Illinois, From the Colder Prairie Now
Worrisome quote from the Prosecution: #Blagojevich prosecutor tells jurors to listen to all the tapes in order. “It will make the defendant’s guilt crystal clear.” by natashakorecki via twitter at 3:12 PM This sort of quote bothers me because the prosecution should have a narrative to point to and not telling the jurors they have […]
Rod: As Blagojevich stepped down from the witness stand, he walked over to the prosecution table and extended his hand to Assistant U.S. Atty. Reid Schar, who had cross-examined him over parts of three days. Schar, who was busy sorting papers, did not acknowledge the gesture and turned away to confer with the defense and […]
Mayor Emanuel thought Blagojevich should appoint Claypool to his Congressional seat so the seat would be open again when Emanuel wanted it. Problem? The Governor doesn’t appoint Members of Congress to vacancies, he calls special elections. Congratulations Chicago, your new Mayor was dumber than Blagojevich on the issue and just as arrogant in thinking a […]
Really? Attacking him for backing a popular program against creating a voucher system that wouldn’t pay enough for actual insurance for the elderly is the best the RNCC can do? I mean, unindicted co-conspirator Jerry Costello? And they attack on a plan where he is likely with 70 percent of his constituents? They have to […]
This is another edition of simple answers to simple questions.
Pretty sums it up. Can we move on. Maybe we need an organization for that…
Eric Zorn The other way to characterize the defense Blagojevich is making is Chewbacca [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7P9Z6a93lg[/youtube]
Mediscare is a tried and true campaign tactic since the 1960s to charge your opponent with wanting to cut Medicare. Not do away with it, but make some cut–either significant or not. For example, Republicans tried it out in 2010 because the Obama health care plan forced some cuts largely by reducing costs–it was still […]
Just to give full credit here, I’m mostly following Msjournalist AKA Susan Berger who is doing a great job on the trial. Here’s the latest: Msjournalist Susan Berger Patti is my soulmate. We share everything “I don’t want to get her in trouble here but she was part of the discussions.”#Blagojevich One might see that […]
And it isn’t going well for him… Blagojevich has long thought: A) The Rules Don’t Apply To HIm B) He Can Talk Himself Out of Anything Federal Judges tend to have a dim view of such characters and Zagel is not putting up with any of it. Zagel will tolerate a certain level of meandering […]
They have put together analysis of the new Districts though a few spots are missing votes. They use Obama 2008 numbers and then the 2010 numbers for Quinn, Giannoulias, and Kelly. It’s a good job of describing the Districts and such, though I think they are overconfident in some of the downstate Districts like 17 […]
SarahPalinUSA Sarah Palin We’ll highlight the beauty of legal immigrants’ work ethic and love of freedom while visiting Ellis Island & Statute of Liberty today. We now have a law of liberty or something.