Chicago: A Republican Sheriff In Town?

Heh! It's never too late to see the light.

Flanked by some of the state's most prominent Republicans, Democratic Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran announced Monday he is joining the GOP.

"I am changing parties as a matter of conscience," Curran said at a news conference at the Lake County GOP headquarters in Libertyville.

U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), former Illinois Atty. Gen. Jim Ryan and state Rep. Ed Sullivan (R-Mundelein) joined Curran at the event, where the name of embattled Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich was raised frequently.

Curran, who was elected sheriff two years ago, said he had been contemplating a move to the GOP well before Blagojevich's arrest last week on corruption charges.

Comments

[jharp]

Congratulations.

You've just lost the White House, control of Congress, 70 House seats, and 20 Senate seats. But have picked up a republican sheriff in Lake County Illinois. Heckuva job GOP.

[SacTownMan]

Time for the local Democratic rats to abandon the Chicago graft machine's sinking ship!

Always room under the bus for everyone else!

[Fred Beloit]

Harpo: "You've just lost the White House, control of Congress,..."
I believe the Dems took control of the House a couple of years ago. I understand why you forgot that, Harpo. The change of parties there seems to have had no effect on anything.