Will GOP's Madigan Attacks Persuade Local Voters?
Illinois Republicans are trying to tell voters that a vote for any Democrat this fall is a vote for House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Could this be the election year in which the GOP's portrayal of Mike Madigan as the corrupt manipulator of Democratic state reps — mere marionettes who dance on strings — actually pays off? The Southwest Side power broker is again the target of a Republican bid to tie him to the candidacies of every House Democrat in the November election, according to a report from IllinoisWatchdog.org. A recent $100,000 union donation to Madigan and the House's failure to act on pension reform in the General Assembly is being cited as evidence of a suspicious scratching of the back on the Speaker's part. David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, offered this take to a reporter for …
Robert Jr.
5:46 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The Republican party should have won this in a slam dunk election. whoever holds positions of "leadership" and power in the Republican party in Illinois and throughout the country - we need to replace them as soon as possible - they are ruining the chances for real growth and prosperity and are giving the party a bad name. Let's get some people in who represent the 70% who would easily vote … more ›