Archive for October, 2007
Posted in October 30th, 2007
He even linked nicely to me lately even though I make fun of him, Andrew Sullivan hits the nail on the head for Obama: A lot of people are asking if he will and whether he should directly attack Clinton. Of course he should attack Clinton, and, if he’s smart, he’ll focus on her endorsement […]
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Posted in October 30th, 2007
Blagojevich firing a whistleblower is just the rule of law. (in the comments, not Rich’s post itself) Illinois Review wants the Governor impeached Strange cognitive dissonance hits Illinois Blogs.
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Posted in October 30th, 2007
Charles Murray is talking about them smart Jews: Of more concern: whether Jews should brag about their big brains, even if studies show them to have high intelligence. “You’ve got to talk about these things carefully,” said Murray, who learned the hard way. “Only an Iowan raised as a Presbyterian could get away with talking […]
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Posted in October 30th, 2007
I got a bit of an earful on the immigration post–much of which was valid. From the most recent poll from Democracy Corps I am starting to see the issue: So here’s where the issue is–it isn’t salient on it’s own, but the Republican position framed as the Republicans like the issue benefits them when […]
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Posted in October 30th, 2007
Outrageous! Daley promises to find out why minority contractors do so poorly with Chicago government.
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Posted in October 30th, 2007
Fun with YouTube [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/2HqN6QILi0w” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]
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Posted in October 30th, 2007
Imagine John Boehner’s tears if a Democrat said this: “This is the world we live in. It’s not this happy, romantic-like world where we’ll negotiate with this one, or we’ll negotiate with that one and there will be no preconditions, and we’ll invite Ahmadinejad to the White House, we’ll invite Osama to the White House,” […]
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Posted in October 29th, 2007
In touch with the people: Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.), a subcommittee member who requested Monday’s hearing, said he remains optimistic that a funding deal will be worked out in Springfield before Sunday when the CTA will eliminate 39 bus routes and Pace will stop running shuttle buses to suburban Metra stations due to […]
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Posted in October 29th, 2007
As the blogosphere has declared every candidate out there has made fatal mistakes over and over again, it’s important to remember, the average voter doesn’t know much about any of that… [O]ur polling data show that much of this is sailing right over the heads of the average Republican voter out there across the land. […]
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Posted in October 29th, 2007
With virtually no one left to demonize in the state, Rod gets a gift from the Trib, one of the few institutions Democrats cannot stand more than Blagojevich. He shows no inclination to resign from office. And while the state constitution does allow for his impeachment by the Illinois House and trial by the Senate, […]
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Posted in October 29th, 2007
One of the pet peeves of many who watch Democratic campaigns is the weird obsession with broadcast TV buys over cable TV buys. The Nicki Tsongas race involved huge broadcast buys that were a waste of money given they were targeting people in the area who could not vote in MA-5. Republican candidates often use […]
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Posted in October 29th, 2007
Treason in the Defense of Slavery Yankee is calling for a boycott of The New Republican because it is published Scott Beauchamp: We know The New Republic attempted to stonewall their way through obvious, blatant, and grievous breaches of journalistic ethics. In so doing, they have attacked the service, integrity, and honor of an entire […]
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Posted in October 26th, 2007
Seriously, someone at the Trib smack Dold over the head for allowing this crap in his paper. The problem with dismissing the Carroll study because it is epidemiological is that you’ll also have to dismiss a multitude of public health studies, including ones claiming a link between radon and lung cancer. These are the same […]
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Posted in October 26th, 2007
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/35jnEE0ATpg” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] A lack of debate on the floor of the US House of Representatives. Consider that the last great speech delivered on the floor of the House of Representatives by Senator Robert Byrd as our nation was going to war.
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Posted in October 25th, 2007
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/pzC9TOpg1lc” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] It’s not that hard to lead on the issue–and it’s about time someone said this.
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