The Future of the ICFST
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The Future of the ICFST
It is damn ugly. Suspect classification is not a special privilege. What happens when J-Ry is gone? Who is going to be the moderate? Or is gay bashing becoming the new dominant strategy?
Why Republicans won’t Make Inroads
Why Republicans won’t Make Inroads in the Black Community
It is pretty simple actually, they refuse to try. Bullock just got the Chicago Tribune Endorsement over Stoger, but the ICFST hasn’t supported him. First step in wooing voters–ask for their support.
The ICFST’s Best Shot Keep
The ICFST’s Best Shot
Keep Rauschenberger in the Senate. He is organizing (with Hastert) money to Tier II candidates and as a principled conservative has been a voice of fiscal responsibility. He is far too socially conservative for me, but he provides a responsible check on spending in a state addicted to it.
The Financial Collapse of the
The Financial Collapse of the ICFST
The Capitol Fax has a story (changes often-no archive and I reprint too much stuff from Rich Miller already–damn that Gary Trudeau) on the House Republican Campaign Committee being essentially broke. Much of the money has been diverted to Hastert’s state PAC to avoid the stench of Daniels’ coming indictment. That being said, it doesn’t look pretty. The bigger problem for the ICFST is that in addition to depressed turnout because the candidates are poor, there is going to be very limited GOTV money. This could easily reach down to the Shimkus-Phelps race and the Treasurer’s race between Dart and Topinka.
Even more fun will be the Illinois Leader’s and other social conservatives piling on the moderates. While they sort of endorsed J-Ry, they are angry and ready to use any excuse to purge the Illinois Republican Party of moderates. The coming defeat is going to provide them an excuse to do just that. It is bad when either party loses its moderates. Even worse, the ICFST will no longer be routinely competitive if they follow the path they seem ready to embrace. Home Schooling, creationism and abortion does not make a successful party.
The Problem with the Illinois
The Problem with the Illinois Governor’s Race
As John Kass rightly asks, where is Paul Vallas? Unfortunately, here. Philly’s gain, Illinois’ loss.
Missouri Races at: Blog Saint
Missouri Races at:
Blog Saint Louis. For those visiting after the mention by Hesiod, I update Blog Saint Louis more for local Missouri politics so check it out.
Law Professor’s Brain Falls Out
Law Professor’s Brain Falls Out
No one notices though because it is a law school prof. Glenn does another glenuation with the OK City Bombing and an Iraqi connection.
The last three paragraphs are priceless:
And there is more. Al Hussaini, who entered the US from a Saudi refugee camp, worked after the Oklahoma bomb as a cook at Boston’s Logan Airport – from where the two hijacked aircraft that hit the World Trade Center took off.
There is another confirmed incident that suggests something more sinister. Two of the 11 September conspirators held a crucial meeting at a motel in Oklahoma City in August 2001. The motel’s owner has since identified them as ringleader Mohammed Atta and Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called 20th hijacker, who has known links with shoebomber Richard Reid.
The motel is unremarkable – except for one thing. It is where a number of Davis’s witnesses are sure they saw McVeigh drinking and perhaps plotting with his Iraqi friends.
And how many degrees of separation are they from Kevin Bacon?
If we have learned anything from the sniper investigation, uncritically accepting eyewitness testimony, especially from some time ago, is a bad practice.
Conspiracy theories might be fun, but they aren’t very useful.
Durkin misses a sweep Jim
Durkin misses a sweep
Jim Durkin seems to have impressed many of the elites in Illinois. Both the Sun-Times and the Tribune endorsed Durkin, but the Post-Dispatch goes for Durbin. Too bad Durkin can’t get the voters to listen.
However, Shimkus does pull off a sweep with all three endorsing him over backbencher Phelps.
Strangely, the P-D felt the need to endorse Jerry Costello. Why?
(posted at both site)
When Lawyers Attack Nothing new
When Lawyers Attack
Nothing new except more on the Madigan-Birkett race and I liked my headline for it.
Trib US House Endorsements The
Trib US House Endorsements
The Trib makes endorsements for the US House in Illinois. Shimkus is no real surprise and no real prize. Kirk and Crane are endorsed, though one has to note the endorsement for Crane is not that warm. Tim Johnson is endorsed for…being alive and Republican. Shouldn’t there at least be a bit fo snarkiness for the fool?
And in the 12th? No endorsement for Mr. Costello or his appointment…how bad of a candidate must one be to not get the nod over an unindicted conspirator?