Birkett's disclosure statement

Illinois stuff: DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett may be running for governor in next year's Republican primary. By all accounts, he hasn't raised a lot of money, but unlike multi-millionaires Jim Oberweis and Rod Gidwitz, he's not in the financial position to loan his campaign fund money from his own personal bank account. Nor does he have a statewide office or a congressional seat from which to milk funds from contributors who need "favors."

This comes our way from the excellent Obiter Dictum blog:

In a press release that accompanied his D-2 (campaign disclosure) form, Birkett deadpanned, "If this campaign is about who has raised the most insider money, Rod Blagojevich has already won in a landslide. Fortunately, for voters, there still is a chance to learn from the very near past." Said he, "I've never been deterred by an initial lack of money," alluding to his successful 1996 primary challenge of Anthony Pecarelli, who was appointed to serve out Jim Ryan's unexpired term, and his 2002 race for attorney general.

Good for Jim B.