Andrzejewski goes after McKenna in new ads

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[Kane Conservative]

so what is this buy and where is it running?

[Easy]

I do not doubt that he was successful. But seriously, how did he get so successful because he is running one of the worst marketing programs I have ever seen.

Dude--spend a couple bucks and run a professional media campaign--you can afford it.

[Michael Brown]

It's running on FOX and CNBC starting today.

This is a 15 second ad, professionally produced. I think he gets his message across just fine.

Further, as a fiscally conservative candidate, he is using his funds prudently and wisely.

[Mat S]

Umm, I have to disagree with Mr Brown. The ad is not exactly professional even if they paid for it. I do agree that "just fine" is how I would describe or 'blah'

[The Whole Picture]

So it'll be on FOX and CNBC.

What's the ad volume? Geographic distribution? You can get an el cheapo ad package for dirt cheap to air the ad a dozen times over a day and be done.

Teeny tiny ad buys are usually done just to grab attention from secondary word of mouth, not to actually deliver a message to the electorate.

[Michael Brown]

That's about all I know about the ad. It should be on often over the next couple weeks.

More to come though, especially on his website.

www.adamforillinois.com

[Jerry Vachaparambil]

Adam is fiery and independent, that's why I like him... Every other candidate in this race represents a "status quo" candidate. They appear to be running on tepid sound bites and shopworn platitudes.

He represents a real departure from business as usual and has been running on the same robust ideas and simple solutions as the one's he proposed when he announced on March 1.

Adam really knows what he's talking about. When he came to my school a couple weeks ago he fielded dozens of questions on a wide variety of topics- from education and healthcare to property taxes and tort reform...most of his opponents are well-versed on some issues but none have articulated anything comparable to Adam's...We need affordable healthcare, better education spending, reasonable property taxes and Adam is the only who cares enough to have research teams delving into this very deep. Even if you thought he was a nerd or didn't give him a chance in the past- I strongly encourage you to give him a listen. He will blow your mind. (I don't know if it's the holy spirit, some classes he might have taken, or what! but it's true!)

Adam is the only candidate that can explain how he will help you get what you want and he epitomizes the lesson taught in the New Jersey and Virginia election let's rally behind him- and get him elected!

[spintreebob]

Jerry,
No way Dan Proft status quo. That said, Adam is the best.

Sometimes early ads are focus group efforts to find out what works. They might be preparation for the real ads to come later. I haven't seen the ads but they might be a setup.

A set up is like the effective Melissa Bean ads against McSweeney. For 2 months McSweeney's campaign manager left Bean's ads unchallenged: "McSweeney - out of the mainstream". That set up the ads for the final week: "McSweeney - EXTREMIST".

Set ups often work, especially if they remain unanswered.

[george]

he looks like he is 12

[jaded voter]

Jerry V.

You right on the money with Adam. He is an excellent candidate. He is serious, studied and driven. He is truely from outside the system and his goal is to reform that system. Unlike so many current and past candidates he means what he is talking about. His range and breadth of knowledge of the many issues weighing on IL citizens will breakthrough in debate forums. Hopefully there will be a number of them.

Let's look to quality and actual content instead of surface glitz. Haven't we had enough superficial nonsense in politics to last us a lifetime?

Adam is strong and independent in the mould of Sen. Peter Fitzgerald. He will begin the process of clearing the forest of corruption that covers our state. Adam will be a boon for the citizens and the bane of fat & happy insiders and Combiners.

[Jerry Vachaparambil]

george- what gives it away? The bald spot or his adam's apple...

[status quo]

Its true, Dan Proft is not status quo. Dan Proft is who the status quo hires to pull the woll over voters eyes. He says Illinois is fixed. He should know. He's the fixer.

[jaded voter]

Dan Proft is polished and 'sounds' good. He says the right things. Given his cozy relations with corrupt Cicero you just can't trust him to mean what he says.

Proft is likely to be a "reformer" of the Blago variety. He is just not personally goofy like Blago.

[Michael Brown]

I have to agree, nothing good can come out of Cicero. He's been getting a 6 figure income off a no-bid contract.

How can you trust someone who's been feeding at the taxpayer dollar for 5 years.

Then there's Dilly Dillard who endorsed Obama in last years election.

He must forget, elephants never forget.

[William Y. Williams]

Andy McKenna - Casper Milktoast - has been the problem with the GOP for 3 years. Anyone who votes for him is crazy. He's staff even thinks he's a joke, but they just like the fat paychecks.

[William Y. Williams]

Dillard is the only candidate who can win.

[John Bak]

Adam needs to start running on his IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS! He's the only one that has them!

The commercial released today was good for those who know who McKenna is.

I didn't know who he is until July and I have been donating to Adam's campaign.

I think it would be MUCH BETTER to emphasize his 'every dime online' idea and 'real reform requires new leadership' theme

[Michael Brown]

Those promos are coming soon, and you are correct John. Adam has some huge reform ideas, all of which Illinois needs desperately.

One of the promos are on his real reform ideas and leadership theme.

Adam is the first candidate I've chosen to endorse in the 2010 elections. After getting to know him, and listening to his agenda, it was a no-brainer.

I'll also have to disagree with Williams on Dillard. No one should forgive him for endorsing Obama publicly on television last year. And now he wants to be a Republican governor, yeah right.

Elephants never forget!

[Sincerely Conservative]

Hi Michael,

Sorry, but Dillard never endorsed Obama. The commercial discussed the ethics reform bill, end of story. Check it out on youtube for yourself instead of hearing secondhand stories about it. Dillard was a staunch McCain supporter and raised a great deal of money for his campaign with his support. Perhaps you should check your facts before posting. And Williams is correct in saying that Dillard is the only one who stands a chance in November. And he also leads every poll. But perhaps most importantly is the blessing he has of Governor Edgar. That will resonate with Illinois voters and give him a victory not only in the Primary, but in November. Hopefully you will be able to put aside hard feelings and put your faith in him when he is the nominee.

[Larry L.]

Sincerely Conservative,

True, he didn't officially endorse him. But he did enable him by allowing himself to be used in paid commercials so Obama could burnish his "bipartisan" credentials.

Now don't get me wrong. It's good to be at least cordial with some folks on the other side of the aisle. You certainly aren't going to say anything nasty about them. And you may even privately say some nice things about them.

But for goodness sake, you don't go out and publicly enable their campaigns in the media, much less as a featured spot on a television ad.

[Larry L.]

*Just to clarify: It's good to have cordial relationships with SOME folks on the other side. You've gotta have open lines of communication to be somewhat effective. And for those folks, you can be pleasant and refrain from trashing them too much, but you don't cut TV ads for them.

There are folks on the other side, however, who entirely deserve harsh criticism in very public ways.

[Michael Brown]

Putting aside Dillard's semi-endorsement of Obama, and I have watched the youtube videos as well as Dillards recent debate in attempting to spin his purposes for the Obama ad, please understand, we have serious fiscal problems in this State. I mean serious. There's a mass exodus of business and people leaving Illinois in droves, State pensions are going through the roof, right along with our property taxes, the State is billions in the red.

With all that said, we need a real leader in Springfield, while Dillard would certainly be better than McKenna - but then, anyone would, I think Dillard is too soft, I don't think he has the backbone for the job. Which is why I like Adam.

We all can agree to disagree on many of the conservative candidates, but that is my principle reason for endorsing Adam over Kirk Dillard.

[northsideGOP]

Sincerely Conservative
If Dillard didn't endorse Obama he helped him win Iowa ans Florida because the commercial ran in both markets. I guess he also didn't endorse Earl Palmroy (D North Dakota) the Dem from North Dakota who this week announced he would support socialized medicine?
DILLARD, KIRK W
LOOP STATION,IL 60603 LORD BISSELL & BROOK/PARTNER (ATTOR 9/24/02 $1,000 Pomeroy, Earl (D)
DILLARD, KIRK W
HINSDALE,IL 60521 LORD BISSELL & BROOK/ATTORNEY 12/18/07 $250 Pomeroy, Earl (D)

[Jon Zahm]

For Dillard's sake I hope he did not give camapaign cash to Congressman Pomeroy. I know Pomeroy well from a campaign I ran in North Dakota and he is not even a conservative Democrat. He is a partisan liberal Democrat who is good at one thing... Filling the trough with public monies for North Dakota projects.

[upstate Al]

Dillard's goofs, including the head goof, Dillard himself, keep saying they are "ahead" in the polls. That's a joke. If they were, we'd see a poll leaked. What people don't mention about the Obama ad is Barack mentions on the screen he helped pass welfare reform, which might have been true at the end but BHO was a longtime opponent of welfare reform. And, Kirk, how is BHO for ethics reform when he endorsed Blago in 2006. Kirk, your chain was pulled and your buddy Barack is laughing at you.

[Pretty obvious]

I love watching the Proft and Adam people fight on here.

Both sides too delusional to know they are squabbling over last place. Neither will even finish in double digits.

[PeteSpeer]

The fifteen minute spot was bland in the extreme. It surely did not match the headline.

Don't get me wrong, the Great Buddha,who is Andy Panda and his combine cronies need to be gotten after.

Shillerstom is doing it, Proft is doing in, but all we are told in the spot is to go to the web site. Andy is overestimating the number of people who have the ability and will -- based on the the spot announcement.

And frankly, Adam needs to get a statesman's voice -- someone you must pay attention to. He does indeed sound like a young Ron Howard.

[jaded voter]

Hey Pretty obvious,

Why the smug attitude? This primary may be won with 20 to 25% of the vote in a crowded field of 7 candidates.

As a Republican you should be a conservative. You should desire to see conservative reformer values implemented in State gov't. instead of being content to allow some Combine hack with an R next to his name to represent you in Springfield

Serious voters judge candidates on the merits of their character and ideas. On that basis no one matches Adam Andrzejewski.

Proft 'sounds' good but can be trusted because of his comfort with Cicero corruption. The rest of the field offer very little substance. They will challenge or change nothing. They are the Status Quo.

[Pro-Growth, Pro-Proft]

I was gratified to hear Adam propose a "clout for kids" program in last night's debate, but bothered that he didn't credit Dan Proft's "Universal Clout" education program from which he took it. Adam's "big ideas" are generally lifted from Bobby Jindal or Dan Proft. It's good to have people agreeing with good ideas, but it is just bad manners not to give them credit.

[A.N.]

Petespeer,
Your comment about Adam's voice is a joke, you sound like the typical liberal democrat, when you don't agree with them, attack them personally. Grow up and stop the personal attacks, unless of course you really are a liberal democrat.

[Dennis C. Ryan]

I have not seen Adam's new ads, but if they shine the light of day on McKenna's sordid record as chief of the Illinois GOP, then I am glad someone is doing it.
The average GOP voter is not aware of the damage McKenna has done, or of his connections with the Democrats. Mr. or Ms. Average Republican will read that McKenna was Illinois GOP Chairman, will think "Andy MUST be "in the know," and will vote for him. This why our effort must be to stop Andy, no matter which of the other candidates each of us may choose to support.

[Miss Cleo]

When Adam unveiled his education plank on March 1st, who knew that he was stealing it from Proft who jumped into the race and put out his plank... 4 MONTHS LATER. Adam is such a great idea thief, he steals other candidates ideas before they even have them!

Proft is a joke, he's in last place in the polls, he's got no money, and his early support evaporated, in no small part by trying to use the Chicago Tea Party and co-opting it into his campaign. He'll be the only candidate that polls below Bob Schillerstrom.

[Pro-Growth, Pro-Proft]

Miss Cleo, Adam proposed a "clout for kids" program before Dan's "Universal Clout" program? Do tell, I'd love to be corrected.

I'll eschew the name-calling, but reiterate my point: Adam has some good ideas with which any conservative would agree, but if you are going to adopt other peoples' ideas and even use their specific language and phrasing it is simply good manners to attribute it. Dan was an advocate for transparency in government (as he worked with Peraica to put all Cook County salaries on line) before Adam's campaign, but he wouldn't start saying "Every dime . . . " without attribution.

As for the Tea Party accusation, consult Eric Odom, who spearheaded the event, and ask him who invited whom to participate. This accusation was stirred up by Cisco from 560, who was angry that he wasn't invited to speak (because he planned his own campaign for Senator).

[Michael Brown]

Miss Cleo, thank you for your spot on reporting. I think you are right on the money.

[Miss Cleo]

Adam has had his policies up on the web since March 1st... Proft announced in late June-ish. You do the math.

As for transparency, Proft has called it a "clean water issue" with "no constiuency". That's why he yells about how having a $100 million audit that saves $3-5 BILLION annually is such a bad idea. He likes the windows closed.

[Pretty obvious]

This race won't be won with 20-25% of the vote. That's a very naive analysis.

Republican voters will start to solidify around a couple or 3 that look electable. That's already happening. Let's face it, few Republicans in this state are willing to die on the hill of principle. Most just want to be with the winner.

And while there certainly are those who like Adam and Dan, the overwhelming majority of Republicans will not vote for a candidate for the top job who has no political experience in office. Sure, there are some who will, but that's a small minority. If only activists voted it might be different, but that's not reality.

The Homer Glen tea party forum Wednesday night was very telling. That should have been Adam's best event.

But I heard the same thing over and over: Adam seems like a nice kid, but he's running for the wrong office this year. And people find the Proft red meat show entertaining, but few see him as gov material.

If Adam and Dan can't even lock up a tea party crowd, it's over. I don't like to play pretend.

[PeteSpeer]

A.N.

I have been a conservative longer than you have been alive. I hate to see good people like Adam not reach their full potential.

I gather that someone that offers constructive criticism can only be called out as a liberal democrat. Just like the Obamaniacs call anyone who disagrees with their lord and savior a right wing nut.

That's not the unity card.

[northsideGOP]

Pretty obvious
Where do you see that already happening? Which 3? Dillard? Brady? Schillerstrom If that were true McKenna and Ryan wouldn't have JUST announced. The polling shows NOBODY is pulling away.
The known candidates have not run away,and just name recognition won't be enough this election the 912ers and patriots have shown that if the GOP gives them the same old same old they will never win. The campaign that can energize the conservatives will win

[Michael Brown]

I agree, no political experience is actually a plus in this election. The electorate what an outsider. They want one of them who knows what it's like in the private sector.

2010 will be a watershed moment. Strong conservative activists are engaged with boots on the ground State wide. These people are disseminating information and educating the public.

I anticipate, if some RINO's do make it through the primary, that we will see the Lieberman effect in play throughout Illinois.

Lieberman ran as a Democrat and lost. He then ran as an independent in the general and won. The NY23rd race is also a tell tale sign that politics as usual are over.

Adam is the first 2010 candidate I've chosen to endorse simply because he's the real deal. And if all people can find to complain about him is his youthful appearance, that's a compliment.

[Dnstate]

Rino's--Not all the candidate's for governor who have been elected to office and therefore have experience in public policy are Rino's. Some like Brady have been fighting and won battles for Gun rights, Life and private property rights and he hasn’t just joined the fight. He is Business person and understands how the government can negatively affect people live's but will also know how to correct the problems.

[northsideGOP]

Dnstate
What gun battles has Brady won??? Illinois has a FOID card and is the hardest state to get a gun in. The price of ammo is through the roof, and the price of a gun here because of the regulations make it almost impossable to let the working poor buy a gun for protection. The guys who are in office now have helped to bring our state to the gutter in jobs, debt and huge government. If thats what experience gives us then we ought to try someone who doesn't have thoses qualities, DON'T YA THINK?

[Reality Check]

I know it's hard to switch candidates when you are already involved, but people need to ask themselves how someone with no political experience and therefore no base from which to raise money, is going to win a Republican primary or a General Election in a state a socialist won with over 60%.

And even more, actually get something done!

Not voting for someone because they HAVE experience in the arena in which they are running for the top spot is the most idiotic thing I've ever heard. Why doesn't Adam run for President? I'm sure Proft would make a great Secretary of State.

[jaded voter]

"Experience" is way over rated. It is a cover for alot of BS. Most elected officials have the "experience" of going with the flow and doing what their political leaders tell them. Don't make waves is the true credo of most "experienced" seat holders.

George Ryan, Blago, Roland Burris, Topinka and so many others all had lots of experience. We cannot afford [literally] to be governed any more by people with this type of "experience". Such experienced "leaders" have run IL off the rails.

We are not looking for innocent babes in the woods to lead us but rather tough, driven principled individuals like Adam Andrzejewski who have real ideas and are not afraid to roil the existing power structure in Springfield.

You can be damn sure Dillard, McKenna or Schillerstrom will upset NOBODY with real power in Springfield. Nothing will change, insiders will not be challenged and big problems will be deferred down the road.

Ryan and Brady may give us a little more, but not near enough. Proft will give us a stealthier, more polished, less personally distracting [and possibly more dangerous] version of the Blago type "reform".

Adam is the only candidate who will change the game in Springfield.

We need the right Republican, not just any Republican to win. Conventional thinking is a crock which got us to where we are today. We need to chuck it.

[Reality Check]

Well, if conservatives rally around a candidate who cannot win the primary or general election, like Adam, and allow McKenna or Dillard to slip in, what have conservatives won?

[Pretty obvious]

It's time for Adam to drop out. The 5 or 7% he would end up with could easily spoil the race, allowing someone like that goof Bill Brady to win. Brady is the worst of all, but he could slip in as the only downstater. He's milking that to some effect south of I-80.

"Andrzejewski" is starting to sound like Polish for spoiler.

It's time to put childish fantasy aside.

And yes, others like Schillerstrom and Proft might as well drop out too. Although at least Proft provides entertainment, ripping on Chicago Dems while he still makes money from the even more corrupt Cicero.

[HGP]

Adam Andrzejewski for Illinois Governor in 2010.

[jaded voter]

P. Obvious,

Its pretty obvious you don't know what you are talking about. You are spouting nonsense. AA drop out?? For what,Dullard? McKenna?

This race is wide open right now. Why not back a true conservative? Dullard has no fire or drive in him, he just wants to get along with everyone and keep things calm for the Combine. Blago brought down way too much attention.

The primary will be tough because you have 7 candidates in a lightly covered election contest, but if AA can squeeze out a victory, he will absolutely thrive in the glow of free heavy media coverage in the general. Proft and Brady would do well with extra media attention too, but they are not the right choice. The other 4 would put the electorate to sleep.

Pretty obvious you want to keep everyone yawning so the soporific Quinn can drone on to victory.

[Michael Brown]

Well said Jaded voter!

I can promise you this, if Andy McKenna manages to win the primary, there WILL be a conservative running against him as an independent in the general.

Even if the conservative loses, conservatism wins. Truth is, Republicans can't win a general election without the help of conservatives - period.

And we won't lay down and allow another Republican Congress that bloated government and spent like Dems to come back into power.

Regarding Illinois, Adam is the ONLY candidate I've seen who has any chance of fixing this State's financial woes.

I never endorse lightly, and I am 100% sure Adam is the right man for the job.

[Get a clue]

Spoiler Adam makes a McKenna win more likely. The few percentage points he gets could make the difference.

Some of you people are as delusional as young Adam.

[Pro-Growth, Pro-Proft]

It's not a matter of insider vs. outsider, or experience vs. in-experience, but rather a question of ability, knowledge, and policy ideas. Although Adam has adopted many good ideas, he shows his lack of knowledge when he advances ideas like a $100 million audit implemented by executive order. Dan's objection wasn't to the audit itself, but instead to the way Adam thinks to implement it. It simply is unconstitutional. This is the kind of naivete that will trip him up a guy who doesn't even know how many Republican state senators we have. He just doesn't know enough about state government to run it.

Dan, on the other hand, has conservative ideas, revolutionary policy ideas, and knows more about the legislative and administrative process than most of those in the legislature itself.