Archive for September, 2005
Posted in September 22nd, 2005
I’m always fascinated by the different phrases federal prosecutors come up with, but Crain’s is reporting more people close to Daley are being identified in filings. Federal authorities aimed new corruption charges at City Hall late Thursday?and in the process identified as a “co-schemer” a high-ranking city official that fits the description of former top […]
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Posted in September 22nd, 2005
It certainly appears that David McSweeney is getting a leg up on his competition to take on Melissa Bean. He’s gotten both Peter Fitzgerald’s endorsement and Ray LaHood’s and appears to be getting support from the NRCC according to this Washington Post article. What made it different from the dozens of other meet and greets […]
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Posted in September 22nd, 2005
Posted in September 22nd, 2005
Using the Almanac of American Politics numbers, the Bush-Kerry numbers paint an interesting picture regarding what districts are vulnerable to challengers from either party. 3, 8, and 12 are covered in the previous post and obviously 8 is the Republican top target. 12 has a corrupt jackass who the Republicans can’t find a real candidate […]
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Posted in September 22nd, 2005
The DINOs you should be worried about are Costello and Lipinski From Progressive Punch Wegerje points out two guys in far more Democratic Districts vote just as conservative or more conservative According to the Almanac of American Politics the Bush-Kerry Split in 2004 for the 8th was 56-44 Bush. The 3rd (Lipinski) 59-41 Kerry. Same […]
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Posted in September 22nd, 2005
The one guy with numbers as bad as his own Think I’m kidding? 66% of women disapprove of W in Illinois and even in the collar counties he’s at 44 Approve/56 Disapprove He’s worse downstate 42% Approve/56 Disapprove. No wonder El Geraldo ran away from social security privatization (details after the jump)
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Posted in September 22nd, 2005
Barack comes through and argues against requiring the use of the REAL ID for voter identification. Barack points out some initial problems in his press release. Some others don’t quite understand the implications of such a move. Barack’s points are pretty basic and point out the gulf between the middle and working class and those […]
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Posted in September 22nd, 2005
And I’m fine with that concerning Roberts being confirmed. The thing that keeps rolling through my mind is that if Roberts rules to uphold Roe v. Wade, what does the religious right do? Start voting for the Constitution Party? Someone is wrong about where this guy stands and if Durbin is wrong, it costs him […]
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Posted in September 22nd, 2005
So this one has been running around my head for a while, though I’d now title it, ‘Why Edgar Might Not Run’. Certainly the signs from Edgar are more positive than I thought they would be and others like Mike Lawrence seem ready to saddle up. There are problems for Edgar that no one is […]
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Posted in September 22nd, 2005
The most recent Survey USA poll is worse than most are making it out to be for the Governor. As always there are caveats with polls. First, Survey USA uses only robocalls for its polls, but has been pretty close to other polls taken at similar times so let’s work on the assumption the numbers […]
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Posted in September 21st, 2005
To Keep Me Talking About Hurricanes. Charles Kuffner is a daily read of mine and he’s blogging his preparations (probably to leave). One link is to the….Worst Case Scenario for Houston
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Posted in September 21st, 2005
Kudos to Thad Allen for knocking some sense into Nagin to evacuate New Orleans for Rita.
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Posted in September 21st, 2005
Discuss if Rita makes a direct hit on Port Arthur and the relative impact on the environment there versus Katrina’s hit on New Orleans.
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Posted in September 21st, 2005
Back a bit later today–lots of issues including a relatively big storm on Monday night have kept me from posting. Check out the hurricane porn in the mean time or join Tucker and I discussing the TV themes that should have been offered up at the Emmy’s instead of the crap they pulled out.
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Posted in September 18th, 2005
He gave an address on securing energy resources at the RFF conference Obama is also podcasting at his site–currently two Katrina related podcasts Via Jack at Illinois Sierra Club again
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