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Posted on August 23, 2022August 24, 2022 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Morrison leads Republicans like lemmings off a cliff
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Morrison leads Republicans like lemmings off a cliff

Cook County Republican Chairman Sean Morrison did what he does best, taking care of himself but failing to help the Cook County Republican organization he is tasked to lead. Seven candidates he slated in a big PR stunt to run in the November elections have either quit the race or been thrown off the ballot, many for stupid mistakes that a good qualified party leader would have known to avoid. Republican Darren Bailey, who needs Republican support in the suburbs to unseat Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, “Daddy Warbucks,” should force Morrison to step down and replace him with a better GOP leader

By Ray Hanania

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The headlines were encouraging for Republicans back in July. The Cook County GOP organized one of its largest candidate slates to challenge Democrats in November.

It all sounded good on paper, and came at the right time, as the Republican party was coming apart not just in Cook County in recent years but in Will and DuPage, too.

There was a time when Republicans had a strong voice on the Cook County board.

Today, only two Republicans remain on the 17-member board: Morrison who is also the Cook County Republican chairman; and Pete Silvestri, who saw the writing on the wall and retired.

Gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey and his wife
Gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey and his wife

 

Rebuilding the Republican Party in Cook County would restore a two-party system that forces accountability and prevents people like Kim Foxx, with her pro-criminal and anti-law-abiding citizen platforms, from winning office.

 

It would also help Darren Bailey in his fight to undermine Democrat Gov. JB Pritzker, or “Daddy Warbucks,” who doesn’t really run in elections. Pritzker buys elections.

Illinois is ranked among the worst states on almost every criteria. Dumping Pritzker for Bailey could bring change.

Morrison bragged in July about slating the highest number of candidates “in more than a generation.”

But Morrison doesn’t really have the skills to save the Republican party. He didn’t slate Republicans in the primary because he was too busy dealing with his own scandals. So, he waited until after the primary to fill November ballot vacancies.

Morrison began with what the Chicago Tribune called two “party switchers” to fill gaps in the November GOP ballot. Bob Fioretti, a Democrat and former Alderman of Chicago’s Second Ward who served two terms from 2007 until 2015, to revive his career as a Republican was picked to run in a suicide challenge to Democrat County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. Fioretti is a good person, but he can’t win.

Morrison tapped former Democrat who turned Republican Tony Peraica to challenge Democrat incumbent Karen Yarbrough, who like Preckwinkle, is very popular.

Peraica is known more for his headline grabbing than his winning elections. He ran as a Democrat in 1994, then as a Republican in 1998 for Treasurer against the Democrat’s most popular County official, Maria Pappas. Peraica won in 2002 for the County board, but lost for board president in 2006. He lost for County State’s Attorney in 2008. And, he lost his board re-election in 2010.

 

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Darren Bailey needs a GOP boost in Cook County and can’t afford the problems that controversy-plagued Cook County Republican Chairman Sean Morrison continues to bring to the party.

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But Morrison’s real problem isn’t slating weak has-been candidates. It’s his ineptness as a party chairman. He can’t even get the candidate paperwork right.

Seven candidates Morrison slated for various races with no Republicans in the June 28 primary all had problems that could have been avoided.

Two withdrew while five others were tossed from the Nov. 8 ballot for an assortment of avoidable issues: improperly filed petitions; failure to submit enough signatures; one was disqualified for becoming a Republican after voting Democrat in the June 28 election, a legal no-no.

These were all stupid mistakes a skilled leader could avoid. But Morrison isn’t very skilled at politics. He defeated Gorman, one of the Republican Party’s best and most qualified elected officials, by using lies and distortions to deflect from his own scandals.

In November, Morrison is being challenged by Democrat Dan Calandriello who has a strong chance of winning.

Four years ago, Morrison barely clung to his seat against unknown Democrat Abdelnasser Rashid who lost by only 1,377 out of 121,767 votes cast. Rashid has moved to the Center and easily defeated incumbent Mike Zalewski to become the Democrat candidate in the 21st Illinois House seat on the Nov. 8, 2022 election ballot, a guaranteed win.

There are only two incumbents remaining on the Cook County Board’s 17 seats. Morrison has an uphill fight to hold the seat and Silvestri’s seat is a toss-up brawl between Democrat Maggie Trevor, who ran for the seat before and is known to voters, and Republican Matt Podgorski, a newcomer.

Morrison’s leadership is bad news for Republicans. But there is still time for Bailey to reverse Morrison’s downward spiraling trajectory.

Bailey should force Morrison to resign, replacing him with someone with better GOP credentials, someone like the late Maureen Murphy, the first woman to head the party (2002 – 2004). It was Morrison’s pal, Peraica, who led the campaign to unseat Murphy.

Murphy died in 2008. Murphy’s ally Liz Gorman, who helped ensure Rauner’s 2014 victory over Pat Quinn, previously chaired the county GOP (2007 – 2008).

Morrison’s GOP Fiasco would never have happened under Murphy, Gorman or Lee Roupas, who was Morrison’s more effective predecessor as Palos Township GOP chair.

Morrison’s backing of Peraica is a double shame for the GOP.

Republicans have no chance of re-building the party or restoring accountability in Cook County with Morrison or Peraica at the helm.

(This column originally appeared in the Southwest News Newspaper Group newspapers, August 22-24, 2022)

(Ray Hanania is an award winning former Chicago City Hall reporter. A political analyst and CEO of Urban Strategies Group, Hanania’s opinion columns on mainstream issues are published in the Southwest News Newspaper Group in the Des Plaines Valley News, Southwest News-Herald, The Regional News, The Reporter Newspapers. His Middle East columns are published in the Arab News. For more information on Ray Hanania visit www.Hanania.com or email him at rghanania@gmail.com.)

 

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Ray Hanania is an award-winning columnist, author & former Chicago City Hall reporter (1977-1992). A veteran who served during the Vietnam War and the recipient of four SPJ Peter Lisagor Awards for column writing, Hanania writes weekly opinion columns on mainstream American & Chicagoland topics for the Southwest News-Herald, Des Plaines Valley News, the Regional News, The Reporter Newspapers, and Suburban Chicagoland.  

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