Illinois, From the Colder Prairie Now
Joan Walsh writes a mea culpa about Dean’s political skills and suggests that he might be far more electable than people thought. As someone who normally identifies as a DLC kinda guy, I’ve been more than appalled by Lieberman and the DLC attacks on Dean–a guy who makes the point that one needs a balanced […]
Jeff Trigg makes an excellent point about O’Hare expansion and the sleazy contracts that will likely be issued. As it stands now, there will be far fewer safeguards against the contracts being legitimate. However, I’ll blame this on Fitzgerald because instead of working a federal bill that would have demanded some accountability and put Durbin […]
Steve Chapman has a great column on Dick’s protectionism and the political consequences. In presidential politics, the only thing worse than not getting the AFL-CIO’s endorsement is getting it. The last two candidates to get its blessing early in the race were Walter Mondale and Al Gore, neither of whom spent the following four years […]
The Trib covers forest policy and points out all three major problems with fire and forest policy. 1) We are subsidizing timber–often to environmental harm 2) We are using proctectionist policies to exclude cheaper Canadian lumber and thus hurting consumers 3) We are protecting homes in high risk areas, despite that they are in high […]
Tari Renner is running to unseat Jerry Weller in the 11th CD. Several people I know speak highly of Tari Renner, making him highly unlikely to do much besides be a gnat bothering Weller. Other than Mike Kelleher, there aren’t many Democrats who have made strong runs in the area and with redistricting it only […]
Rich Miller has two relatively recent stories up that I haven’t commented upon, but the best is What’s Good for the Goose… WHAT’S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE… (excerpt) Mayors and city councils throughout the state have been complaining about the new fee on wastewater discharge. The fees, running as much as $10 per resident, have […]
Errr…I’m all for easy ballot access, but this is ridiculous. Just kidding in one sense, but it opens up an interesting question of how to have orderly elections that discourage candidates who aren’t serious.
Because the suit filed by Fox News against Al Franken might qualify–after all being unsuccessful at being funny isn’t a barrier to calling something satire. Fox said in the suit that Franken flew into a rage near a table of Fox News personalities at a press correspondents’ dinner in April and acted "either intoxicated or […]
Brent Bozell is a moron. I’m moving on…
We got our priorities straight, yes we do, let’s attack pornography while fighting a war against terrorism. Hell, let’s be like the extremists we are fighting and worry a lot about what people do in the private lives! For a second, I thought maybe Ashcroft hadn’t completely lost his mind (not that he ever had […]
Josh Marshall captures the essence behind Darryl Issa’s withdrawal from the California Gubernatorial Campaign: According to press reports, Issa had to fight back tears when making his announcement today. Now at first I figured Issa was tearing up because he’d spent such a big chunk of change on what’s turning out to be someone else’s […]
I’m setting up a page that will be a sort of Go To place for the 2004 elections in Illinois. It isn’t quite ready to unveil, but it will be less blog like, more resource like. There are some great resources out there already and they’ll be highlighted. If you know of any, drop me […]
I’ve guest blogged for Missouri at the Political State Report covering the curse put on Mayor Slay and recent reform efforts within the Saint Louis Public Schools.
Yes, the SLPS Board chaos just notched up another level with a letter from Rochell Moore to Mayor Francis Slay that places a curse on the Mayor (registration required). I’m not kidding. The open letter, sent to the press and signed by board member Rochell Moore, is filled with Biblical references. It says the Lord […]