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...presided over the most corrupt administration in Illinois history--and that is saying something.' JUDY BAAR TOPINKA, former state treasurer, on the federal indictment of Rod Blagojevich...
...Retired politicians frequently return to the campaign trail on behalf of grateful candidates seeking an electoral boost. But former Illinois Governor George Ryan has become the focus of that state's current gubernatorial race in a quite different way. Both Democrat incumbent Governor Rod Blagojevich and GOP challenger Judy Baar Topinka, the three-term state treasurer, are scrambling to show that their opponent most closely resembles the disgraced one-term Republican now facing six and a half years in federal prison for corruption and fraud...
...Judy Baar Topinka, the current state treasurer and Blagojevich's Republican opponent in November's election, is not surprisingly among those who isn't buying the promises. "They present these program and plans, but the Governor's office jealously guards many details, leaving many in the legislature and others unclear about the real stakes here," said Topinka spokesman John McGovern. The critics' chief complaint is not that Blagojevich wants to insure all children or provide them with early education, but rather how it would be paid for at a time when the state is struggling financially...
...conservative prosecutors throughout the state are hoping a change at the Governor's Mansion this fall can usher back the death penalty. While Democratic incumbent Rod Blagojevich has said Ryan's moratorium should remain in place, at least for the foreseeable future, his Republican challenger and state treasurer Judy Baar Topinka has hinted that enough safeguards have now been put into place for the death penalty to be reinstated...
...verdict on Ryan is in, it is sure to play a role in this year's gubernatorial race. Current Gov. Rod Blagojevich will likely say it proves that the Democrats are the only party capable of protecting the integrity of state government. Meanwhile his opponent, state treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, will probably argue that Blagojevich, whose administration is also being probed, is definitely not the man for that job. "We'll see the commercials very soon," said Roosevelt University political scientist Paul Green. "Each will manipulate this for their own purposes." Just as history shows so many Illinois politicians, like...