Posted on 12/12/2008 11:46:37 AM PST by chicagolady
The Trib reports on a fundraiser Jesse Jackson Jr (or aka Candidate #5) held last Saturday to raise money for a possible Jackson US Senate bid. Jackson insisted Wednesday he did nothing wrong in suggestions deals were being made for him to obtain Obama's vacant US Senate seat.
Blagojevich himself attended Jackson's fundraiser, the Tribune learned from two businessmen who stepped forward this week. The story's HERE... but here's a key paragraph:
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“What the hell is up in Illinois....a father/daughter dance?? A father/son dynasty? Is ther ANY pol that doesn’t have a SPOUSE or PARENT GETTING them the jobs???”
In a word - NO! Believe me Obama is up to his dumbo ears in this mess. It’s the only way he could survive and thrive in Chicago.
Joe Birkett was interested in an open seat last time I heard. Don’t know how good he really is.
Birkett shouldn’t run, statewide, in 2010. Too many Illinois Republicans ran for statewide office, lost, and ran in a second statewide campaign, thinking that the first campaign would help them win the second race. However, those candidates usually lost the second race. In 1996 and ’98, Al Salvi ran statewide races and lost both of them. In 2002, ’04, and ’06, Jim Oberweis ran statewide campaigns and lost all of them. In 2002 and ’06 Joe Birkett ran statewide campaigns and lost both of them. In 2004 and ’06, Steve Rauschenberger ran statewide campaigns and lost both of them. If Birkett runs, statewide, in 2010, he’ll lose again, and I don’t want him to lose another campaign. When his state senator or state rep. retires, he should run for that seat.
Well I wouldn’t count ‘06 he was just a ride along with Topinka he didn’t lose on his own merits, (but he would have if LT Guv was elected separately, Quinn would have won easily.)
But I agree, losers shouldn’t be embraced again.
How convenient! Maybe he can help Moore make a new movie ‘Farenheit Chicago’...lol!!
The Madigans sound a lot like the Mells.
I’ reminded of Suzanne Pleschette’s Chicago statement: “Susie Chunkakowski”!
Hi, Larry, us!
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