Majority of Illinois state house has declared they will not support Madigan

[lfromnj]

https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-michael-madigan-illinois-democrats-20201119-nnfoomr55vgf7d6wjurbt7sq2e-story.html

Three more Illinois House Democrats and one Democratic representative-elect said Thursday they won’t support Madigan for another term as speaker. When added to the Democrats who have already indicated they won’t support him, Madigan is short of the 60 votes he needs to add another term to his decadeslong grip on the position.,

End of an era?

I doubt it, he can bribe again.

https://twitter.com/AndrewPEllison/status/1329553985062178817

[S019]

It would be a shame if he was thrown out. These Chicago Democrats are especially ridiculous, what are they thinking? If the downstate ones can tolerate him, then the Chicago ones should too.

[Suburbia]

A lot of Atlas users here want Madigan to stay because he is the Democratic McConnell

I don't think Madigan goes anywhere

[KaiserDave]

Good

[Green Line]

I've always told conservatives in Illinois, be careful what you wish for.  He holds back some of the worst instincts in the Illinois Democratic Party.  Whatever replaces him will be worse.  A lot of the democrats here will be giddy for that very reason.

[muon2]

Madigan's historically been a double edged sword for the GOP. Historically he did hold back the excesses of the left as he looked to maintain a coalition that included many blue dog downstate areas. Those areas have been largely ceded to the Pubs while the Dems make inroads throughout the Chicago second ring of suburbs. Perhaps that's why he didn't hold back as much against the left during the Pritzker administration.

On the other hand, every Pub candidate in a remotely swingy district respects and often fears the Madigan ground game (Madigoons as they are lovingly called) and the money to back it on the air. It's not clear who could replace that level of generalship, and that would allow some Pubs to fight on less lopsided terms.

If he has given up on an agenda to maintain competitive downstate areas, then the sword may only have one side to show the GOP, and it's not one worth keeping.

[GALeftist]

I have no particular dog in this fight; I'd like more progressive leadership in Illinois on the one hand, but on the other I'm not certain that anyone else has the skill or ruthlessness I want from the leader. I sort of think it's unlikely that Madigan doesn't somehow find a way back, though.