Political Potpourri: Bobby Rush to Support Blagojevich with No Hidden Agenda for Topinka…Prediction Firm that Meeks Won’t Run…A Hint of Sabotage Against George in the Pedophile Scandal?

Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) who cut a deal with Judy Baar Topinka to deliver African American votes to her in his last run against Tom Dart won’t be doing the same thing as she runs for governor this year…There is no change in the prognostication that State Sen. James Meeks will not run for governor no matter how many times he hints…The story broken here that Topinka herself was the source of the disparaging comments on President Bush to George Will has not been denied, which means you can take it to the bank…Nor has the fact been challenged that behind the scenes there are a good number of elected Republicans who have signed up officially for Topinka who are actually for Blagojevich—as well as a reasonable number of prominent Democrats officially pledged for Blagojevich who are pushing for Topinka quietly but effectively. But because Topinka’s funding is at a standstill, those covert pro-Blagojevich Republicans are more effective…Latest theory to hit the priest pedophile scandal is this: one liberal priest has been quoted as saying that Francis Cardinal George’s removal is coming fast because of inaction, hinting that a coterie of liberal priests had withheld information on Dan McCormack in order to do him in. You think? After all, George is a theological conservative who is less liked by liberal priests than the late Cardinal Bernardin, a liberal. Your comments on all of these would be interesting.