Illinois Primary Thread

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

So now what does Quinn do about the Lt Gov fiasco?

Ill_Ind

This fiasco makes a strong argument in favor of abolishing seperate elections for Governor and Lt. Governor, doesn't it?

I dunno what he should do....

The people made an awful decision while participating in the democratic process. And the problem is supposedly with the democratic process of directly electing our representatives?

Sorry, not buying it. You don't kill democracy because the people don't vote the way you want them to.

I'm also not buying the idea that the Illinois Democratic Party has significantly better judgment than the state as a whole.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Or, gee, you could just have the Lt. Governor elected separately from the Governor. Lots of states do it and they haven't collapsed into anarchy. Well, except for South Carolina.

Better yet!

Mass has the same ridicu-stupid system Illinois has. Mitt Romney almost wound up with Jim Rappaport as his running mate in '02, despite him declaring Kerry Healey to be his choice. The general would have been a disaster.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

The pressure to force Cohen off the ballot as LG seems to be at a fever pitch. Sen. Durbin's quote sums up what all the top Dems are saying now “He really should spare himself, and his friends and family what he’s about to go through.”

"He should spare himself what we are about to do to him."

The pressure to force Cohen off the ballot as LG seems to be at a fever pitch. Sen. Durbin's quote sums up what all the top Dems are saying now “He really should spare himself, and his friends and family what he’s about to go through.”

Is Cohen purchasable? I mean, if he is, the longer he waits up to a point, the higher the price no?

Some sources are saying that he'd like some compensation for the $2M+ he pumped in the race. Other sources are saying that money won't be involved.

The irony is that the IL Constitution gives the legislature the power to pass a law that would have tickets run in the primary as well as the general. Even after the 1986 debacle, they did not invoke that provision to change the law. Yet, here we are again.

Couldn't you guys just shove that through in the next month or so?

Too late. The primary has already passed.

But couldn't you just change the law to say that the Governor and Lt. Governor primary winners run separately in the general? There'd be no need to nullify the primary.

Do you not see the problem with nullifying an election like that?

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Hynes might as well just wait until 2014 to run again. Quinn's damaged goods, and it's got to be a tossup at best for him (thanks only to Brady winning the nomination).

Quite frankly, from what I've learned about Dillard over the last several months, I'm not sure that Republicans landed the worst possible scenario here.

Being a moderate doesn't automatically make you awesome.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

State Senator Bill Brady has is much weaker opponent than Dillard, I will take him and it won't have coattails as far as the Senate race.

Brady is by far the better candidate for Kirk.

Having two candidates from the same geographical area with the same political ideology does nothing to excite the whole of the Republican Party. Brady excites and brings people to the polls who simply would not otherwise get excited for Kirk.

Besides, it's not like Dillard would have won. He comes across as a pretty lousy candidate.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

However, I do see them a bit more enthustiastic than Topinka's candidacy.

...lol?