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Illinois, From the Colder Prairie Now
Before the election, I’d say it’s a safe bet that Judy should be running ahead of him there, or we had entered the Twilight Zone. What if I were to tell you that she is running behind in favorability to George Bush in one such area by nearly 20 points? Mind you, Bush is between […]
Blagojevich has it for the entire state–great resource
Judy’s numbers are crap (and so are the Governor’s, but they should be). 49% disapproval for Judy compared to 43% for Blagojevich The survey showed Blagojevich with the support of 43 percent of the voters polled, while Topinka had 29 percent and Green Party candidate Rich Whitney had 9 percent. Another 17 percent were undecided, […]
Rich gives us four scenarios related to the Governor’s Ostrich strategy regarding Rezko and Kelly, Our options here are: 1) Blagojevich knows about the corruption and is a very good liar; 2) The governor isn’t curious enough to delve deeper than a headline and seriously question his friends; 3) He is utterly incapable of trusting […]
And a lot of others
All caveats given it’s from the DCCC, but it looks like good numbers: IL-06 (Open): Tammy Duckworth (D) vs. Peter Roskam (R) Head to Head: Duckworth 51%, Roskam 46%. Only 34% of voters in Illinois? 6th district think that the country is going on the right track, while 57% say we?re headed down the wrong […]
I’m presuming Individual B is Chris Kelly. If so, it’s obviously close to the Governor and there is an allegation of extorting campaign cash to get state paid for benefits. However, my very, very initial reading is that this doesn’t get the public much closer than Kelly to Blagojevich and unless Kelly is flipping, there’s […]
Rezko indicted It’s probably safe to say that how Fitzgerald lays out the case may well hold the key to the Gubernatorial election. If it’s relatively vague, Blagojevich gets to run out the clock. If it’s specific and there’s a Public Official A highly involved, it gives the press 4 weeks to track down stories.
The Governor’s race and Cook County Board Race are two of the most miserable contests I’ve ever seen. Apparently, one candidate in the Governor’s race cannot point effectively to the commonly held notion amongst many insiders that indictments are coming down before the end of the year and perhaps even around election time and gain […]
I get the sense Eric Zorn is somewhat overedited at times probably being smart and editing himself. However, the ‘city’ columnist has gone a little over the edge apparently deciding he’s as funny as the guy he replaced and made fun of Rich Whitney for his position on the Spotted Owl. Of course, Whitney is […]
With excellent graphics over at Pollster and even better, they have put together a good Polling FAQ at the bottom right corner.
Rich makes a point over at Capitol Fax about the meme from Republicans that the tax on big trucks is causing the industry to flee to Missouri. I don’t have time to check relative growth in border states, but a basic point here is that between 2002 and 2006, there has been an increase of […]
The only upside to this whole deal is that it hit on a Friday before the holiday. Otherwise, this is just huge. Lisa might refer to this as the Bill Brady can bite me letter. Notice the dates of the conversation were in May, fully a week before Brady apparently asks Madigan to break the […]
Getting hit over ethics, go on the attack on your opponents ethics.