-By Warner Todd Huston
Well, he’s done it. Yesterday former State GOP Party Chairman Andy McKenna formally announced his bid to snare the GOP nomination for governor.
McKenna has launched his campaign with a video he is calling “Hair Today,” a slam on former Governor Rod Blagojevich’s well-known, finely-coiffed hair. The ad also highlights the governors that have ended up in prison for their corruption.
Yucking it up, for sure.
Ask me, McKenna is no solution to Illinois’ troubles. As the past GOP party chairman, McKenna presided over the loss to the party of every major state office and he led the party to a new level of irrelevancy in the Land of Lincoln. And the way he’s handled this campaign is already suspect.
He only stepped down as party chairman a few months ago and so had inside information of all the other candidate’s plans to that time. Then he abruptly steps down after which rumors of his eventual candidacy for governor immediately began to spread.
It’s all rather unseemly, I’d say.
Still, he has an inside track with many heavy donors because of his long-time connections in the party, so I’d imagine he thinks he can beat the crowded Republican field on fundraising. I have a feeling, however, he’ll be surprised on how little support he’ll find in this race.
McKenna’s campaign website is: www.mckennagov.com/
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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, StoptheACLU.com, TheRealityCheck.org, RedState.com, Human Events Magazine, AmericanDailyReview.com, and the New Media Journal, among many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs to discuss his opinion editorials and current events and is currently the co-host of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Conservatism” heard on BlogTalkRadio. Warner is also the editor of the Cook County Page for RedCounty.com.
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