Quinn's first day and I'm already pissed.

One day. Blags has been out of office for one day. The party here in Chicago is still popping, yet something isn't quite right here in the Land of Lincoln. What could it be? Well, its our new Governor is pushing reform (great, right?) but what reform is it? Two of the worst ideas I've ever heard - 1) pushing Illinois' primary back to September and 2) pushing for recall elections to be added to the Constitution.

Governor Quinn, I think you will be an infinitely better governor than Blags but those are two really bad ideas. First, moving the primaries back to September in hopes to stop campaign contribution efforts?! Just because the primary would be 7 months later then normal, doesn't mean that candidates won't be campaigning over the spring and summer and it certainly doesn't mean that they won't be raising money. This is Illinois, after all. This plan MIGHT work during a local or state election but what about national elections? I'm not entirely sure what Quinn's plans are here but it has disaster written all over it.

Finally, recall elections? Is this California? I think it sets a really bad precedent to allow something like this. This is a republic, which means we elect people to make decisions . . . like what the Illinois Senate did on Thursday with the impeachment. The people shouldn't be allowed to vote in or out a governor or elected official on a whim. Elections have consequences, as us in Illinois know now, and recall elections shouldn't be on the table.