What does Andrew Sullivan have to say about this The Illinois Leader criticizes Topinka for being accepting of gays and lesbians. Or are they just playing to the crowd like Jeb?
Illinois, From the Colder Prairie Now
What does Andrew Sullivan have to say about this The Illinois Leader criticizes Topinka for being accepting of gays and lesbians. Or are they just playing to the crowd like Jeb?
Fit for Halloween Rich Miller at the Capitol Fax sums up the campaign: STATEWIDE GOOFS Did you see that Jim Ryan believes the AFL-CIO intended to put George Ryan’s photo on a mailer instead of his in order to continue tying him in voters’ minds with the governor? The state fed says the mailer was […]
The Trib Needs a clue The Redeye has debuted, but has virtually no on-line prescence. If you are hoping to attract younger folks with higher incomes, an on-line presence and attraction would seem to be a necessary feature. But they do have Steve Rosenbloom three times a week…\ And apparently, Steve Rhodes agrees with me.
Agenda for Dem Sweep in Illinois Illinois Issues does a story on the impact of a Democratic Sweep of Illinois Government. Connecting the dots, Duchossis has started spreading money to Emil Jones so the claim Elimination of subsidies to Repub-lican horseracing magnate Richard Duchossois and a variety of GOP-crafted tax breaks granted corporations over the […]
For the Comment sections over at Either MYDD or DailyKos The Back Room is predicting that a Dem sweep in Illinois will bring back straight-ticket voting. Good call.
The Dean wiffs… He never seems to capture the larger issues in Illinois. Ryan has run the worst campaign this cycle with the exception of Bill Simon. Now J-Ry isn’t a Bill Simon, but his campaign has been horrid and he doesn’t have a message. I don’ think he could overcome the cards dealt him […]
When you only have a hammer… Don Wycliff takes on the amen chorus of dot connectors and points out the shoddiness of one particular twit.
Harvey Pitt’s Head on a Platter Most political wounds are self-inflicted and this one is a doozy. Webster disclosed and for whatever it is worth, he did the right thing. Pitt didn’t and that is unacceptable. While there is no evidence that Webster was involved in hanky-panky, disclosing a fact related to his past performance […]
Coming Next: Indictment Season for the ICFST Bad, bad, bad news for the Governor and the ICFST. The finger in the dyke was just pulled. This guy probably has dirt gone through a C-14 half life. Daniels stepping down to focus on his soon to be indictment and this may bring G-Ry down after leaving […]
Neal’s Poll Analysis Sun-Times Columnist Steve Neal points out that the polls are consistently supporting a large Blagojevich lead. Far from the inane analysis yesterday insisting that J-Ry has momentum, he is stuck at around 40% or below. Worse, he is barely breaking 50 in the collar counties and below 50 downstate. Some of that […]
No Republican Fly Around The Capitol Fax reported yesterday (already off site) that J-Ry won’t be doing the traditional fly around with the Illinois Circular Firing Squad Team slate. Apparently, he is afraid being seen with Birkettt will raise questions about the Cruz case. I’m not kidding. The way to avoid that is to answer […]
Booing at Funerals Okay, being joyous is fine, booing people who knew the man personally is not. Trent Lott may be a doofus, but he was paying respects to a man who he worked with and booing him is inappropriate. They may have been political opponents, but one clear thing about Wellstone was his ability […]
J-Ry, “OH SHIT” Emil Jones and Da Speaker just put $1 Million into the Democratic GOTV effort in Illinois. If you read down the article you’ll see J-Ry pulling in more money recently. This is probably due to Hastert’s intervention recently. For those unfamiliar with Illinois politics, Hastert is from the Fox Valley and so […]
Having a good time at funerals? Yes, you remember people and laugh about the good times. What a crock. One of the stories that horrifies some twits in Missouri is that Kit Bond popped a beer after burying his mother. I always found this objection to Kit Bond silly because a common theme around my […]
Qatar coup attempted? Via CounterSpin Central there was a coup attempt in Qatar? I’m behind in reading the paper, but DAMN why isn’t this on the nightly news?