Not the next Governor of Illinois
Bill Brady has been certified as the winner of the GOP Primary for Governor. Since his margin of victory over Kirk Dullard was more than 100 votes, there will be no recount.
Now the race is between Bill Brady and Pat Quinn, or rather, Brady vs Quinn. Not involved is Cleveland Browns starting QB Brady Quinn.
Going downballot for just a moment, a caller to Rush’s show posited an interesting theory yesterday, that the outward perception of a feud between President Obama and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is all a manufactured excuse to justify Rahm running for the U.S. Senate seat from IL this year. In other words, Alexi Giannoulias is such damaged goods that the State Democraps would make him an “offer he can’t refuse,” then slide Rahm in his place to take on Mark Jerk. It makes sense, because Rahm said that he put on hold his dream to be the first Jewish Speaker of the U.S. House when Obama asked him to be CoS. However, since there’s a good chance that the Democrats won’t even hold onto the House after November, Rahm might think that that’s a lost cause, and settle for a Senate seat. One problem with that theory is this: Is Rahm really that much more electable on a statewide basis (even in Illinois) than AlexiG? I don’t think so, and it would be even worse for Rahm’s case this year b/c of the wind to the Republicans’ back.
