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 […]
Tonight Connie Sue Schmidt of the Sierra Club’s River Prairie Group announced their endorsement of Democrat Rob Bisceglie for 45th District State Representative at his Danada House fundraiser in Wheaton. Connie pointed particularly to Rob’s long-standing commitment to maintain open spaces and to bring state funding for the environment to DuPage, and she pledged […]
It wasn’t late at night. It wasn’t an undisclosed location (and with a day or so of public notice ahead - it was actually well-publicized by the standards of the secretive Bush Administration). Today President George W. Bush raised $1.2 million for gubernatorial candidate Judy Baar Topinka despite a George Will Chicago Sun-Times […]
I was planning to take a look at what Judy Baar Topinka was proposing to do with gas prices, but ArchPundit beat me to it. Bottomline, Judy’s proposal to reduce gas prices will cut around a quarter of a dollar per tank off what you pay. That won’t even pay for a cup […]
I fluctuate between being bewildered and horrified by a sense of betrayal.
I didn’t think the first run of Edwin Eisendrath’s commercials was any great shakes, unlike other political analysts who called them the worst political commercials ever. But now I have to ask:
What is Edwin Eisendrath, the only Democratic alternative to Governor Rod Blagojevich, […]
Hat tip to Steve Aldrich.
Under the title “Campaign strategy run amok,” the Beacon News yesterday slammed Jim Oberweis the politician, not just the gubernatorial campaign.
From the Beacon News:
“The issue: The continued political gaffes of Jim Oberweis.
We say: Once supported as our hometown guy, Oberweis has demonstrated poor judgment in his recent campaigns.
In 2002, this newspaper […]
Susan Manilow, a Chicago philanthropist and Democratic Party supporter, has financially supported her son Edwin Eisendrath’s gubernatorial candidacy. Last December she gave $10,000 to his campaign and loaned it an additional $40,000. For a single donor that’s quite a bit. Her husband and Eisendrath’s step-father, Lewis Manilow, also gave $50,000 in loans […]
In May 2004 Republican Congressman Henry Hyde was honored at a black tie Marianjoy gala benefit launching a $10 million campaign for a new Marianjoy hospital facility. Yet Congressman Hyde has stood by while congressional Republicans voted for past Bush Administration healthcare budgets that cut healthcare for Americans. This year Congressman Hyde and […]
Let’s get a title misconception out of the way immediately - I’m not being sarcastic towards Judy Baar Topinka. What I think is worth pointing out from last night’s Republican gubernatorial post-debate, where Judy pointed out she is the only non-millionaire in the GOP primary, is that in Illinois and nationwide we have increasingly […]
There was some question about whether Judy Baar Topinka, a GOP moderate running for Illinois governor, calculated right when she chose conservative Joe Birkett, with all his liabilities, as her running mate. Judy was likely to do well in DuPage as it was, so Saturday’s announcement of Republican DuPage County Board Chairman Robert Schillerstrom’s […]
