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From the Grassroots: Hull Endorsement

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Note–this is a series of endorsements from grassroots supporters of US Senate Candidates–meaning the opinions expressed are not mine. And please play nice in comments for these.

If you are a grassroots supporter–meaning not a part of the official apparatus (volunteers are fine) feel free to submit one. I reserve the right to edit for blatant falsehoods and anything legally actionable as well as good taste, but the vast majority will go up as submitted. The following is from guest blogger ArmChairPundit.
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Blair Hull receives my endorsement for the democratic nominee to the U.S. Senate from Illinois.

In a state where politics is the ultimate insider?s game, where the great combine has ruled the state for decades, and where democracy is all but dead in its largest city, Hull is a true outsider. His life has been full and complicated, but there is a progressive heart at its core. His actions and experiences may not have been legislative or governmental, but they have made a significant impact on the world in which we live, improving the lives of many, particularly women, gay men and lesbians.
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What the Hell is a Pantagraph

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Well, in my youth it was a right wing reactionary rag that screwed up every story it printed. The single best example was the bold headline “Satanic Worship Comes to Central Illinois” on the front page. The story asserted that satanic worshippers had killed a sheep and who knows what else. About a week later a second page retraction was printed noting that a farmers dog had simply had a snack one day. Details.

The joke was that along with the Post Amerikan, Bloomington-Normal residents were blessed with the single worst right wing paper and the single worst left wing paper. Since then the Pantagraph has been sold to the Pulitzer group and has improved.

But what is a Pantagraph? The Pantagraph reports:

The Pantagraph’s name is derived from the Greek words “panta” and “grapho,” which have a combined meaning of “write all things.” Charles Merriman is the man responsible for giving The Pantagraph its name. In the words of Merriman, the name is “a perpetual injunction upon its editors to dip their pens fearlessly into all matters of human interest.” When Merriman named The Pantagraph on December 1, 1853, he was a co-owner of the paper with Jesse Fell. The Pantagraph’s previous name was “The Intelligencer.”

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Second Presidential Poll

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After the WEEK-TV/Pantagraph poll, it appears another poll confirms the deficit that Bush is facing in Illinois with a Daily Southtown poll putting Kerry at 52, Bush at 39.

A couple things–Karl Rove’s historic reallignment doesn’t seem to be working. Sorry Karl. You might win this election, but you aren’t going to create a long lasting legacy.

Jack Ryan needs to take down all of his Bush references and run away as fast as possible from the man.

The Illinois Center Right Coalition will eventually learn that subtracting moderate Republicans doesn’t put you on the road to victory–it puts you on the road to marginalization. Grover is a bit too cocky for his own good. Illinois will be one of those places where he puts movement conservatives into a minority position for a long time. Movement conservatives will soon purify the Republican Party all the while they lose any chance at power. For humors sake we can only hope they get Patrick O’Malley into the Governor’s race next time.

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Pappas Feedback

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The Pappas campaign doesn’t like the judgment of her commercials, but they report lots of good feedback from viewers for her new commercials both from Illinois and surrounding states that really like the ads. So to be fair, take a look at one of the ads as Maria Pappas’ web site.

They also pointed me to a nice profile of her in Today’s Chicago Woman

Do I think Pappas can still win? Err….not very easily, though a scenario of well placed ads hitting undecided women as Hull comes down was the only scenario I could imagine about a week ago and, well, it could happen. The problem is the free media coverage any candidate needs is not likely to be fawning given her performance in the debates and to overcome the Hull saturation just to be heard is very hard at this point. It seems more likely that Obama will benefit from that demographic, while Hynes is likely to pick up any white males downstate. The big disclaimer there is the Hull divorce issue hasn’t been nearly as big of a deal downstate as it was in the Chicago market.

Having seen the ad linked to on her front page, I think it is a decent ad for an introductory ad–so it makes sense in Southern Illinois where it is supposed to be playing soon, but in Cook and surrounding areas where she has name ID, it is doesn’t do much to win voters familiar with her.

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Dan Hynes in Metro East

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Springfield, IL ? U.S. Senate candidate Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes will attend rallies in Quincy, Rock Island, Moline, Springfield, Marion, Fairview Heights and Granite City. U.S. Representative Jerry Costello will join Hynes in Marion and Granite City. By the end of the fly around, Hynes will have traveled to 43 counties in six days over the past month to share with Illinoisans his plans to create jobs, provide every child with a quality education, and make health care affordable and accessible.

Marion
2:20 pm Rally at Williamson County Airport
Rt. 13 & Hwy.148

Fairview Heights

4:00 pm Rally at Steamfitters Local 439
1220 Donald Bailey Drive

Granite City
5:00 pm Rally at Steelworkers Local 1899
2014 State Street

Cahokia
6:15 pm Media Availability at St. Louis Downtown Airport
Midcoast Terminal
10 Archview Drive

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