1. Obama. On the air downstate. Strangely the only one I’ve seen today. Otherwise stable. Getting love from the DSCC, and Dodd gave him a call.
2. Hynes. Pumping up the machine, working on turnout.
3. Hull. All over the air apparently and workers everywhere. Halsted had volunteers on every corner.
4. Pappas. On the air south, but while the commercial introduces her well, it doesn’t tell anything about her views. A little late in the cycle.
5. Chico. Not much happening except that downstate Officer claims Hull’s people tried to bribe him.
6. Skinner. What is the point again?
7. Washington. Thanks for playing and I’m glad to hear you are successful in business. You have something to fall back on.
good signs:
Obama lawn signs sprouting all over Park Ridge in the last 3 days (Park Ridge!)
Just got home from the Hideout-an Obama poster stares you in the face when you walk in, a stack of fliers waits at the door
corvax, still nervous about the machine’s vote manufacturing ability, but Obama’s built a cool “brand” and seems to be taking off
The Hideout, huh? A bunch of young, white hipsters–who would’ve guessed they’d be voting for Obama’s “brand.” Sorry, that was too easy.
c’mon, there’s no need for sour grapes from the dwindling Hull crowd. Sure the hipsters who bother to vote may have predictably trended toward Obama, but i haven’t seen election materials in places like that since the days of Harold Washington, suggesting that there’s a real excitement about this candidacy.