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Defend America on Wednesday, February 03, 2010 7:42:17 PM
February 3, 2010 5:30 P.M.
Illinois Primary Day Ends
And you had just learned how to spell “Andrzejewski.”
If
Illinois Primary Day snuck up on you, don’t feel bad. Until two years
ago, it was held in March; the state moved up its primary to help out
native son Barack Obama
in 2008 and never switched back. Thus, this year’s crop of aspiring
challengers had less time than usual to grab voters’ attention and
harness that burgeoning dissatisfaction and anger.Right now, no two
positions in American politics are more infamous than “Illinois
governor” and “Illinois senator,” thanks to the almost-open
auctioneering that took place between Rod Blagojevich
and the craven and obsequious career pol who ultimately was given the
Senate seat, Roland Burris. Even in a state where politicians have
become famous for their, er, convictions (Dan Rostenkowski, Mel
Reynolds, George Ryan, Daniel Walker), the Blagojevich scandal stood
out for its participants’ wildly reckless disregard for the law and the
duties of their offices.
When the local U.S. attorney is on national television using phrases like “corruption crime spree” and “would make Abe Lincoln turn over in his grave,” it’s a sign the stables need to be cleaned out.
And yet turnout was strikingly low, in the neighborhood
of 26 percent. That can’t be attributed to a lack of competitive races;
as of midday, neither party’s gubernatorial nominee looked absolutely
certain, and the Democratic Senate primary, as well as several
primaries for the House, turned out to be surprisingly competitive.
http://article.nationalreview.com/423892/illinois-primary-day-ends/jim-geraghty