Dan Cronin: I hope people are watching

Eric Krol in today's Daily Herald,

Armed with a veto-proof majority, Democratic Senate President Emil Jones Jr. is under fire for choosing ComEd’s campaign cash over its customers, getting his wife a $70,000 pay raise in her state job and helping his son land a new job at taxpayers’ expense.

At the same time, Jones also is pushing for a massive tax increase — the largest in the state’s history — and advocates a major gambling expansion, an issue not exactly popular with the public.

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With upcoming tough votes on major tax increases that Jones seems determined to force through, he could be opening the door for a Republican revival and putting newly won suburban seats in play. But given the moribund state of the Illinois GOP, it’s unclear whether even Jones’ management of the Senate will be enough of a defibrillator.

“I don’t know. I really don’t know,” said state Sen. Dan Cronin of Elmhurst, the incoming DuPage County Republican chairman. “I hope people are watching.”

Me too... I'm not optimistic about the GOP doing much if the people are watching though.

I'm watching the Greens and so far they seem befuddled on what to do with the slim chance the electorate gave them.