Halvorson Out -- Update 1x

Debbie Halvorson was stripped of her position as Senate Rules Committee Chairwoman today. No longer able to rubber-stamp the Blagojevich/Jones agenda, Halvorson is going to have to figure out how to serve her constituents the old-fashioned and honest way without her influence-peddling position.

Good luck with that Debbie!

UPDATE:  Evidently, Halvorson' congressional campaign is uncomfortable with all the heat Halvorson is gettomg for chairing the Senate Rules Committee, where so many House bills and substantial Senate bills have been deep-sixed per Senate President Emil Jones' and the Governor's wishes.  Rather than loosen up the process and let good bills out for a Senate floor vote, they've chosen to take Halvorson out of the kitchen. The whole maneuver is amazing because Jones commands a three-fifths Democratic majority in the Senate and could kill anything or pass anything that was voted upon if he had sufficient control of his caucus.

Halvorson needs a squeaky-clean image rather than the one-of-the-boys reputation she now has to win the Republican leaning 11th Congressional seat in the fall against newly-announced Republican candidate Marty Ozinga.

This development is great news for Ozinga.

The IL GOP  just put out this statement:   "After years of working to advance the interests of Rod Blagojevich and Emil Jones at the expense of her constituents, Senator Halvorson has now chosen simply to advance her own political ambitions.

"Unfortunately for Senator Halvorson the damage has been done.

"The voters of the 11th Congressional District will see right through this desperate attempt to distract the people from her long record of being Rod Blagojevich's go-to person in the Senate."

Comments

[Pete Speer]

Debby stripped?

Now there is an interesting thought.

Wonder if it is in an effort to make her a more attractive Congressional candidate -- supposedly for her "opposition" to the Recall Bill.

By unbundling her from Emil?

[Marriage Defender]

Perfect timing, I wonder if she was over campaigning for Obama in Indiana when we have a state legislature that can't get a budget done.