The worst thing for Illinois Death Penalty Reform is Mass Clemency unfortunately.
Illinois, From the Colder Prairie Now
The worst thing for Illinois Death Penalty Reform is Mass Clemency unfortunately.
Note to Self–Disavow All Conspiracy Theorists I don’t want to hear anything about Paul Wellstone being murdered from Freepers or Dem Underground. Nor do I want to hear about Iraqi connections to Oklahoma City of 6 Degrees of Separation and Bill Clinton. I especially don’t want to hear any of this crap from supposed liberals […]
Gay Bashing For $800 Alex Tapped has it covered. While I like Sanders in general, this was inexcusable. We ought to be inviting those of the Republican persuasion who support gay rights, not pushing them away. Oh, and wait, it was nasty and homophobic and not in my damn party!
LMadigan putting some numbers on Birkett Trib has her up 6. The numbers may turn out to be worse for the ICFST since they year of everything going wrong is likely to reduce turnout.
Rule #5. Don’t mistake the “natural tightening” that occurs in the polls at the end of most races in competitive states for a true surge by the trailing candidate. The Note explained this rule and the Chicago Tribune and the Political Wire need to follow it. J-Ry is @ 37% and not closing. The difference […]
Semantic Vandalism continued Some of the more hysterical bloggers are calling Muhammed a terrorist and suggesting that the supersecret treehouse cool people connect the dots. Maybe so, but before applying this label could someone point out what his political message was? Until one can do that it would seem that asking for $10 Million was […]
A New Level Of Stupidty The Post-Dispatch compares Waco to the Russian Hostage situation. The first hint that this is a stupid comparison is that there were no hostages being executed in Waco. The second, might be that there were hostages at all. The third might be that there is a difference between serving a […]
Caught up in work Will Blog in the evening of the 29th–lots of stuff including endorsements and maybe predictions. Missouri endorsements are close to being done at the other site.
Blago Still Up 12 While more data points are always needed–the Pantagraph poll was probably an anomaly. The Sun-Times is reporting a 12 point lead. Expect a bit more tightening (making my prediction a bit high), but this race is stable. Both the P-D and Trib endorsed J-Ry today. More on that later.
IL AG Race still a dead heat Madigan up 1. This race will probably go down to the last minute. I would argue the most likely outcome is low Republican turnout and a victory for Madigan. The problem is the Illinois State Rifle Association is starting to campaign actively for Birkett. A problem for Madigan? […]
Oxley’s work There is going to be a rare public vote for the head of the new accounting oversight board. Oxley felt Biggs wasn’t a moderate. How would Jim Leach think? A hell of a lot different. Actually the vote was taken and Webster won. I guess this is being a uniter and not a […]
There goes my afternoon I’m balling like a baby after reading this, While I often found (I had to correct find three times) myself to the right (not on the right) of Paul Wellstone, only Bill Bradley and Bob Kerrey matched him in integrity and honesty and guts.
Semantic Vandalism cont… (By the way, for those who don’t know it George Will used the phrase recently and I like it a lot) Tapped addresses the growing cacophony of calling the sniper a terrorist. He may have been, but I think the question is still open. He held some Anti-American views, but it isn’t […]
Sullivan almost has a good column Sullivan writes a decent column on Bellafonte until this: “when liberals denigrate the president as a “boy” or as a “sissy,” to quote Maureen Dowd, homophobia doesn’t lurk far behind.” It isn’t homophobia in relation to the President, it is his lack of seriousness. The rest of the column […]
Conason on Russert Conason allows Russert to respond to reader criticism (subscription friday). I think Conason has got it about right. Russert tries to nail everyone, and while he may slip up, but he pretty much gets under everyone’s skin. Of course, he hates Hillary Clinton, but I’m not to fond of her myself. He […]