Illinois, From the Colder Prairie Now
I’m listening to John Fund whine that most young people don’t vote so the Daily Show’s demographics don’t matter. Let me bother everyone with a fairly basic observation from likely voter theory 101. The folks who are ‘younger’ sort or like the bloggers are ‘young’ (for example Markos and I are 35) aren’t much different […]
I get the sense Eric Zorn is somewhat overedited at times probably being smart and editing himself. However, the ‘city’ columnist has gone a little over the edge apparently deciding he’s as funny as the guy he replaced and made fun of Rich Whitney for his position on the Spotted Owl. Of course, Whitney is […]
I always feel bad for the campaign staff of either party when having to deal with one of these: During an election debate at the weekend in the outskirts of Chicago, Peter Roskam, the Republican candidate for Illinois’s sixth district, trotted out the familiar line that his Democratic opponent wanted America to “cut and run” […]
With excellent graphics over at Pollster and even better, they have put together a good Polling FAQ at the bottom right corner.
Is getting everything to stick to Weller. Contrary to Kristen McQueary, I don’t see the problem with Weller as being he’s able to be so slick as to get out of everything, it’s that there is so much it’s hard to get it to stick. Two perfect examples are in McQueary’s column: His father-in-law, Efrain […]
Dan Seals continues to grab lots of attention and the DCCC added him to a list of Emerging Races where Democratic candidates that have made their race potentially competitive. Seals, as I mentioned in my interview with him, came up fast and surprised many, but he has many supporters both in Illinois and DC where […]
The much maligned DCCC released its new Red to Blue list and actually got some credit (I’m not a maligner). Our own Phil Hare made the list and he has a necktie. Zinga is another one of the many Republican candidates who cannot explain what their position is on Social Security. Go help Phil out. […]
It seems to me that AFSCME and IEA in not endorsing anyone for Governor aren’t so much taking a stand for none-of-the-above as they are avoiding a really bad outcome of having endorsed Judy and having Rod win. Download file for AFSCME’s endorsement list It hurts Judy especially given many of the social conservatives who […]
While the comments at Capitol Fax are trying to attack Dan Hynes, here’s an interesting line from a Pantagraph Editorial on October 10, 2002 Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes was written off by Republicans in late 2000 and the spring of 2001 when he visited newspaper editorial boards in city after city barking the same warning […]
Hitting Head on Wall Illinois officials negotiating with Ecosse were not aware that to consummate the purchase of the flu vaccine, a contract was necessary. Not until almost three weeks after the State agreed to purchase the flu vaccine, did the Special Advocate negotiating the purchase become aware that a contract was needed to purchase […]
There is no good reason to protect Adobe documents from having text copied from them. It limits dissemination of the information. Please stop.
Oh my Bush cited Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt as examples of countries providing the diplomatic and financial leadership needed to foster Mideast democracy. He’s here all week folks….
Talking Points Memo points out that Pete Roskam is being a bit, umm, quiet about his exact position on Social Security. He’s not just running for those ambulances BTW–what about Kirk? hmmmm….
There are a couple choices today given the Auditor General’s findings, but the absolutely FEMA like organization of the CPA is stunning. The Death of Policy One former CPA employee who had an office near O’Beirne’s wrote an e-mail to a friend describing the recruitment process: “I watched r?sum?s of immensely talented individuals who had […]
Having talked to many campaign workers, the bill not only would increase accountability, but it also would make their jobs far easier and I’m betting far more accurate. A friend is currently the compliance officer for Claire and trying to get the reports out is a nightmare–so go here and read about a bipartisan bill […]