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If Pritzker keeps acting like a boss without actually being one, well, he could end up like the guy he replaced. One term and done.
Illinois Republicans are already mocking the governor for his string of politically embarrassing losses while quietly preparing to skewer Pritzker for what the latest L means: Even members of his own party won t give him the power he wants.
Not even at the promise of access to inherited money in Pritzker s piggy bank. It shows that J.B. Pritzker has continued to make enemies in the party, and that s no good for the governor or his agenda, state Rep. La Shawn Ford said. He goes in with knives, and people don t forget feeling the cut. … That s going to hurt his ability to get things done and keep people [in the party] from wanting him to be successful.
This has probably been asked before but what would happen if 20 or so reps come out and say, “we will only vote for MJM”? How does it play out if no one gets 60 votes?
How does it play out if no one gets 60 votes?
They keep voting until someone does get 60 votes. So it could be lots and lots of voting. And since someone will need to cave in, this is why I refer to it as a game of high stakes “chicken”
I wonder how long they will have between roll calls.
Madigan will never give in. People need to realize that.
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Former state Sen. Bill Morris of Waukegan has some advice for the 19 House Democrats who want to overthrow Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
“They have to come up with a better name,” said Morris, a member of the so-called Crazy Eight group of independent-minded Democrats who sparked a six-week battle in 1977 for the Illinois Senate presidency.
Morris was mostly joking. “The 19,” as the group is currently known, has bigger challenges than what to call itself, not least of which is how to become 60 the number needed to choose a speaker.
But a cohesive identity that captured the public imagination was no doubt an asset for the Crazy Eight during the protracted 1977 holdout that ended with Democrat Tom Hynes of Chicago being elected on the 186th ballot.