Recently I was in a rural section of Illinois and heard about an email circulating that made fun of the Iraqi prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison by degrading the abused prisoners and their countrymen. While I never saw the email, it apparently combined the idea of “how would you like them in your […]
The Stakeholder (a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee blog) has a great entry on Donald Rumsfeld blaming the press for the ill-effects of the Bush Administration’s torture policy at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. While Rumsfeld has revealed illegal activity, he refuses to take responsibility. Bush’s continued endorsement of […]
I guess in some ways this falls under “hindsight.” I had heard a rumors of sexual impropriety (and actually something substantially worse than what’s been reported) were contained in the Ryan divorce papers and, after writing what I did last Friday, and holding my blog entry, I decided to publish the divorce paper piece […]
I do not agree with the politics of personal destruction. While some on the right are now speculating about the damage that making Ryan’s divorce papers public could cause (e.g. see OneMan), I think the mistake Ryan made is in what he said during the primaries. They lay it out in last Friday’s […]
This is an interesting choice for Jim Edgar, the former governor who decided not to throw his hat in for the latest U.S. Senate run in Illinois. On the upside, Illinois is expected to go Democrat on the national ticket, so he has a chance of beating expectations. On the downside, Illinois is […]
After years of near total control in DuPage County, the DuPage Republicans are worried, according to the Naperville Sun. Many voters received a flier showing a light switch from the DuPage GOP asking them “Did you switch?” in the primaries. They should be worried. Years of not responding to the needs of […]
Tonight Kevin Conlon hosted a private reception for Chicago area Dean organizers as a thank you with special guest Howard Dean. The event, held at Phil Stefani’s in Chicago, attracted 79 guests including such notables as Lt. Governor Pat Quinn, Chicago Alderman Joe Moore, Reverend Jim Wall, DuPage Democratic Party Chair Gayl Ferraro, Congressional […]
Illinois Republican House Minority Leader Cross’ blog is talking about developing games to increase their appeal. It’s a good move on their part. I expect they’ll do better than the Bush campaign’s attempt.
[Editor Note: I had originally spelled Darfur “Dafur” which I believe is incorrect, so I have corrected the spelling in this entry.]
While I am not an expert by any means in African affairs, as I have said before clearly something must be done to stop the slaughter and displacement of people in the Darfur […]
Rick and Robin Klau, a couple written up in the Daily Herald for their home cooking skills at house party fundraisers (Martha eat your heart out) are hosting a house party for Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Barack Obama. Among other notables, Barack will be in attendance - it’s a great chance to meet the […]
