And Then There Were Two
cross-posted from Dome-icileI said a while ago that I was pretty well convinced that Edwin Eisendrath was going to, at a minimum, file to run in the Democratic primary for Governor. And nothing I have seen or heard since then has caused me to do anything but strengthen that opinion. If you are reluctant to heed my beliefs, read his own words from this story from the Southern Illinoisan. The story was done as a follow-up to Eisendrath's visit to SIU Carbondale to gather petitions and spread his message:
"(Hurricane Katrina) was a wake-up call for me that misery is right around the corner when you have bad government," he said. "I've always had a strong passion for the obligation of citizenship. ... Our governor is not living up to expectations."Then there was this apparent precursor of things to come:
"Public trust matters a lot in politics - and you can't buy it back," he said, referring in part to Blagojevich's $20 million re-election fund.
And as far as having enough signatures to run:
Eisendrath said he currently had enough petitions to meet the 5,000 required to put his name on the Democratic primary ballot. However, he can submit up to 10,000 names - which he intends to do to ensure that he has enough to survive challenges to his petition.
Intelligent people can (and will) make arguments that this is good for the Governor, bad for the Governor, or who knows what else. But it will definitely make things much more interesting.
On a minorly related note, it's too bad that I'm probably one of the few people in Chicagoland that reads the Southern Illinoisan. They put together a good paper and regularly have some interesting stories that you won't find other places.
On a minorly related note, it's too bad that I'm probably one of the few people in Chicagoland that reads the Southern Illinoisan. They put together a good paper and regularly have some interesting stories that you won't find other places.
7 comments:
But Lynn Sweet ran a column about a week ago saying that he would file, but then decide afterwards whether he was actually going to mount a campaign or not.
Run Edwin, run!
I think that we all know that Eisendrath cant win. To me, it makes little sense for him to run other than to be an obstructionist.
As a Democrat, it infuriates me that he is doing this. Of course, I guess this isnt the first time he has tried to take out a Democrat.
You cant deny Blago's progressively Democratic accomplishments. For Eisendrath to run on alleged, unproven allegation hurts the party. Innoncent until proven guilty.
Anybody putting their political future in the hands of Eisendrath is not thinking clearly.
I have read that Blago's people are loading the internet with bogus blogs claiming to be supporters of other candidates and generally trying to cause misinformation. Why can't they just run on their record and let the voters decide. Eisendrath clearly has a shot if he can raise enough money to establish name recognition. All you need to do is ask some of the actual voters what they think of Rod and Blago gets a rude awakening.
I fully agree with the last poster and think that a lot of other people will too if indictments come down before the primary.
I hope Eisendrath runs. There is a huge undercurrent of dissent with Blago among democrats down south. Rank and file union members have no use for him and could care less about his so called programs that merely allow his buddys to loot the bank. This guy is a phony from the get go. It won't be easy upsetting Blago but it can be done. The sad thing is we as democrats had a chance to make a difference and clean up state government and we have greatly failed thanks to Blago and his crew. I say lets clean house and give this state back to the people!
It sounds like Eddie has been getting too much of his info from blogs and not the real people.He doesn't stand a chance. Even if he spends most of his family's money, he will make a very poor showing and end up a political joke like his sell out buddies Bill Singer and Marty Oberman.
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