Archive for October, 2008
Posted in October 28th, 2008
You know what would be something? If we had a state party that did something like this: “We strongly condemn voter registration fraud, obviously. That said, this Illinois Republican Party lawsuit is a silly and transparent attempt to disenfranchise thousands of newly and properly registered voters in a desperate attempt to save Mark Kirk from […]
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Posted in October 28th, 2008
Hysterical: John Kass has a lot on his mind. America’s in turmoil, and he’s got deep misgivings. But instead of a stool in a dimly lit coffee house, Kass had to settle for page two of the Sunday Tribune, a venue where the lights are bright and logic comes first. “On those nights when they […]
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Posted in October 28th, 2008
Another Roskam web site Boy do I want to see the internals for them right now. Adam doesn’t have it sourced, but Progress Illinois reports Obama is up 14 in IL-6 If that’s accurate, Roskam and Biggert are both in a heap of trouble.
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Posted in October 28th, 2008
[youtube]http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZsqVVe9WU&feature=user[/youtube] DLC event….weird.
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Posted in October 28th, 2008
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9081h1SEvY[/youtube]
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Posted in October 28th, 2008
It’s a strange year out there The issues page is especially fun
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Posted in October 26th, 2008
He’s not saying it, but he’s saying it. Bernard Schoenburg covers it: A few weeks ago, I had back-to-back telephone conversations with U.S. Rep. RAY LaHOOD, R-Peoria, and state Rep. Aaron Schock, another Peoria Republican who LaHood wants to be his successor in Congress. Those conversations were odd because LaHood told me he had called […]
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Posted in October 26th, 2008
Too hard to excerpt, so go take a look. One thing we do know is that African-American voters are less likely voters on average and yet we are hearing of huge numbers of early African-American voters.
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Posted in October 26th, 2008
Research 2000 does fine work, but this caught my attention as one of the most clueless statements about Illinois politics I’ve seen in some time: The Research 2000 poll has historically ranked Blagojevich’s favorability higher than most others. Pollster Del Ali speculated that may be in part because his poll asks respondents to choose among […]
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Posted in October 26th, 2008
Given I’m getting asked in comments and Brownsox ran a big piece on it, I’ll cover it again. As Rich said the other day, anyone who says they know what Blagojevich will do is kidding themselves. The big three are almost certainly out in Giannoulias, Hynes, and LMadigan. One theory holds that Blagojevich will appoint […]
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Posted in October 26th, 2008
Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions. Mayor: What do you mean, “biblical”? Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff. Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly. Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling! […]
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Posted in October 25th, 2008
Frank Burns of the Illinois Blogosphere swings and misses: Seals Campaigns with Blagojevich Treasurer Despite Ties to Mob and Illegal Gun Ring Frank tries to call Giannoulias as a part of Blagojevich’s administration. For those not familiar with Illinois politics-the State Treasurer is an independently elected office. Unless we are now calling Judy Barr Topinka […]
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Posted in October 25th, 2008
Now highlighting crackpot conspiracy theories about Obama’s birth certificate! You see, Factcheck.org is funded by the Annenberg Foundation so it’s all a part of the conspiracy. Very old timers in Chicago might get a chuckle out of the fact that FactCheck.org is funded by guess who? That’s right, Obama’s old pals at the Annenberg Foundation, […]
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Posted in October 25th, 2008
Josh over at Progress Illinois captures Illinois Review trying to pass along debunked crap and then claiming it was a joke. Let me point out why any of this even matters. Eaton isn’t just a crackpot with a website, she’s a crackpot who has a column in a newspaper and is a fairly frequent panelist […]
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Posted in October 24th, 2008
Who else. When you got the crazy, go all in. I’m a bit disturbed at the attention the hoax is getting in Pittsburgh simply because we are talking about a 20 year old girl who is obviously troubled. Hopefully the false report charges will lead to her getting some mental health help. However, the Illinois […]
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