Archive for April, 2009
Posted in April 30th, 2009
Via Capitol Fax Polling Memo: Raleigh, N.C. – Roland Burris is so unpopular that even as Democratic as Illinois is, he trails Republican Congressman Mark Kirk 53-19 in a hypothetical 2010 contest, the newest survey from Public Policy Polling finds. Even among Democrats Burris leads only 34-27, and among independents he trails 62-8. Of course […]
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Posted in April 30th, 2009
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Posted in April 30th, 2009
Last night on The Ed Show: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9XcT7FuQHw[/youtube] Last bit from today on Youtube: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtHgxziLqCM[/youtube] One other argument that I think takes the cake: “Senator, you understand the moral hazard here. People have to be held responsible for their wrongdoing. If you make a mistake, darn it, you’ve gotta pay the price. That’s what America […]
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Posted in April 30th, 2009
So sayeth Lynn Sweet The assumption of the establishment of the Illinois GOP is that Kirk is a perfect candidate and they will throw their weight behind him. The problem is that they’ve been dieting for a long time and the establishment isn’t what it once was. The start of the Illinois Republican civil war […]
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Posted in April 30th, 2009
He may lead this to be called the Tom Roeser award: The Strange Case of Obama’s Birth. By now it is recognized only dimly by a few Americans that there has never been submitted by Team Obama definitive proof that Obama was born in this country, a prime requisite for the presidency under the Article […]
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Posted in April 30th, 2009
Ron Stephens is upset about the Homeland Security report that discusses right wing fringe groups and their ties to domestic violence. So he proposes a resolution condemng the report–one he obviously hasn’t read. The report is here It’s fairly generic and not terribly controversial. It’s very similar to a report on leftwing groups released […]
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Posted in April 29th, 2009
Come’on what’s happened to Jeff Zeleny since going to the Times?
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Posted in April 29th, 2009
Rich has the details and a great post. Chicago State decrying political interference is like Daley decrying patronage.
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Posted in April 29th, 2009
Team America suggests that Mark Kirk’s moderation will make him the perfect candidate for the national party to support in 2010 for US Senate. Will Specter’s defection have any effect on IL-10 Congressman Mark Kirk’s decision to potentially run for Senate? Not sure. Some have already said that Specter’s defection is a sign of […]
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Posted in April 29th, 2009
The only casualties of the Obama administration to date are parody and satire both of whom died.
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Posted in April 29th, 2009
Holy shit. I hope someone has taken away Roeser’s keys to his car: 2. Chris Kennedy. Rather pathetic isn’t it, Chris Kennedy’s desire to run for the U. S. Senate. I always thought of him as the best of Bobby’s kids but I guess the prospect of picking up the fallen, tattered Kennedy flag […]
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Posted in April 29th, 2009
The question being—who are the 27 %. More interesting is that in an independent poll, Giannoulias shows a 38-26 margin over Schakowsky which is different from her poll released earlier in the week. Schakowsky Favorability 42 – 8 Giannoulias Favorability 53 – 10 Where I would expect Jan to have the strongest numbers is with […]
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Posted in April 29th, 2009
Carol Marin takes notice of the awful Illinois Democratic Party web site. I swear to God that I didn’t pay her to write this column, but I would have offered. On an impulse, I googled “Democratic Party of Illinois” the other day. If you need a small, dark laugh, try it yourself. Under the […]
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Posted in April 29th, 2009
Dan Proft has formed a campaign committee for Governor. Of Illinois. Seriously.
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Posted in April 28th, 2009
It’s pretty clear the purity of essence wing of the Illinois Circular Firing Squad Team (ICFST (GOP)) is fucking losing it. Check out Roeser: If Kirk decides and gets the party’s all-but-official nod, the party can kiss goodbye any hope that social conservatives will support Kirk. I divide Republican moderates as either pro-choice or […]
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