//
you're reading...
Dem Lt Governor Primary 2010, Elections 2010, Governor General 2010

Illinois Governor Race 2010: John Fritchey Says Scott Lee Cohen Replacement Should Come From Lt. Governor Candidate Pool

(Chicago, IL) — February 8, 2010. State Rep. John Fritchey (D-Chicago) is putting in his “two cents” and is recommending that Scott Lee Cohen‘s replacement be drawn from among those candidates who ran for Lt. Governor in the Democratic primary.

According to a post on Fritchey’s Facebook page today:

Now that Cohen is resigning the nomination, I think that equity and democracy dictate that the short list of replacements should be those individuals who committed to run in the Lt. Gov. race in the first place, and not somebody who gets on the ticket solely by virtue of zip code or lineage. Just my two cents.

Fritchey’s right.

And by extension, now that Dan Hynes has removed himself from consideration, the nomination to be Governor Pat Quinn‘s running-mater should go to Illinois Deputy House Majority Leader Art Turner, the second runner-up in the vote tally.

The Democratic Party of Illinois could follow the Miss America model–if the “Miss America” winner is unable to serve, the runner-up gets the crown. That’s fair.

Anything else that smacks of horse-trading and political calculation will likely sour voters even more than those surly hordes already soured.

We’ll see.

About David Ormsby

David, a public relations consultant and blogger at The Huffington Post, is an ex-Press Secretary of the Illinois Democratic Party.

Discussion

4 Responses to “Illinois Governor Race 2010: John Fritchey Says Scott Lee Cohen Replacement Should Come From Lt. Governor Candidate Pool”

  1. “… Replacement Should Come From Lt. Governor Pool…”
    From the Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 8, 2010, “The Democratic State Central Committee will choose Cohen’s replacement. The group is to meet March 15, but could meet sooner.”
    It seems to me that the Central Committee needs to look into the background of any and all of Cohen’s replacement before a name is thrown around. Is not that what caused the problem in the first place?
    Joe Lake, Bucktown

    Posted by Joe Lake | February 8, 2010, 12:41 PM
  2. Joe,

    The background of lawmakers such as Art Turner, Ricky Hendon, Mike Boland and Terry Link have been pretty well scrubbed over the years. They are known quantities. Disenfranchising voters who voted for a “genuine” candidate is a risky move.

    Thank you for reading.

    David Ormsby

    Posted by David Ormsby | February 8, 2010, 12:56 PM
  3. I guess if putting two million in doesn’t count everyone has a right to stick their two cents in. I atill don’t think that Quinn can win in November, but Turner certainly should have right of first refusal. Lightning could strike. I’ve been wrong many times before, though I still strongly believe that a Hynes/Turner ticket would have been much stronger as I indicated in my memo to Turner last November 15.

    Posted by Phil Krone | February 8, 2010, 2:38 PM
  4. Scott Lee Cohen was a genuine candidate. He circulated petitions, got on the ballot, actually campaigned and bought a lot of media. I can think of one of the other candidates for that position who has not been well scrubbed.
    The real problem for Quinn as it would have been for Hynes, is if you knew this why didn’t you do something about it, and if you didn’t why didn’t you. It will be an issue in the fall realting to credability and competence. Again I cannot urge other candidates enough: campaign hard and independently. There is no straight party voting. Nothing can be taken for granted.

    Posted by Phil Krone | February 8, 2010, 2:45 PM

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s

Submit your email address and be among the first to receive our posts by e-mail as soon as they are published. It's free.

David Ormsby, Editor

RSS Gov. Pat Quinn

  • McHenry County Blog | Pat Quinn Tells Truth about Pension ... Cal Skinner
  • Illinois General Assembly, Gov. Pat Quinn Must Reconcile ... Marge Berglind
  • Pat Quinn Criticizes Scott Walker On Jobs The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Will Governor Pat Quinn Sign Illinois Budget on Thursday? « Child ... Marge Berglind
  • Quinn: Lawmakers Must 'Show Some Fortitude' On Pension ... Todd Feurer
  • Governor Pat Quinn Puts His Foot Down On Gambling Expansion ... Mark
  • Senate narrowly backs Quinn on facility closures - Capitol Fax.com Rich Miller
  • Democurmudgeon: Gov. Pat Quinn exposes Scott Walker as a fake ... Democurmudgeon
  • Advocates Seek Illinois Child Welfare Vision from Governor Pat Quinn Marge Berglind
  • Chicago News Bench: No, Really, Pat Quinn Still Sucks More Than ... TM-1000

RSS IL General Assembly

  • General Assembly puts health exchange bill on back burner - Crain's Chicago Business May 10, 2012
  • IL educators react to proposed state budget cuts - WREX-TV May 11, 2012
  • Violence Against Women Act Survives Partisan Fight, Quinn Told Not To Close ... - Patch.com May 9, 2012
  • American Progressive Bag Alliance Urges Illinois General Assembly To Pass ... - MarketWatch (press release) May 1, 2012
  • You Paid For It: IL General Assembly Scholarship Program - FOX2now.com May 7, 2012
  • Our Opinion: Anti-bully bill should get OK - The State Journal-Register May 10, 2012
  • American Progressive Bag Alliance Urges Illinois General Assembly To Pass ... - PR Newswire (press release) May 1, 2012
  • Illinois State University considers 4.4 percent tuition increase - Herald & Review May 10, 2012
  • Asian-Americans to have state caucus - WBEZ May 8, 2012
  • Suburban mayors also urge state to pass pension reform - Chicago Sun-Times May 10, 2012

RSS The Capitol Fax Blog

  • Question of the day May 10, 2012 Rich Miller
  • Political cover or political payback? May 10, 2012 Rich Miller
  • Illinois Needs Private Sector Jobs Now! Why Labor Leaders Support Senate Bill 1849 May 10, 2012 Advertising Department
  • Senate narrowly backs Quinn on facility closures - Chamber backs Quinn pension reforms May 10, 2012 Rich Miller
  • House approves bill to effectively end free employee health insurance premiums May 10, 2012 Rich Miller
  • *** UPDATED x2 - VIDEO *** Smith hearing resumes today (LIVE Coverage and Video) May 10, 2012 Rich Miller
  • *** UPDATED x2 *** Not a big deal at all, but it’s probably time to delegate a bit more May 10, 2012 Rich Miller
  • Morning Shorts May 10, 2012 Owen Irwin
  • *** LIVE SESSION COVERAGE *** May 10, 2012 Rich Miller
  • Protected: SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - COWL review, supplement to today’s edition and a Statehouse roundup May 10, 2012 Rich Miller
Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 135 other followers

Powered by WordPress.com