Monday, February 20, 2006

Blagojevich announces 2006 bid for re-election . . . finally


Note to all Democrats: You have a choice between two candidates running for governor in the March 21st primary.
Just seven days before the new early voting provision sets in, Rod Blagojevich kicked off his re-election campaign this weekend with a two-day, eight city fly-around.
The 2006 re-election theme was prevalent: "Our government is here to help people."
Rod is clearly reaching out to a new electoral subset of women -- those single moms who need help taking care of their children. Evidently he sees himself and state government as playing the role of an absentee husband and father who will provide for all the financial and physical needs, but forget emotional and psychological support real dads provide.
Sounds compassionate, convenient and electorally beneficial to me. . .
Anyone else find it interesting that he picked the federal President Day holiday weekend to kick off his gubernatorial re-election campaign?

Cross-posted at www.illinoisreview.com, crossroads for the conservative community

14 comments:

Skeeter 9:55 AM  

Ms. Eaton,

I am not clear about your post. It sounded sarcastic to me, but I may be mistaken. After you all, I thought you were "Pro-Life."

With that in mind, do you believe that government has a role in helping provide things like food, education, and health care for children?

Bill Baar 10:28 AM  

Skeeter, check out Carl Nyberg's Proviso Probe.

Carl found a column by James Hammond in the Austin Weekly,

Governor Rod Blagojevich, in his recent State of the State Address, proposed the passage of a jobs bill. His anticipated legislation would create over 230,000 jobs in construction and manufacturing, with 85,000 in mass transit, 7,000 through school construction and more than 140,000 from road building. The governor is predicting the jobs will pay from $40,000 to $120,000 per year.

This sounds great and the question that naturally comes to my mind is why aren’t the legislators in Austin promoting the idea? What, in fact, are these men and women doing to ensure that the unemployed in Austin will have an opportunity to train and participate in these new jobs? The March primary election affords Austin residents a great opportunity to demand from State Rep. Calvin Giles, for instance, and his colleagues some accountability on job creation and business development for Austin.


Maybe they know its all smoke and mirrors too... or at least for the people of Chicago's West Side. They need an alternative to the Democrats that have ruled them for ages... that's the only way Hammonds suggestion here would make any sense,

Austin residents have an opportunity to dissent another way. They can go to the polls in March and vote for candidates who believe in bringing jobs, business and money to the Austin community. Austin needs a new federal and state facility to go along with the Wal-Mart and Menard’s coming to the community.

The business strips need a shot in the arm with a return of our tax dollars in the form of business loans and grants. Austin’s young people could use new, innovative strategies to become better trained for the job market.

Isn’t it time to tell Austin’s elected officials that we are sick of stories about Arkansas, and the handshake and smile will not cut it anymore? Austin wants you to show the community the money—money for jobs, training and business development.

Bill Baar 10:40 AM  

I thought Tony Blair got Governments role right in his Faith Works Speech.

But money is not enough, however necessary. The only politics that works today is one based on partnership with the people. The days when Government could "do it for people" are over. They can do it with people or not at all.

Government can't raise your family. Government alone can't get you a job. Government on its own can't, from Whitehall, run the NHS properly, look after the sick and elderly, educate the children in the classroom, mind them when you are at work. Parliament by itself can't police the streets, give the alienated youngster a place to go or a place to play.

We can help do these things. Government can enable it, fund it, help or hinder those taking on the task. But increasingly, the ultimate difference has to be made by the creativity, ability, and dedication of those on the ground working in partnership with central and local government.


I can't see Illinois's Democrats, at least the Regular ones buying into a politics of partnership with the people. At least a partnership where the party isn't shot caller. That's just not their style.

teacherman 10:40 AM  

To me, Blago's speech yesterday sounded like he was going into business for himself.

Anonymous,  11:22 AM  

crossroads of the conservative community? more like the intersection of a bad wreck.

Anonymous,  11:39 AM  

Sheila Simon pointed out in Marion that Blago was taking care of children who are not a voting bloc so he has nothing to gain politically from his programs. And this coming from a professor at SIU who I guess does not realize that working moms and dads holding down two jobs are not a voting bloc. Amazing is the stupidity that is around us at the university level.

Anonymous,  1:47 PM  

To show how much he is off base or just telling a bald face lie.All these construction jobs are temporary out of a union hall.We need permanent factory jobs.the most one of these constrution jobs will last is a year if the weather permits.Jesus how stupid does he thinl the people of Illinois is.

Skeeter 1:57 PM  

"Construction jobs are temporary out of a union hall"?

You must not be from Illinois. In Illinois, almost all construction jobs are temporary jobs out of the hall. Once a job is finished, they get new jobs out of the hall. That is the way the construction industry works.

Before you call something stupid, get a clue as to the issue that you are discussing.

Anonymous,  3:15 PM  

Let's see, should I click on the Illinois Review link to learn more about this breaking news story, or should I read the paper, where I won't get a rabid conservative point of view...tough choice.

fedup dem 3:36 PM  

It should be plain to everyone that the Governor is clueless about the nuts and bolts of governing. All he is concerned about is how well his sound bites will bamboozle the voters into giving him another four years to screw things up for this state.

Say no to Gutless Rod on March 21!

Anonymous,  4:55 PM  

Blago needs two things for my vote. Comb the doo back and correct the overbite. D.W.

Anonymous,  5:11 PM  

Just got back from Quincy, Rod looked pretty good; had a good message.

Don't quit the car lot job, yet!

Not one of those clowns can take him out.

Anonymous,  5:28 PM  

Unlike you I worked on constrution and it works this way.You might sit for days without being called out.In the winter time you draw unemployment.I will rephase that to seasonal and a lot of people can not make it on seasonal.These are road jobs and a lot of times the people bring their own people in and the locals get nothing.Plus once again he is going to use the old Illinois credit card.

Skeeter 6:38 PM  

Let me get this right, my anonymous friend. According to you, there is not enough construction work. The solution, according to you, is less construction work?

I don't know what trade you were in, but for most trades you make enough and work enough when the weather is good to make up for the slow season.

Construction jobs are good jobs. Plus, they help all of us. Sounds good to me.

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