Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Ill. house passes recall amendment bill, Emil Jones may block it

Some more unfinished business: Yesterday the Illinois House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that could lead to an amendment to the state constitution allowing a recall provision so voters could oust incompetent or corrupt state office holders. Eighteen states have such a law, most famously California, which booted Gray Davis out the governor's mansion in 2003.

There was no interest in adding a recall amendment in Illinois, but five years of Democrat Rod Blagojevich running things, sort of, gave people here the necessary motivation to get the ball rolling.

The recall bill now moves to the State Senate, where Emil Jones (D-Chicago) rules. He's a close ally to the governor, who through a spokesperson, is said to favor the bill. An even more ardent recall amendment supporter is Lt. Governor Patrick Quinn.

My guess is that Jones will stall the bill.

Jones is an old-style machine politician, who recently became known nationally as the Svengali for Barack Obama's vaunted (and overrated) State Senate record.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If Emil blocks it, that will definitely speak VOLUMES about the integrity of Obama.

The obvious connection to Jones, aside, BamBam endorsed Blago, and the Toddler.

Three nefarious IL pols grab the backing of Mr. Hope and Change ...

Of course - your good lefty zombie will find some irrational spin and blame it on Cheney, thereby giving Barak a pass.

Still. More proof that Bam's a product of the machine and nothing more than a better smelling pile of sh*t. But a pile of sh*t none the less.

Regardless ... even if Emil does support it - Barak's still a fraud.

Anonymous said...

So Jones is a criminal who's afraid he's next on the list for arrest. What better way to protect your job and all the millions you steal than block a recall bill.
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