Illinois Times: Hacked Off: the governor's continuing Chicago problem

[Tweed]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=post&forum=150

Politics is a numbers game — and the numbers of votes, dollars, and favors are the only numbers that matter.

The boys who play politics at the street level never forget their numbers. They can tell you how many votes they pulled out of precinct 22 three elections ago, or how much money they raised for some nobody judge in ’96, or the name of their neighbor’s mother’s cousin that they helped out of that jam that one time.

And right now, many Chicago hacks are not too happy with Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The way they see it, they racked up good numbers for him in 2002, and, like bookies who have let a hard-luck gambler slide for too long, they’re tired of waiting for him to make good on his debts.

This was what was really at the heart of the noxious feud between Blagojevich and his father-in-law, Chicago Ald. Dick Mell.

A downstate perspective on a upstate battle.

[AntiSmirk]

1. Oops, check your link, Tweed.

n/t

[Cuban_Liberal]

2. Interesting.

Most downstaters seem to like him better than y'all do in Chicago.

:shrug:

[Radical Activist]

3. You think downstaters like him?

I have a hard time finding any downstate Democrat who likes Rod that isn't working for him. A lot of people can't stand him.

[Cuban_Liberal]

4. He's very popular in my area.

I dont know 2 Democrats personally who aren't supportive of a 2nd term.

:shrug: