We live in a time of few heros and fewer statesmen. For many U.S. Senator Russ Feingold qualifies as one. Russ is one of the few politicians during the Bush years that have consistently stood up for America when it counted. Russ Feingold stood alone in the U.S. Senate, for example, to […]
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Posted 12 November 2006
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Today’s Daily Herald covers Jon Myers’ bid for Wheaton City Council saying he is one of the “most visible of the candidates.” The paper cites Myers public comments “at nearly every city council meeting” dealing with the issues. They also point to Jon Myers fiscally conservative, ‘get it done’ accountable government approach:
“Myers said […]
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Posted 10 November 2006
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Glenn Greenwald has it here. Avoiding calling Bush a liar by deleting a news story is an extreme version of what Eric Alterman noticed years ago. As Atrios more recently noted these false standards of “decency” didn’t seem to apply to President Bill Clinton - but to America’s detriment, they have applied to […]
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Posted 10 November 2006
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Eric Krol previously reported that DuPage State’s Attorney Joe Birkett might not run for re-election. Today the Daily Herald reports Joe is still on the fence - but Birkett also thinks he may have a statewide race in him yet - even after losing his bid for Illinois Attorney General and, this election, Lt […]
Today I spoke to a person observing Joe Vosicky’s campaign who requested anonymity. According to the source the campaign is still waiting on a count of all the precinct ballots cast before making any decisions (they report not all have been counted despite press stories to the contrary). In addition to the outstanding […]
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Posted 09 November 2006
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I frequently disagree with the New Republic’s editors, notably Martin Pertez who got the Iraq War wrong and is still trying to find a way to square that circle. Nonetheless, their sober assessment of the election is a good one as far as it goes:
“Until the present administration, the modern American state had no […]
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Posted 09 November 2006
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I’ve been sick the last couple days (but getting better) - so I’ll have more analysis soon. There are a lot of people (volunteers, candidates and staff) who worked their butts off this cycle and they deserve a lot of credit - and the numbers were up if not sufficient with one possible exception.
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Posted 08 November 2006
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Heard from a Dan Seals volunteer:
“Things in the Seals office feel intense but exciting! The rally on Friday night was swarming with people. The energy is palpable and real. There’s a sense of hope and momentum. I’m not close enough to the inner workings of the campaign to know what’s really going on, but […]
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Posted 06 November 2006
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From the Chicago Tribune’s coverage of Rob Bisceglie in the 45th District House race:
“[Rob] Bisceglie, a Bensenville native and University of Illinois graduate, moved to Roselle in 2003 after eight years in Washington, D.C., working mostly for the U.S. Agency for International Development, where he helped link American businesses and foreign markets.
While there, he also […]
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Posted 05 November 2006
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Read it here.
While their endorsement of Governor Rod Blagojevich in the race is one thing - I was surprised to read “Blagojevich is the only Illinois Governor ever endorsed by the Sierra Club.” It might have been interesting for the governor’s campaign to use this in their advertising (unless I’ve missed it) as part […]
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Posted 05 November 2006
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