The Copley news service is telling us that Gov. Rod Blagojevich's habit of sleeping in
Chicago, rather than in the Springfield governor's mansion, will be a big issue in
the upcoming race. Really? That's the big issue? Not broken promises on
education spending? Not cuts to the Department of Natural Resources? Not the
failure to re-open Zeller Mental Health Center, the closure of which was aided
and abetted by State Rep. David Leitch, a Republican?
That was my reaction, too. Where Gov. Rod calls home is the big statewide issue? Sure a lot of people make hay of it here in Springfield. Our widdle feewings are hurt he won't live here like we have to. Of course, many of those critics are Republicans who put there hands over their ears and go "LA,LA, LA, LA, LA" when its pointed out governor-for-life Jim Thompson also chose to forego the mansion to live upstate. But outside of Springfield, does anyone really care? Many in the Chicago area see their city as the center of Illinois anyway; I'm not sure they would object.
Anyway you look at it, though, Illinois Republicans are still in big trouble if they make where the governor calls home the centerpiece of their effort to unseat Blagojevich.
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