Comments on: Melissa Bean’s Ex-Chief of Staff Now Lobbying Against Financial Regulation

By: rafflaw

rafflaw — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:57:03 +0000

I have lived in Bean’s district for 19 years. She is a moderate Democrat who might be considered a semi-Blue Dog. The earlier posts that mentioned that she was one of the first Dems elected here in a long time for a National office. I have differed with her views on several issues, but she is a Democrat in many issues. She is better than her predecessor, Phil Crane, but Congress must stop these lobbyists.

By: numediaman

numediaman — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:25:50 +0000

The IL-8th went for Obama by 13 points.

Crystal Lake is in the 16th district (http://www.comportone.com/getparent.html?cpo/comty/il-city/crystallake/index.html,cpo/navi1.htm)

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:48:35 +0000

I agree but as long as the GOP guts federal agencies from doing anything that messes with their gravy train the states have to protect themselves.

By: MarkH

MarkH — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:41:52 +0000

Don’t hate me, but I agree with the idea that the federal law should be the toughest or should over-rule state law. Without one over-riding law the financial firms would have to spend a lot on ensuring their compliance with (perhaps) 50 state laws all different. Remember, one of the problems with healthcare insurance is that they have to deal with 50 states and varying laws and many can’t compete nationally.

Let’s not create another 50-state mess with financial firms the way the private healthcare insurers have state monopolies.

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:28:22 +0000

To get an idea how in the pocket of the GOP the local media is look at Ex GOP state Rep Cal Skinner

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/campaign2002/656850/posts

It was not until after he lost election did the newspapers report his first wife left him she accused him of being a child molester. Then she mysteriously left the country taking her child before the trial started and was never seen again.
If that fact had been reported before he never would have won election in the first place! But the local GOP papers kept it quiet.
Thats is how in the tank the local news is in Melissa’s District.

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:14:49 +0000

Background David Duke got more votes than Jesse Jackson did for President. Alcohol use per Capita in the County of McHenry which is much of the district used to lead the whole state still might. These people will be hurt by the drop in real estate prices they have nice neighborhoods, good schools and good credit many of them got in the real estate game and now have lost.
Real Estate Republicans run the County think of them as the Corporate Wing of the GOP. There has been some anti abortion GOPers moving in though.
Before Melissa Bean there was no real Democratic anything in the county for decades as I recall. The antiwar movement and the environmentalists are getting bigger though.
The local Papers are to the Right of the Chicago Tribune.

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:02:49 +0000

She is an improvement over Phil Crane.

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:01:06 +0000

Northern Illinois Crystal Lake my old District Rumfelds old district Conservative very Conservative.

By: earlofhuntingdon

earlofhuntingdon — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:31:04 +0000

And the SEC - or someone to whom they report - just hired a 29 year-old Goldman Sachs investment banker, Adam Storch, to head the SEC's new Enforcement Division. Fox, meet henhouse. Mr. Storch's lengthy, career is comprised of five years work at Goldman. See here and here . The building janitor has more independence, experience and people management skills. Mr. Storch's is exactly the Wunderkind background least likely to build trust and confidence at new agency or between it and its institutional sponsors, its Congressional funders, and the targets Mr. Storch's team are meant to watch over. It's enough to make one think that's not what they want to achieve. I guess if you can't defeat regulation and reform before it spills out of the bottle, turn it sour before the public can lap it up. Did someone say George Bush had left office?

By: whataretheysmoking

whataretheysmoking — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:28:51 +0000

when is this smirking cow up for re-election?