I know that a lot of social conservatives are very disenchanted with her and probably wouldn't vote for her.
But I figure she's gotta be an improvement over Illinois' current governor.
At the very least, Judy Baar-Topinka would be a check on the Democrat-controlled state legislature.
Her appeal is a mystery to me but people do vote for her. Since conservatives torpedoed themselves by keeping Brady in the race they gave her the nomination. Ugh. But I don't believe these polls in any case and expect Rod to win. While he was running for the House I met him shaking hands and declined his suggestion to vote for him by saying I voted Republican. He said "thats ok my mother is a Republican."
It'd be great!
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What about all those lovely "fiscal conservatives"? Does Judas "leadership" in fighting to raise the state sales tax when she was in the general assembly, doubling the budget of the treasurer's office, and merrily signing off on George Ryan's tax-and-spend "Illinois First" scheme resemble ANY measure of "fiscal conservatism"? Ron Gidwitz is one of those nice "social moderates" and he attacked her leftist fiscal record more than anyone else.
>> But I figure she's gotta be an improvement over Illinois' current governor. <<
How so? Name one issue. I suppose on paper, Judas CLAIMS she'd lift the death penalty moritorium, but her opponent HotRod CLAIMS he will never raise state taxes, and "fiscally conservative" Judas won't even say the same. She's arguably to the LEFT of Rod on several issues!
>> At the very least, Judy Baar-Topinka would be a check on the Democrat-controlled state legislature <<
Since when? Was our last RINO Governor a check or a rubber stamp on the libs in the legislature? George Ryan eagerly enacted their agenda. I seem to recall them fawning over his gay-friendly, big-taxin' policies. He gave 'em a "check" all right!