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Worse than Ryan?

Posted by JP on Mon, 10/27/2008 - 09:50

The Chicago Tribune had an interesting political poll last week that showed Gov. Rod Blagojevich's approval rating at 13 percent.

Of those polled, 75 percent said they don't want to see him re-elected.

I just happened to be digging through some of my George Ryan files recently and came across the Oct. 31, 2000 Daily Herald story on the poll we did back then with news partner ABC-7.

65 percent said Ryan should not seek re-election.

For what it's worth, that 2000 poll also showed Republican Jim Ryan with a huge lead over Democrat Rod Blagojevich, should that end up being the matchup for governor in 2002: Blagojevich 18 percent, Jim Ryan 45 percent, Undecided 37 percent.

Looking back, I guess we know how just about all of those undecided voters broke.