Illinois GOP Has Several Candidates for Governor
Last Updated on Monday, 2 March 2009 03:24 Written by rslcpol Monday, 2 March 2009 12:17
And one (Joe Birkett) might be a candidate for A.G…
From the Daily Herald:
Birkett, meanwhile, has been putting up signs and distributing handouts that read “Joe Birkett for Illinois,” touting himself as a “Proven Leader. Proven Corruption Buster.”
At the Rove fundraiser in Schaumburg, Birkett went after Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, the Democrat who beat him for the post in 2002, with a vengeance. Madigan is expected to either run for governor or seek a third term in her current office.
“If she thinks she had a tough race then,” Birkett said of their match in 2002, “wait until 2010. You better get the gloves off, Lisa.”