Archive for October, 2006
Posted in October 31st, 2006
Do George Bush and his allies really have any standing to call someone out for fumbling a sentence? “If anyone thinks a veteran would criticize the more than 140,000 heroes serving in Iraq and not the president who got us stuck there, they’re crazy. This is the classic G.O.P. playbook. I’m sick and tired of […]
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Posted in October 31st, 2006
Attention Democrats!!! Please join Senator Obama at a rally for Judge Bruce Stewart, Sunday November 5, at Electricians Local 309 in Collinsville. Senator Obama will arrive at 3:45 and the rally will go until approximately 4:30. If you are interested in attending you are encouraged to arrive early, doors will open at 2:30 PM. Seats […]
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Posted in October 31st, 2006
From the Radogno Campaign Lemont, IL-State Sen. Christine Radogno, Republican nominee for Illinois treasurer, today called television ads run by her Democratic opponent Alexi Giannoulias false distortions designed to deflect attention from his refusal to explain loans his bank made to crime figures and asked that he provide proof of his sources or remove his […]
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Posted in October 31st, 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTzF2hfLgqM While the whole Walter Reed angle is amusing, is anyone going to bring up that Roskam is pretty good pals with Grover Norquist and McCain thinks Norquist is a crook? Just asking.
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Posted in October 31st, 2006
On Air America at 12:30 CST and in Saint Louis on Sunday. Details to follow.
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Posted in October 31st, 2006
Duncan Hunter announces for President. John Cox’s 2008 site.
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Posted in October 31st, 2006
Michael McDonald actually looks at the evidence: (3) Negative ads turn off voters and reduce turnout. Don’t be so sure. The case on this one is still open. Negative TV advertising increased in the mid-1980s, but turnout hasn’t gone down correspondingly. The negative Swift boat campaign against Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., apparently did little to […]
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Posted in October 31st, 2006
Of anyone confusing Meeks with a liberal. Hat tip Rich “YOU HAVE DIED AND GONE STRAIGHT TO HELL!” a tall man wearing a long, black, hooded cloak bellowed over a bullhorn Sunday night as the first busload of about 30 teens and a handful of parents were herded through dark corridors lined in black plastic. […]
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Posted in October 31st, 2006
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Posted in October 30th, 2006
I along with many others who talk about politics thought Judy would be a natural antidote to Rod’s poll tested themes and smooth delivery. Underlying that assumption was that she built up a lot of goodwill through her time in office and was well liked by voters. I think the reality is setting in that […]
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Posted in October 30th, 2006
Kind of funny given we are talking about third party candidates who aren’t getting included in polls, but does anyone plan on polling these races anymore? Your ICFST (Illinois Circular Firing Squad Team) relegated to third party status in the campaign.
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Posted in October 30th, 2006
Gianoulis in the lead The poll also found that in the race to replace Topinka in the treasurer’s office, Chicago banker Alexi Giannoulias, a Democrat, has the support of 40 percent of voters compared to 23 percent for Republican state Sen. Christine Radogno of Lemont. Green Party candidate Dan Rodriguez Schlorff got 5 percent. But […]
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Posted in October 30th, 2006
Trib polling up on the Governor’s race. Technically, he gained a point. I mean that’s meaningless given natural fluctuations, but you’d think something would dent the armor. Apparently not. Will Quinn get back to regular form after the election at least? It could be fun seeing him battle down the Guv as the investigations continue. […]
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Posted in October 30th, 2006
Sort of writes itself. Even so submit your punchline in comments.
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Posted in October 30th, 2006
Here With the election just eight days away, there are no signs that this wave is abating. Barring a dramatic event, we are looking at the prospect of GOP losses in the House of at least 20 to 35 seats, possibly more, and at least four in the Senate, with five or six most […]
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