Thank goodness Halvorson is running for Congress…
Maybe it’s a good thing State Senator Debbie Halvorson is running for Congress?
If she were not running we may never have seen an ethics bill even get out of committee. Of course, never mind the fact she only moved an ethics bill after being called out consistently for over two weeks by the ILGOP. Never mind the fact that the bill is pretty much the same bill the House sent over to her last fall and is considered by many to merely be stalling tactic to tie up the process.
She clearly wanted to show true leadership just in time for her congressional race to try and prove she’s not carried Rod Blagojevich’s water for 6 years in the state senate.
It only took her a year to let an ethics bill out of the Rules Committee - the committee she chairs. Of course, not much has happened in the last year…just more allegations of pay-to-play, the Tony Rezko trial, and witnesses declaring our Governor personally offered up state contracts for contributions. Nothing major.
After all, according to Debbie, we passed comprehensive ethics reform nearly a decade ago. Looks like that worked out really well for the people of Illinois…
Thanks for running, Debbie. You’ve really shown the kind of leadership we are looking for in Washington.
Check out today’s Tribune Editorial: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0418edit1apr18,0,5041641.story
Posted by Editor
April 18th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Halvorson is just another Blago side-kick. She continues picking to protect a governor who is corrupt, rather than listening to her constituents.
April 18th, 2008 at 10:23 am
We are losing all republican seats in Washington. Illinois is pretty much lost if you’re a republican!
April 18th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Frankly, if it wasn’t for the terrible cynicism it would create in a disenfranchised electorate, I would say let ‘em stay on board the USS Blago which is taking on water and will inevitably sink. When their waterlogged political careers are over, they’ll be remembered for the arrogance with which they treated their electorate. What goes around, comes around. Halvorson is neither exempt from nor above criticism for her pandering support of Blago. If not now, later, but it’s a sure bet it will be sooner than later.