Lege Races
ArchPundit
Rich Miller at the Capitol Fax has the results so far….
Lang and Pankau both won in races somehow discussed here before. Keep an eye out for Pankau’s hostility to daylight savings time.
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Key Lege Races Today
The info in the Capitol Fax Extra might impact some of the Lege primaries. Most of the races aren’t contested during the primary, but 26 are.
Rep. Lou Lang is one on the bubble with the party apparatus of the 50th Ward.
Rep. Charles Morrow verse Milt Patterson with good turnout
Rep. Patricia Bailey, D versus Aaron Patterson–released from death row for a wrongful conviction
and in the Senate:
Rep. Carole Pankau, R-Roselle, and township trustee Dennis Reboletti of Elmhurst Carole got some electrons from me here Kind of like Chris Lauzen–probably didn’t need my attention.
Religious Parody?
Check out XXXchurch. Watch the commercial. Is it parody or is it real?
Let me say that if my minister ever refers to masturbation as killing kitties, I’m walking out after I stop heaving from laughter.
Right Wing Radio Pool
Which moron will turn the polygamist murdering his family being a result of gay marriage?
I’ve got Savage. I know, I know, I’m fixing the game.
Yusef Jackson Looks to Buy the Sun-Times
Jackson and a grocer Ronald Burkle have made a bid for the Sun-Times. That would be strange and interesting all in one.
He couldn’t be any worse than the Alien or Conrad Black.
Crain’s articles require a subscription. If you play around long enough on the site you get in for free, but I can’t explain it. Essentially get a login, login, refresh and go back to the front page.
Carl, Carl, Carl
The Officer is back in the news, claiming a Blair Hull surrogate offered him $150,000 to support Hull.
The number of ways this is ridiculous is hard to count. First, Officer doesn’t have that much influence. If you were going to bribe anyone in East Saint Louis is would be members of the Central Committee. The second is Carl doesn’t even name who did it. I mean, if he is serious, this is bribery. The third is that Carl doesn’t even appear to know what they were offering. I can believe someone offered funds to run a ground operation in the area, but not to just hand over to Carl Officer.
Carl has improved this go around and has done some smart things, but he still exhibits a tendency to the bizarre every once in a while.
For those unfamiliar with The Officer, take a look at this post
So What About After Tuesday?
The Senate isn’t the only contest in Illinois
Melissa Bean is taking on Crane
Tim Bagwell is taking on Shimkus
Tari Renner is taking on Weller AKA the guy who moves his boundaries south so his parents could vote for him
David Gill is taking on one of the poorest excuses for a Congressman, Tim Johnson
These four races are all going to be tough and honestly, the odds aren’t in the favor of the Democrats, but they do have opportunities–especially Bean. So drop by and get familiar with them. I’ll be working on getting them some attention and letting you know how to help them out. And if you want to help any of Jerry Costello’s opponents–have at that too.
Tim Bagwell contacted me sometime ago so they know that many pay attention out there. Let’s make sure they have the resources they need to make a pick-up possible. Actually, I’ll set a goal right now, let’s send two of them to Washington. Bean is the first priority and one of the other three.
An Admission
I long used Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill as a crutch to meeting women at afterhours parties. I have since taken action and that is no longer an issue for me. This does not impact my ability to carry out blogging.
Schakowsky’s Husband Indicted
Wow, indictments aren’t anything new in Chicago politics, but this isn’t against the usual suspects.