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Though I have my reservations about Rasmussen polls. It is likly that Brady is leading at this point. Some of Brady's mmore conservative views are not while known.
The state is in a fiscal mess that was not created overnight but by succesive Republican and Democratic Governors and legislatures.
At this point a tax increase along with pension reform for state employes ( this is a long term help but does little in the short run) are the only real solutions.
There is waste in the state budget but nothing that comes close to the size of the deficit.
The Income tax increase that has been suggusted would lower or be neutral for those earning under $40,000 what needs to accompany this is a switch from dependance on property taxes to the income tax for support of local schools.
If Brady gets elected none of this will happen but most nonprofit social services who get part of their support from the state will go under. This will just put more strain on the state and local goverments for services, increase crime and in the long run increase the cost of government.
But Quinn and the Democratic legislature have avoided doing anything until after the election and they may not be around to do it then.
Sad.

How can a poll with any credibility leave out a candidate who received over 350,000 votes in 2006. Rich Whitney and Lealan Jones (the Green Party candidates) have both been polling high, yet Rasmussen leaves them out. Even today Rich Whitney had a journalist in a popular Chicago newspaper endorse him. Rasmussen is a joke.

It's not just Rasmussen...I believe that only one pollster so far has included Whitney or Jones in their polls. Not surprisingly, both of them had the Green candidates at over 10%! I guess that's just not enough for Rasmussen to bother polling, though!

If Quinn continues to do this poor this might be one of the few opportunities for the Green Party to rack up some serious votes.

Quinn is clearly disliked by the people of IL; however, unlike the NJ campaign, where Corzine looked tantalizingly close, this race may be over early, and that would provide an opportunity for people to register their protest vote---or simply show the Green Party some love that's normally withheld in order to defeat Republicans.