She dances!

Word on the street is that Treasurer Topinka's announcement yesterday was similiar to two monkeys trying to f*** a football. Packed into a very small room at an ethnic restaurant in Cicero, nobody was all to pleased with the announcement. I would have to rank this as the worst balloon drop -- EVER! Members of the media were especially not thrilled with the fact that Judy refused to take questions and darted after the uneventful speech. She was cornered long ewnough to say that she would consider raising taxes, that she is pro choice, and that she hasn't had pay to play in her office (although her defense on this question was identical to Blagojevich's).

None of her answers were what a republican candidate wants to headline the coverage of her announcement. However, the pay to play answer was particularly interesting. How will she be able to claim that there are ethical problems in the Blagojevich administration when, under her watch, banks that contribute to her campaign account are the same banks that she as Treasurer invests our tax dollars. Her opponents were emboldened by her lackluster announcement and have been provided ample ammunition to begin to smear her.

The Andy Shaw piece on Channel 7 in Chicago contained this (click the watch video link) video of Judy doing a two step with George Ryan. She can say all she wants about her rocky relationship with the former governor, who is currently on trial for just about everything that falls under the umbrella word of corruption. She looks pretty happy dancing with him here -- about as happy as she was doing the run the state of Illinois into the ground dance while Ryan was governor.

I'll bet that this video will make its way onto the airwaves quite often between now and mid March.

As posted on Whack-a-Mole