Topinkojevich Announces

Judy Baar Topinka -- Katy Bar the Door, impending disaster ahead.

Guess the IL establishment Republicans are still smarting over losing Lolita Dedrickson in March of 1998 to conservative Peter Fitzgerald. They dusted-off her more amusing clone.

Topinka launches race for governor

...Topinka has vocal opponents among conservative Republicans. She would also be facing wealthy opponents.

...She was joined by former Governor Jim Edgar, who was asked to run for his old job but declined. Instead, he has agreed to serve as Topinka's campaign chairman.

...She belongs to the party's establishment at a time when some Republicans are calling for a thorough house-cleaning. Her candidacy is backed, for instance, by Bob Kjellander, a member of the Republican National Committee whose lobbying firm made $800,000 by helping a bond company land a deal with the Blagojevich administration.

...Topinka also pushed unsuccessfully to let two hotel companies with political connections settle $43 million in debt to the state for just $10 million.

...Steve Rauschenberger's gubernatorial campaign has begun calling her "Topinkojevich" and arguing she would be little different from the current Democratic administration.

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Here's a golden oldie, and I suspect the same sort of predictions will appear for Judy Baar;

McLaughlin Group – 11/24/97
PREDICTIONS worth mentioning
Clift: Expanding private pensions
Buchanan : Big demand for US funds to bail out Asia.
McLaughlin: Lolita Dedrickson (R) will face Carol Mosely-Braun and win.