russ Stewart
The Nov. 4 election, for Democratic politicians in Chicago, will be a “UPS moment.” Which committeemen among the 50 Chicago wards will deliver, and will their delivery be decisive and intimidating?
With Chicago politicians already heavily focused on the Feb. 24, 2015, municipal election, and those with statewide ambitions intensely pondering the state landscape for 2016 and 2018, the 2014 vote will, to use that old expression, “separate the men from the boys.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Bill Brady, Bill Lipinski, Bob Fioretti, Bob Shaw, Bruce Rauner, Gery Chico, Howard Dean, Jesse White, John Cullerton, John Daley, Karen Lewis, Lisa Madigan, Mike Madigan, Pat Quinn, Paul Schrimpf, Rahm Emanuel, Richard Daley, Tom Hynes
Illinois Politics | David E. Smith | 
October 2, 2014 7:45 AM | 
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Written by Russ Stewart
Illinois is an anomaly. It is “The Land of Lassitude.” Voters are passive, partisan and forgiving. In state government, there are no checks and balances to Democratic abuses, ineptitude and favoritism.
In any other state, when a governor is impeached, indicted, convicted and imprisoned, the party of that incumbent would be shamed, tarnished and ousted. Not in Illinois.
In any other state, when one party controls all the levers of government — governor, both houses of the state legislature and the supreme court — and that party fails to govern effectively, voters would hold them accountable and they would be ousted.… Continue Reading
Tags: Anthony Brown, Bernie Sanders, Bob Erlich, Brian Schatz, Bruce Rauner, Colleen Hanabusa, Daniel Inouye, George McGovern, George Ryan, Gina Raimondo, Glenn Poshard, Howard Dean, Illinois Democrats, Linda Lingle, Marty O'Malley, Michael Dukakis, Mitt Romney, Neil Abercrombie, Pat Quinn, Rod Blagojevich, Spiro Agnew
Uncategorized | David E. Smith | August 21, 2014 3:00 AM | Comments Off on Illinois on Verge of Becoming America’s Most Democratic State
