Archive for February, 2010
Posted in February 26th, 2010
I’ve been trying to get this post up for a few days, but my favorite e-mail to the press of the cycle so far is from the Illinois GOP: Why Does Alexi Need a Special Request to Give Back His Million-Dollar Payout When the Family Bank is Near Collapse? 2/22/2010 “If my family asks […]
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Posted in February 26th, 2010
I used to consider myself a good goo goo, but it’s getting harder with stupid ideas like the Fair Map effort. Republicans partnered with the Fair Map Group to promote the proposed amendment. Under the measure, a commission with nine members would draw the map. The leaders would appoint four of the members, and the […]
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Posted in February 26th, 2010
Puppy Dog Gas Chamber ads. Really? You introduced it while running for Governor? And then claim you aren’t actually for it?
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Posted in February 26th, 2010
Progress Illinois has some incredible videos up. I kind of feel bad about the first one, but he is the Lite Guv candidate: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lICjD0aw9M[/youtube] And he takes on the 10 percent cut idea (thanks to Dillard) But here’s the Gov Candidate displaying incredible ignorance confidently: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpENAFj7CW8[/youtube] BRADY: You can’t cut […]
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Posted in February 26th, 2010
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Democracy for America and Credo Action runs a poll in several states to see if support is there for reconciliation: We wanted to answer the basic question of whether “reconciliation” is inherently disfavored or considered corrupt by voters, as Republicans claim. After describing what reconciliation is, we ask, […]
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Posted in February 26th, 2010
Durbin proposes ending the filibuster It’s time to end the filibuster 8,191 Signatures The American people are sick of process blocking progress. They’re fed up with an arbitrary tradition that allows a minority of Senators to prevent popular, much- needed legislation from even coming to a vote. Frankly, so am I. Please sign this petition […]
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Posted in February 25th, 2010
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6-048VWDvE[/youtube] Excellent. While I’m pretty sure I know where his heart is, Durbin could use some positive pressure to support the public option in reconciliation. PCCC shows the Illinois numbers: QUESTION: What would make you more likely to vote for Democrats in the 2010 elections: If they pass health care reform that includes […]
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Posted in February 25th, 2010
Research 2000 QUESTION: If the election for U.S. Senate were held today, would you vote for Alexi Giannoulias, the Democrat, or Mark Kirk, the Republican? ALEXI GIANNOULIAS MARK KIRK OTHER UNDECIDED ALL 43 36 2 19 QUESTION: If the election for Governor were held today, for whom would you vote for if […]
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Posted in February 23rd, 2010
This is the standard of discourse in one of our major national papers: I have no idea whether Ahmadinejad merely acts crazy or is crazy. I do know, though, that Iran seems intent on getting nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them. I also know that nothing the United States and its allies […]
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Posted in February 23rd, 2010
Seriously, Sasha Baron Cohen Character and Drag Queen Orly Tai’n’tz appeals to the UN: I try not to write about every development in the career of Orly Taitz, but I have to make an exception for her appeal to the United Nations for “urgent action under the mandate for human rights defenders.” Her attorney, […]
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Posted in February 23rd, 2010
I’m having a hard time getting upset largely because I’d lose a lot of friends if I did. But more to the point, I don’t really find it objectionable that staff to the General Assembly does campaign work when they aren’t working their state jobs. Frankly, as much as I respect Patrick Collins, he’s wrong–there […]
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Posted in February 17th, 2010
Number 1,305,003 The Trib decries the Greek economy: Greece has paid generously for services and public sector wages with borrowed money, and it is about to reach the point where it can’t pay that debt. Sound familiar? Yes, sounds like the Tribune Company. How’s Sam Zell doing? Has anyone on the editorial board noticed […]
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Posted in February 17th, 2010
49 – 45 Why do Illinois voters make Bruce Dold so sad?
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Posted in February 17th, 2010
Dan Rutherford (who I generally understand is a decent guy and a good State Senator) takes on exactly the wrong issue with the Treasurer’s office: In the two years since the office switched from legal ads in newspapers to direct letters to those believed to own unclaimed assets in state hands, 4,741 Illinoisans got […]
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Posted in February 15th, 2010
Rich points out he was misquoted–so my apologies. Brady: Though just age 27, Mr. Plummer “is ready” to lead the nation’s fifth largest state if need be, Mr. Brady said. “How old was Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the Constitution?” Mr. Brady asked. “Age isn’t the only barometer of qualification.” In fact, Mr. […]
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