At this point four years ago, Gov. Rod Blagojevich was in the midst of an unparalleled fundraising binge, raising almost $15 million for his 2006 re-election campaign.
Has pressure from Federal investigators caused him to postpone or eliminate a similiar fundraising effort this year, in preparation for 2010?
Scofield told me the same thing when I called him about this over a month ago. He also claimed that Blagojevich had put off his annual funder because of the overtime session fights. So far, though, I haven’t heard of any major fundraising activity yet.
The governor has shown time and time again that he can raise lots of cash at the drop of a hat, so I’m not sure this means too much. Then again, the longer he waits to raise money, the more speculation will abound that he may not be running for a third term, which will make him a lame duck in some minds.
