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State Politics Fri Aug 07 2009
Quinn Has A Serious Challenge In Hynes
Mick Dumke has some nice things to say about Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes who announced yesterday that he will campaign against Gov. Quinn for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Dumke says that Hynes seems like a "decent" fellow if not a little dull compared to other politicians (to be fair, there aren't a lot of people who are more exciting than Barack Obama). Dumke also notes that Hynes has an impressive warchest and Quinn has a platform that needs work:
Yes, there's already a Democrat in that office, but Pat Quinn has struggled to lay out a clear, viable plan for confronting the state's budget or ethics messes, and he's widely viewed as little more than a caretaker. That's undoubtedly hurt his fund-raising--his campaign raised about $860,000 in the first half of 2009, leaving him with about $702,000 in the bank. Hynes brought in $905,000 and has $3.5 million to spend.
All good points. It's going to be a good election.
