Archive for January, 2011
Posted in January 25th, 2011
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzvL4oFGdwQ[/youtube] We’ve already been down the road of skipping pension payments and it’s how you get to where Illinois is. Christie is unlikely to still be around when it gets to that point in New Jersey since he thought Disney World was more important than snow removal. Ask Michael Bilandic about that. Via […]
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Posted in January 25th, 2011
I was on Collateral Damage on KDHX last night discussing the last few weeks of Illinois politics including Rahm getting the boot from the ballot. You can listen in here It’s a spiffy new web site so I’m not sure where the podcast feeds are, but the site is a great improvement other than that […]
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Posted in January 25th, 2011
It’s hard to decide whether to put this story in the category of things we already knew or DC navel gazing. Either way, it’s a waste of space. According to Politico, Kirk has been rubbing his Senate colleagues the wrong way with smug behavior. Apparently, he’s too full of himself even for Ego Mountain, […]
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Posted in January 24th, 2011
Rahm still gets to appeal to the Supreme Court where I think he’ll still win, but this certainly raises the stakes and decreases his odds. Worst possible outcome from this–Mayor Braun. Chico will still have time to pull this out if Rahm is tossed. Del Valle’s fundraising suck beyond any reasonable reason to back him […]
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Posted in January 19th, 2011
Life has intervened so I’ll be back tomorrow, but this appears to be the modern update of Eddie Murphy’s bit about how Jesse Jackson could become President: Morbid Curiosity Leading Many Voters To Support Palin
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Posted in January 5th, 2011
Fine moments in bad punditry: I think I’m like most Chicagoans in finding it easier to understand how someone can go broke than how someone can magically earn $16 million in two-and-a-half years, as Rahm Emanuel did. “The reality is that unlike Mr. Emanuel and Mr. Chico, who traded on their government relations for vast […]
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Posted in January 3rd, 2011
He hits a fairly thoughtful note here on the African-American community seeking a single candidate: But on he eve of Christmas Eve, he changed his mind, declaring that what’s really important is to a unify behind the black candidate, because Chicago needs a black mayor — not a qualified mayor, or a schools-savvy mayor, […]
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Posted in January 3rd, 2011
Greg Hinz is reporting he’s around there Unless Mr. Chico is blowing the money on expensive consultants, the totals should leave him with $1 million to $2 million to go on TV, something the candidate says will occur “in the first half of the month.” Contender Rahm Emanuel is believed to have pulled in far more, […]
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Posted in January 3rd, 2011
Sun-Times on the budget: The governor’s office wants to pay back the $15 billion plus interest over time with new revenue generated by increasing income, cigarette and gas taxes. We say some of that new re-venue should be used to pay the state’s bills directly over time. Skip the borrowing. Proponents of the $15 […]
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Posted in January 3rd, 2011
At least she isn’t trying to make an excuse up: If Braun had chosen to match their disclosures, she could have exploited a vulnerability of Emanuel and Chico, who have both been accused of cashing in on their political connections. But when reporters reminded Braun on Monday that she has yet to let reporters see […]
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Posted in January 3rd, 2011
Carol Moseley Braun? Really? Doesn’t anyone remember that she couldn’t run her Senate office let alone the City of Chicago? When she was leaving the Recorder of Deeds office she hired several campaign workers on the way out the door. Admittedly, nothing compared to Daley, but Daley can run the city at least. And of […]
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Posted in January 3rd, 2011
Rahm Then: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an8Moh3xuUs[/youtube] Rahm inbetween and now: This spring, President Obama promised Mexican President Felipe Calderon that he would work to deter gunrunning south of the border. Behind the scenes, White House officials were putting the brakes on a proposal to require gun dealers to report bulk sales of the high-powered semiautomatic rifles favored by […]
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