TRIBUNE POLL: Big lead for Jim Ryan
The Chicago Tribune reports on the results of a new poll (conducted for the Tribune) that shows Jim Ryan with a solid, 14-point lead in the Republican Primary for Governor. This is the third straight public poll showing Jim with a large, double-digit lead:
Former Attorney General Jim Ryan, who is seeking redemption after losing to Blagojevich in 2002 … has the backing of more than a quarter of Republican voters in the Feb. 2 primary …
On the Republican side, the poll of 600 likely GOP voters found Ryan with the support of 26 percent, to 12 percent for Andy McKenna, the former state party chairman. At 10 percent was state Sen. Bill Brady, of Bloomington, an unsuccessful 2006 Republican governor candidate, while state Sen. Kirk Dillard, of Hinsdale, had 9 percent. Three other candidates had the support of 6 percent or less of GOP voters.
Ryan, one of the last entrants in the race, is known after serving two terms in statewide office. He is getting the support of one-third of collar county primary voters and one in five voters outside the city and suburbs to take the early edge.
Watch this excerpt from the WGN TV News report below:
I don’t believe that any canditate with previous political office experience will change anything. Sad to say but those people are responsible for the mess we are in today. Senators & represnetatives with fat pensions with cost of living, insurance, salaries that should reflect part time work are now full time, state departments that have to many managers and the list goes on.
The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) last year lost 24% of their investments. Now only the taxpayer is required to make up the difference.
Recently, an individual resigned from the University of Illinois. That cost him $400,000 job but he was going to keep his $244,000 teaching position. Life must be good.