* GOP Congresscritter Peter Roskam’s latest TV ad attacking his opponent Jill Morgenthaler plays the “Blagojevich/Rezko” card in a big way…
* Roskam’s radio ad is even tougher…
* The Daily Herald parses the TV ad. The Tribune has Morgenthaler’s response…
The ads hit Morgenthaler as a “top lieutenant” of Blagojevich and accuse her of trying to help Rezko land a multi-million contract in Iraq. Morgenthaler called the ad “a blatant lie.”
Morgenthaler served as the deputy chief of staff for homeland security for Blagojevich from December 2005 until October 2007.
The ads cites as a source a letter Morgenthaler wrote on behalf of a company that had ties to Rezko.
Morgenthaler said she has never met Rezko nor accepted campaign donations from him.
“I don’t know the man,” she said.
And she said she had no idea that Rezko had behind-the-scenes ties to the firm she introduced to the Illinois Department of Economic Opportunity in 2006.
* In another race, Democrat Dan Seals blasts Republican Rep. Mark Kirk on the Iraq war.…
In a new broadcast ad starting today, an unnamed Iraq war veteran says Kirk was “irresponsible” in voting for the war and then voting to cut veteran health care funding.
“We fought for our country and Mark Kirk turned his back on us,” the man says.
* Watch Seals flip and flop all over the place on the rescue/bailout bill…
* I’m not sure this means much, but here you go…
Republican candidates Steve Greenberg and Steve Sauerberg along with GOP U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert landed on the Center for Responsive Politics list of “Wall Street’s Favorite Candidates” Thursday. […]
Greenberg, who is challenging incumbent Democrat Melissa Bean in the northwest suburban 8th District, was listed as the tenth highest candidate for congress in terms of Wall Street backing.
He has taken in more than $125,850 from the finance sector, nearly 20 percent of his total haul as of mid-year.
Biggert, who has a lot of banking interests in the west suburban 13th District, made the 10th slot for incumbents. The Hinsdale Republican raised $398,015, or 42 percent of her campaign fund, from the financial sector.
Meanwhile, Sauerberg took in nearly 16 percent of his campaign fund, more than $54,000, from the financial sector, giving him the 4th slot for U.S. Senate challengers. He hopes to unseat Democrat Dick Durbin of Springfield.
* Related…
* ADDED: Ill. Democrats expect boost from Obama, not magic
* Newspaper Endorsements Continue to Roll in For Mark Kirk
* 6th Congressional rivals differ on transportation
* Bean, Greenberg to debate Saturday — but you’re not invited
* Greenberg aims to distance himself from Bean and GOP
* Bean, Greenberg spar on federal spending
* Weller takes ‘last action to help the unemployed’
