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" Wonder were all the GOP commentators are on this editorial ? Only see one that is biased GOP, usually they are crawling out of the wood work in order to give their slant on an issue. They know how to hunker down and lie low espeacially when they are more at fault than even Blago. "

" The Pantagraph is only the messenger when it is anti-Democrat or pro Republican. No I am not a Rod supporter I think He has been a horrible Gov. But I do feel that this paper should be more even handed and not just complain about Democrats when this system was perfected by Jim Thompson. "

" All politicians hire their own. All of them, Republican or Democrat. That's why we need businessmen, not politicians, to run the state. Too bad the really smart, capable people wouldn't hold office if their lives depended on it. "

" So here we go. You must be a Gov. Rod Supporter. The Pantagraph is the messenger and in true Democrat form you attack the messenger. Glad to see you hold the party line and talking points. "

" Once again the Pantagraph is pandering to the local Republicans. This so-called editorial reads like a press release from Topinka and Brady. This paper again is carring the water for the Republicans. "

" At IDOT in Mc Lean county, the number of full time highway maintainence workers hired under the Oligive, Thompson, Edgar and Ryan adminstrations. Over 150. Number of Dems under Walker 12 . Number of Dems under Blago 0. Now if you talk to the 150 they will invariably state their company line " politics means nothing to me " but you need only look under the rug and one will see all of the Republican connections. If we could have Senator Brady back up his MERIT stance then half of the force at IDOT would be ran out !! So let's " gitter done " "

" 2 quick points Madigan has been investigating GRod long before others. Where was Brady during the GOP years? Probably lunching at the country club with his real estate buddies "

" The Gov. is using politics to decide on who gets a job I am SHOCKED! This has gone on thru the Thompson, Edgar and Ryan Administration and this is the firs that the Pantagraph has heard about it? It is only wrong in Mclean Co if the Gov is a Democrat. The Pantagraph agains wins the award for the most Republican paper in the state. "

" The Repubs being in power for 25 plus years knew and know every trick in the book when it comes to state government workings. They waited and watched, then stoked the flames for investigations when Blago started making missteps. They easily forgot Edgar's directive concerning hireing, " all things being equal hire the Republican " , and shamelessly hold up " Rutan " as the bible for state employment. If JBT is elected will they easily forget " Rutan" again ? "

" Blago is the first Democrat governor in 25 years. With 15000 rank and file hopefuls seeking jobs he had tremendous pressure on him to hire a few cronies thus coming under scrutiny. The " Rutan " case, brought by disgruntled Dems during the Thompson administration in the early 90's and was eventually decided by the Supreme Court stated that politcal affiliation could NOT be a factor in the hireing,firing or promotion of state employees. However even after the ruling Repubs were able to skirt the law and Dems were to timid or lax in their oversight since very few Dems were hired for state employment. Enter Blago. With the afore mentioned 15000 job seeking, precinct workers banging the state agency doors Blago was caught in a box with his promise to clean up state government as far as patronage was concerned. "

" Of course it's "shady". Since when hasn't "pull" been more important than "push". "