State GOP gets big $$$ promise from national party
Crain's Chicago Business
Illinois' top Republican says he's received a "commitment" from the national party to invest big bucks here in hopes of a GOP breakthrough in the 2010 elections. State GOP Chairman Pat Brady said no one mentioned any specific numbers at a meeting he held Friday afternoon with Michael Steele, the chairman of the Republican National Committee. But "significant help" was promised, he said. "Mr. Steele says he's very committed to Illinois," Mr Brady said in a brief phone chat. "Illinois is a top tier state for them." RNC recently spent a reported $11 million winning the governorship of Virginia, and another $5 million in New Jersey. Mr. Brady almost certainly is looking for an expenditure of that magnitude in Illinois, and the local party soon will be submitting a proposed budget calling for "several million, no doubt." The GOP appears to have its best opportunity in at least a decade here in 2010. State Democrats have been divided since the indictment of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, and many observers consider the Democratic field for the U.S. Senate to be fairly weak. Illinois traditionally has been a donor state for the national GOP. But, while talk is cheap, the prospect of embarrassing President Barack Obama in his home state indeed may well open wallets.
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