We can thank Da Speaker for that particular innovation in Illinois. And a god awful ballpark to boot.
Illinois, From the Colder Prairie Now
We can thank Da Speaker for that particular innovation in Illinois. And a god awful ballpark to boot.
Tell me what’s incorrect about the above? CALLER: Oh, they’re putting him up because he’s well spoken, he’s well mannered, he gets in front of the camera, he has a presence, but he says nothing. He looks — he’s like a Bill Clinton, but just a different shade, that’s all. And you know, you were […]
It’s horrible when Rahm Emmanuel calls and begs you to run for office and bases half of his strategy for the 2006 midterms on candidates like you. Oh, and promises you cash. Usually, the ‘calls to donors’ aren’t high level people, but people who are connected and friends of other candidates and campaigns, always in […]
Reading between the lines in this Time piece Karl is throwing the VP under the bus and to the wolves at the same time. I’m not sure why Mike Allen felt the need to make Karl look this good in the story, but it’s pretty funny: The Vice President was the press strategist, and Karl […]
For the V-P. While he produced outrageously funny headlines, he had shot a friend. That sympathy evaporated when I saw this: White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan tried to absolve Cheney of blame for shooting wealthy Austin lawyer Harry Whittington, saying that hunting “protocol was not followed by Mr. Whittington when it came to notifying […]
Go here, and donate what you can. It’s important. If you can’t donate, you can also volunteer. While I’m not sure how hard Madigan will get out there for Lipinski, Madigan and the elder are long time allies. Madigan can call up ground troops in a second that dwarf most political operations—usually that’s a good […]
Sorry, sinus infection last week.
And I’ll endorse tomorrow. No joke–in fact, I said this before This is an issue I’ve done quite a bit of work on over the last few years and I feel quite strongly about it. I’ll be adding more to this over the next week in what I hope can be a fairly in depth […]
Probably the trademark of Blogging is the use of bad puns in titles, fortunately, one of the newest bloggers has that down already. Zorn will be happy that the order of the posts is most recent first… She also had someone get snarky with her over a Durbin quote with Rich Miller coming in and […]
How do any of these folks feel about the use of the word ragheads and it being used at a political event and garnering applause? Speaker Dennis Hastert, Senator George Allen, U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, Senator Mitch McConnell, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, Ken Mehlman, Wayne LaPierre, Bob Novak, Grover Norquist, and Congressman Mike […]
So, let’s get this straight. Not only did he shoot someone in a hunting accident, but he did it at a place that is a ranch in as much as any ranch hosts dignitaries for Polo. Real Salt of the Earth there. And they were driving to the sites–but not driving and then hiking–the ranch […]
IL 06 Raised Q4 Spent Q4 PACs 4Q Total Debt COH Roskam (R) 386,119 101,002 175,463 9,042 835,114 Duckworth(D)* 120,919 15,846 44,000 0 105,073 Scott (D) 79,771 17,723 0 30,000 79,034 Cegelis (D) 68,161 77,770 0 39,179 39,364 Hotline * 12/14/05-12/31/05
IL 08 Raised Spent PACS Total Debt COH BEAN (D) 353,447 86,885 124,574 35,188 1,390,702 McSweeney (R) 765,744 490,964 6,500 963,852 513,901 Salvi (R) 158,235 161,884 50 292,117 283,852 Churchill (R) 132,762 37,047 3,125 98,000 95,715 Lincoln (R) 4,197 2,408 0 0 9,447 From Hotline
Larson of Connecticut had a come from behind victory that no one expected. Schakowsky’s husband’s recent plea for bank fraud probably cost her several votes given the ethics issues before Congress.
What, did Harry Belafonte say something?” — Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), asked at a presser, “I was wondering if you could react to…”, 2/1 Hotline (sub required)