Illinois Gov. Facing Corruption Charges - Page 2

Originally Posted by CIR_Dream2007

^ I don't think that's right. To be sure, the Republicans tried to de-legitimize Clinton's Presidency, mostly with Monica-gate, but they failed because the public viewed it as a witch hunt. Clinton left office with higher approval ratings than President Reagan (66-65% for Clinton to 64-63% for Reagan) fueled by the booming economy in marked contrast to what we have now. These Presidents do have comparable scandals, but people remember Monica more than Iran-Contra because of its salaciousness and because its more recent. But people also remember the booming economy too. That's why you have Obama re-assembling the Clinton economic team that Clinton assembled. Before Clinton, the Democrats were not trusted on the economy at all because of Carter's performance (Carter has a great Ex-Presidency though), and because of the memory of the 90's economy and how well it ran, that helped Obama win the Presidency along with Obama's unique gifts.

As for Illinois, if there is a special election, I hope Obama campaigns for the Democrat, who I think should win because of the blue-ness of Illinois. A Republican can't take his seat, that's for sure!

Originally Posted by CIR_Dream2007

^ Oh ok, then yes, you're right. the Republicans pushed a lot of faux scandals early on in the Clinton Administration that unfortunately worked for the 1994 elections. But in 1994, there were also problems with corrupt Democratic members of Congress like Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (of Illinois), and that helped the Republicans to run unbelievably on clean government and reforming government.

I think "de-legitimized" is the incorrect term to use and would use "scorched Earth" politics instead. Fortunately, the public wised up a bit and Republican tactics backfired later on in the Clinton Administration. However, Gore and Kerry fell victim to unethical Republican attacks (although Gore did technically win through the popular vote and the Supreme Court conservatives stole the election for Bush by stopping the FL Supreme Court ordered recount).

I'm not too worried about Obama. He showed during the campaign that he can handle Republican attacks and make them seem desperate and petty. Bush's utter failure as a President helps to fuel the public distrust of the Republicans as well.

Originally Posted by sunny_thedreamer

Personally i really don't care abt the scandal. what worries me most is republican wining the seat. Republican are like cockroach.