Race for governor a real hair-raiser

In the never-ending battle over gubernatorial hair, Gov. Quinn is sending a video to supporters that aims to kill two birds with one stone.

It shows Quinn getting a haircut from the same Hinsdale barber, “Herb,” Quinn has gone to for 32 years.

This comes after a Quinn commercial that made fun of rival Dan Hynes for going to a “spa” during budget negotiations. The “spa,” Hynes said, was his barber. Quinn uses this video, likely to become a commercial, to show that his barber works at a barber shop with a blue-and-red-striped pole -- not a fancy place called “Tou Jours.”

Herb charges $16 for a men’s hair cut. Tou Jours charges $40.

This video also follows a commercial by Republican candidate for governor Andy McKenna, which put Rod Blagojevich-style coifs over the state capital dome and convicted Illinois politicians to equate big hair with corruption.

McKenna launched that commercial with the line: "Pat Quinn said he would be different than Rod Blagojevich, but, when it comes to taxes, he's Rod Blagojevich with just a little bit less hair.”

Herb quips in the video that with Quinn’s thinning locks, he can hardly compete in Blagojevich hair-corruption sweepstakes.