Former Vice President and Tennessee Senator Al Gore gave a speech yesterday afternoon in Washington, D.C. for Moveon.org where he defended the judicial filibuster in the U.S. Senate (full text in this link), a 230 year tradition that Republicans in the senate are trying to end in favor of a simple majority vote for federal […]
Yesterday the DuPage Airport Authority sent out a trial balloon to the DuPage County Board - and found a gentle breeze greeting it as that balloon got floated on to taxpayers via the press. Despite having long-term bonds from 1993, that have cost DuPage taxpayers $6.5 million a year in property taxes (scheduled to […]
Petro-Sexuals captures it perfectly!
To summarize, an audit of centralized purchasing in Illinois under Central Management Services (CMS), which consolidated the purchasing of numerous state agencies in Illinois, meant less following of the law for less savings than advertised (actually 35 of 39 agencies seem to have lost money - not saved it) - and opportunities (likely realized) for […]
Republican Representative Henry Hyde, Chair of the Judiciary Committee and lead prosecutor, in his opening statement on the impeachment proceedings of Democratic President Bill Clinton at the House of Representatives:
“Mr. Speaker, my colleagues of the people’s House, I wish to talk to you about the rule of law. After months of argument, hours of debate, […]
Not that there aren’t areas of abuse, including political operatives blogging without full disclosure - but I agree with Democratic Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, House Republican Jeb Hensarling of Texas, the Chicago Tribune and JoinCrossBlog (how’s that for a mix) that blogging should remain unregulated political speech. I’m wary about it - and […]
According to Democratic pollster/commentator Ruy Teixeira, Republican Senator Rick Santorum’s numbers are going down. Santorum’s personal approval rating is down to 48% approve/35% disapprove - only the second time he’s been under 50%. In a match up with State Treasurer, and Democratic Senate Candidate Bob Casey, his likely opponent, Casey now wins 49% […]
It sounds like a joke. Today’s New York Times has an article titled “Bush Concedes Energy Bill Offers No Help on Gas Prices” (not available in weblog-safe link). The article describes the U.S. House Republican $8 billion version of President George W. Bush’s energy policy, that the president was pushing yesterday at the […]
You can get a great take on Senator Jim Jeffords’ retirement, and who might win the race for his senate seat (and other seats that get freed up), from a former Vermonter now residing in DuPage, Rob Freedman.
It’s a fair question to ask if Christine Cegelis can win against a non-Henry Hyde Republican candidate, now that Hyde has announced his retirement. While the proof is in the election, here are a handful of reasons why she could pull it off.
1. Name recognition in the district Christine will be the only […]
