Sunday, February 12, 2006
Judy Topinka Campaigns in Fox Lake; Gaggle of 8th Congressional District Candidates
Earlier tonight my wife and I attended the Grant Township Republican Club’s Lincoln Day dinner in Fox Lake.
As Judy Topinka was making table rounds, I noticed she looks quite attractive and softer in person than she does on TV.
She is certainly the best campaigner of those running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
Which of the guys could get away with kissing you?
And, where were they?
Staffers for the other candidates were present, but grass roots Republicans like to see the real thing.
Also attending were all the congressional candidates in the 8th congressional district.
One, Kathy Salvi, was clearly quite disturbed at the misrepresentation of her position on tort reform (see Question # 1 on her blog) that appeared in the Daily Herald.
Bob Churchill said that he was campaigning door-to-door in Woodstock today. A couple of weeks ago he was in McHenry doing the same thing.
I met Jim Mitchell for the first time. He promised to send me not only his Tribune questionnaire for posting, but also his answers to Sun-Times questions.
David McSweeney’s wife Margaret promised to mail me a copy of the book that was widely distributed to potential constituents earlier this week and Dave said I should call campaign manager Jim Thacker about obtaining his Tribune questionnaire answers. (I sent Jim an email about that tonight.)
Ken Arnold told me that he was having computer problems. More on that later, perhaps.
I tried to make contact with the only candidate I have not met, Aaron Lincoln, but failed. I’d like to post his newspaper questionnaire replies as well.
Doug Whitley gave the self-described “red meat” address, consistently returning to the theme of Illinois’ needing a new CEO.
“My state government should not be for sale,” was one of his strongest statements.
Another:
Whitley was Governor Jim Edgar’s Revenue Department Director who shepherded property tax caps to passage and is heads the State Chamber of Commerce after six years of being in charge of Ameritech Illinois.
He stressed that job creation had to be the primary task of the next governor.
“Jobs in Illinois have basically been stagnant for a dozen years,” he observed.
As Judy Topinka was making table rounds, I noticed she looks quite attractive and softer in person than she does on TV.
She is certainly the best campaigner of those running for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
Which of the guys could get away with kissing you?
And, where were they?
Staffers for the other candidates were present, but grass roots Republicans like to see the real thing.
Also attending were all the congressional candidates in the 8th congressional district.
One, Kathy Salvi, was clearly quite disturbed at the misrepresentation of her position on tort reform (see Question # 1 on her blog) that appeared in the Daily Herald.
Bob Churchill said that he was campaigning door-to-door in Woodstock today. A couple of weeks ago he was in McHenry doing the same thing.
I met Jim Mitchell for the first time. He promised to send me not only his Tribune questionnaire for posting, but also his answers to Sun-Times questions.
David McSweeney’s wife Margaret promised to mail me a copy of the book that was widely distributed to potential constituents earlier this week and Dave said I should call campaign manager Jim Thacker about obtaining his Tribune questionnaire answers. (I sent Jim an email about that tonight.)
Ken Arnold told me that he was having computer problems. More on that later, perhaps.
I tried to make contact with the only candidate I have not met, Aaron Lincoln, but failed. I’d like to post his newspaper questionnaire replies as well.
Doug Whitley gave the self-described “red meat” address, consistently returning to the theme of Illinois’ needing a new CEO.
“My state government should not be for sale,” was one of his strongest statements.
Another:
Some people run for office to do something.I can see the paint blistering.
Other people run for public office to be someone.
Whitley was Governor Jim Edgar’s Revenue Department Director who shepherded property tax caps to passage and is heads the State Chamber of Commerce after six years of being in charge of Ameritech Illinois.
He stressed that job creation had to be the primary task of the next governor.
“Jobs in Illinois have basically been stagnant for a dozen years,” he observed.
