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Personality likely to trump issues in Democratic governor race between Pat Quinn, Bill Daley
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| Contributor | Imperator |
| Last Edited | Imperator Jul 22, 2013 06:33am |
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| Category | Election Guide |
| Author | Rick Pearson |
| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Tribune |
| News Date | Monday, July 22, 2013 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | With the field for next year's Democratic primary nomination for governor becoming clearer, so too is the realization that the battle between incumbent Gov. Pat Quinn and challenger Bill Daley will be fought more along personal rather than ideological lines.
Quinn already has signaled a willingness to portray Daley, the son and brother of former Chicago mayors, as a candidate of wealth and entitlement. And Daley, already accusing Quinn of failing to govern, is ready to link the governor's leadership style to his imprisoned predecessor, Rod Blagojevich. All this with more than eight months before the March 18 primary day.
"Quinn and Daley will beat the heck out of each other," said Christopher Mooney, a political science professor at the University of Illinois at Springfield. "It's going to be a bloodbath."
Quinn and Daley share much of the same progressive Democratic ideology, including support for more stringent gun control and backing same-sex marriage.
That largely precludes a debate on the issues and leaves the contest to revolve around character and personality — particularly in how they relate to major fiscal issues, including a limping state economy and Illinois' worst-in-the-nation unfunded public pension liability.
Quinn enjoys the power of incumbency — the bully pulpit, the media-and-messaging access and the ability to raise campaign funds. But incumbency can be its own baggage when it comes to policy victories versus defeats in office. |
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