Illinois, From the Colder Prairie Now
People for the American Way Midwest are having a welcome reception for the Yearly Kos Convention. You don’t have to be registered for the convention and it is only $25 for a 2 hour open bar reception so you don’t have to be part of the elite donors to attend. I’ll be there as will […]
Sullivan is socially more conservative than I am, but so is the District. He’d be a great fit and a great candidate. Few politicians work harder than he does. Politico also identifies Stu Umholtz as a potential candidate. Perhaps he can endorse Lisa Madigan for the job.
May well include Luis Gutierrez (IL-4) himself. In March, Gutierrez confirmed he would retire from Congress at the end of this term touching off a scramble for the seat. One of the biggest questions is will he really retire. His initial desire to retire seemed to revolve around an interest in challenging Richard Daley for […]
That’s some shitty timing for him.
IL-3 Two challengers taking on Dan Lipinski in the Democratic Primary. No serious Republican 59 D 40 R (2004 Presidential vote in District) IL-4 A multiway primary to replace Luis Gutierrez–more later. 79 D IL-6 Roskam is a freshman and thus a likely target, but there aren’t any candidates right now since Duckworth announced she […]
Meaning another seat to defend in Illinois for the GOP: LaHood, a 30-year political veteran and seven-term congressman, plans to officially announce the decision Friday in his hometown of Peoria, as well as in Jacksonville and Springfield. He said in a telephone interview that he was leaving “at the top of my career” and ready […]
That’s right–it sold out. So let’s sell out the Welcome Event on Wednesday, August 1st put on by People for the American Way. Just go over to the right hand corner and click on the ad. That will take you to the RSVP page where you can simply RSVP and pay a low $25 for […]
Bill Foster A few days ago, a right-wing talking head known for his tendency to misrepresent, distort and outright mangle the truth for his own personal gain attacked a group of people who are organizing for a cause. They are discussing how to grow a progressive movement that is trying desperately to put this country […]
Given I live in Saint Louis, it’s like he’s taunting me.
Over at OpenLeft, Senator Durbin is engaging the on-line community on national broadband policy: Today I’m writing to invite you to participate in an experiment — an interactive approach to drafting legislation on one of the most significant public policy questions today: What should be America’s national broadband strategy?Starting this Tuesday, July 24 at 7pm […]
Pics of the police presence at the Glenview Humane Society Event with Mark Kirk:
“No to Obama, Osama and Chelsea’s Moma.” So he finds some woman who not only is terribly offensive, but cannot even spell. Unless there is some reference to modern art I’m not getting. TPM got the Romney campaign on record: This obviously invited the question: Was it appropriate for Mitt Romney to hold up a […]
Americans Against Escalation in Iraq http://www.IraqCampaign.org Glenview – Eight fully-uniformed officers from the Glenview police department were on hand to protect Congressman Mark Kirk today when he visited a Humane Society event in the town’s Gateway Park. The officers joined multiple members of Kirk’s staff at “Pet Protection Day,” where local pet owners learned about […]
Just asking. More in a bit.
ABC has video The only person to really get close to Keyes is this guy though: Sound More