Posted in November 8th, 2006
I assume this is a headline actually written by the reporters and it’s beautiful. The teaser on-line is even funnier: They want more. Illinois voters gave Gov. Blagojevich a second term Tuesday, ending a bitter campaign in which he argued that his big-ticket programs such as preschool for kids and expanding health care trumped the […]
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Posted in November 6th, 2006
It’s not just going to eat up the news cycle, it’s going to create one on Sports Talk radio. The place that makes political talk radio look rational.
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Posted in November 5th, 2006
Jack Darin has been circulating the following letter to environmental activists. I agree with everything he says in terms of environmental policy, though I have reasons other than the environment for which I’m critical of the Governor Dear Illinois Environmentalist: As you know, we will have three choices for Governor when we go into the […]
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Posted in November 5th, 2006
Apparently the geniuses over at the Green Party campaign want to attack Jack Darin and the Sierra Club for endorsing Blagojevich. In their words: Rich Whitney, the Green Party candidate for Illinois Governor, and Julie Samuels, the Green Party candidate for Lt. Governor, today responded to an open letter, written by Illinois Sierra Club Director […]
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Posted in November 3rd, 2006
H/T Rich again. Virtually identical to the Survey USA. So natural tightening, but not a lot of movement. Third party candidates almost always lose support from their polling, but that’s also when they are down low around 3-5 %. I’m expect Whitney will lose some probably hitting around 10 with the difference splitting between Topinka […]
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Posted in November 1st, 2006
Yeah, I’m not a happy camper today. The kerfluffle over Kerry’s flubbing of a line is predictable and annoying, but the way non-stories get the center of attention. In this case, that’s not terribly bad since everyone keeps hearing over and over again the phrase stuck in Iraq. I’m not sure of the wisdom of […]
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Posted in October 28th, 2006
How can I be losing to this guy: 57% negative rating for Blagojevich, 47% of the vote. Topinka has 58% approval and 38% of the vote. Whitney only runs 10-12 points behind in popularity even with a 59% rating of no opinion. Rezko indictment: 52% say it has no impact on their vote
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Posted in October 28th, 2006
YDD has the comment of the day over at Capitol Fax: Southern Illinois Boy – Let me help you out. Those indicted and implicated are all friends, appointees, employees, major campaign contributors, or political allies of Governor Blagojevich. In scientific terms, that’s a correlation of roughly 100%. Generally there is a rule in stats–if you […]
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Posted in October 27th, 2006
In the Levine bit. Rich picked out about the only new piece. I’d say that pretty much puts the lights out on the Topinka campaign unless she has some magic tactic she hasn’t used yet.
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Posted in October 27th, 2006
Her campaign released a poll yesterday showing it 44-43 Pollster has the 5 poll average at 44.8% Duckworth to 43.2% Roskam. It’s going to come down to turnout so take the day off–I’d be up there if I had any vacation.
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Posted in October 27th, 2006
The Levine hearing appears to be the make or break moment for Judy. Either the Levine evidence leads directly to the Governor or it leads to Chris Kelly. To Kelly, it’s more of the same to the average voter. To the Governor, she’s probably alive again. Just to clarify a poorly written post the other […]
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Posted in October 25th, 2006
If it isn’t entirely clear by now, if I lived in Illinois I wouldn’t vote for Rod Blagojevich or Rich Whitney. And I wouldn’t be entirely happy about my vote for Governor. That said, sweet Jesus this is one of the worst campaign cycles I’ve ever observed. The incumbent doesn’t have just one investigation such […]
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Posted in October 25th, 2006
Oh, the hilarious nature of Illinois politics For Immediate Release. Contact: Transition Team Arch Archpundit to Announce Transition Team Beloved Leader to Guide Blogger in New Role as Supreme Leader of the World St. Louis, IL?Blogger Archpundit announced today that he has chosen Santa Claus a respected, worldwide leader to lead his transition team after […]
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Posted in October 21st, 2006
Wow. IL: According to Hotline sources, Treas. Judy Baar Topinka’s campaign is off the air this weekend, less than three weeks before election day. The earliest she could go back on the air is Monday afternoon at this point. Will she go on that soon or is she saving money for the last week? Saving […]
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Posted in October 20th, 2006
Sun-Times: Our experience with Blagojevich prompts us to take him at his word. This is the guy the House Democrats have sign Memorandums of Understandings before they’ll pass budgets.
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