The floodgates in Illinois politics opened Wednesday after Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan passed on running for governor or U.S. Senate, a decision that also improves the chances of un-elected Gov. Pat Quinn and likely brings more challengers to embattled appointed U.S. Sen. Roland Burris.
Madigan, who will seek a third term as attorney general, previously acknowledged she was the “first domino” in how the state’s campaigns would fall. Viewed as a prohibitive favorite for Senate or governor next year, her weeks of indecision forced a number of potential candidates to wait for her to make a move.
Having Lisa in the AG spot secures Madigan's and Daley's flanks from homegrown investigations, plain and simple. With Blago's corruption trial coming to the fore, it's necessary to have a friendly relative holding down that end of things. Someone else with more or less baggage could cause problems. Better to be safe than sorry. After all, there's no law that says Lisa has to serve a full term before moving on to bigger and better things, like cabinet posts in DC. Or Durbin's seat in a few years. Or City Hall.
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