Archive for June, 2005
Posted in June 29th, 2005
Cegelis was down by $5,000 for her goal of $50,000 by tomorrow’s end of quarter deadline. It appears this post on Daily Kos has shot past that number. In total, Act Blue contributions have accounted for $30,000 to her campaign already. According to this post, she blew past the $5,000 today and it keeps going. […]
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Posted in June 29th, 2005
According to comments in the Leader’s Discussion Board it was announced tonight—not that I take the Leader’s Discussion Board seriously in most cases. I stand corrected. It was announced at a Lake County Republican Golf Outing Dinner tonight that Kathy Salvi has formed an exploratory committee for her own bid to run for Congress.
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Posted in June 28th, 2005
Is only the beginning of the problem for Republicans attacking the pension offset that underpins the budget. Aaron Chambers explores it in a bit more detail: At the end of May, as the legislative session ended, the Republicans complained the pension maneuver would cost the public upward of $30 billion, perhaps even more, through 2045. […]
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Posted in June 28th, 2005
LaHood as backup AURORA ? House Minority Leader Tom Cross thinks Judy Baar Topinka is the Republican Party’s best bet to beat incumbent Gov. Rod Blagojevich in 2006. In a meeting Monday with The Beacon News editorial board, the Oswego Republican said that when compared to the field of announced GOP candidates and those considering […]
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Posted in June 28th, 2005
You had to write a really inflammatory op-ed in the Washington Times—c’mon Tom–the New Democratic Network is where it’s at for centrists in the party now.
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Posted in June 28th, 2005
From Charlie Cook’s Off to the Races Column at National Journal But we keep reminding ourselves that the scarcity of vulnerable Republican seats in the House and Senate makes it almost impossible for the GOP to lose control. Having said that, I don’t think anyone has figured into the equation that Republicans would begin engaging […]
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Posted in June 28th, 2005
Drudge thinks Obama is taking a swipe at Lincoln with this: Still, as I look at his picture, it is the man and not the icon that speaks to me. I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator. As a law professor and civil rights lawyer and as an African American, […]
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Posted in June 27th, 2005
Sigh, every once in a while I think the Republican Party doesn’t have a death wish in Illinois and they come through for me and prove me wrong. This has to be a hard pill to swallow for Rauschenberger who went and jumped off a cliff for Roeser in recruiting Alan Keyes to Illinois. Always […]
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Posted in June 27th, 2005
Second hand, but they usually get this stuff correct. Unless Roeser is trying to push him out of the race, looks like Dems ought to start cheering for Dave McSweeney!
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Posted in June 27th, 2005
Most ridiculous thing heard recently: But to some Capitol Hill Republicans there is a dark cloud on the Nats’ horizon: the potential that their newly adopted home team could be purchased by billionaire financier George Soros. Earlier this month, Soros joined an ownership bid being led by entrepreneur Jonathan Ledecky. Their group is one of […]
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Posted in June 27th, 2005
And the Speaker found a good one this year. Rich Miller does a good rundown on the Speaker’s effort to reign in predatory lenders. The Speaker is a creature of what he is–political power. He’s good at using it and good at generally doing things that Democrats approve, though he seldom uses it for an […]
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Posted in June 27th, 2005
While many see the imminent demise of Blagojevich as done, he’s got some powerful cards still to play. The reason Topinka is such a strong challenger is that she is the only Republican he can’t paint into a corner on issues such as abortion rights and other social issues. LaHood falls into a second category […]
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Posted in June 27th, 2005
In a bizarre article about the media buys for the State Lottery: Blagojevich’s audit of his agency covered a period from Sept. 1, 2003 to Nov. 30, 2004, and also found that R.J. Dale failed to provide audited financial statements, canceled checks and bank data. Clifton Gunderson reported, “Due to the insufficient reliable documentation and […]
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Posted in June 27th, 2005
Most people with a clue would have sold the damn investment or brought in at least a new management team, but no, Ron Gidwitz running on cash infused stupidity thought he could run for Governor and not get called on a scandal involving a low income housing project he is partial owner of and majority […]
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Posted in June 27th, 2005
While I’ll be back at attacking Weller for marrying into a genocidal dictator’s family and ignoring the moral implications of such a move soon, even Jerry Weller hasn’t stood still for the conditions at the Evergreen Terrace Housing Complex in Joliet. From October 20, 2003 in Crain’s: Urban eyesore or essential shelter? That’s the question […]
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