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DuPage County Board 5 Candidate Tony Michelassi Gets Press

Democratic Candidate Tony Michelassi got picked up by the Lisle Sun in a profile here - and Progress Illinois picked it up here. I met Tony a while ago (he was then with Ruben Zamora’s 14th Congressional District campaign) - and he is certainly enthusiastic. You can check out Tony’s campaign blog here.

Posted 30 April 2008 † Hiram Wurf § Democratic Party § DuPage Political Campaigns § DuPage Politics § Illinois Political Campaigns § Illinois Politics § Political Communication ‡ Comments (4) °

100 Years, Six Months At A Time…. Great Moveon.org Ad


Posted 10 April 2008 † Hiram Wurf § Bush Administration § Iraq War § Political Communication § Presidential Election 08 § Republican Party § Security Platform ‡ Comments (2) °

Hillary Clinton Adding Insult To Injury

Hard to know which one is the insult and which one is the injury - you decide.
Atrios provides the first “injury” or “insult”:
“Remember back in junior high, when you had that friend that the bullies picked on all the time? And you defended that friend, who really never did all that much for you, which […]

Posted 26 March 2008 † Hiram Wurf § Democratic Party § Foreign Policy § Political Communication § Presidential Election 08 § Race § Religion § Republican Party ‡ Comments (0) °

Iraq War And “A Bigger Number”

From Mark Silva at The Swamp:
“‘It’s a number,’’ said the former White House press secretary, Tony Snow, the day in June 2006 when American military casualties reached 2,500.
Today, the number reached 4,000.
And President Bush did not leave it to his press secretary to comment on it – though Dana Perino, White House press secretary, opened […]

Posted 24 March 2008 † Hiram Wurf § Bush Administration § Iraq War § Political Communication ‡ Comments (0) °

New Independent Professional Online Media Outlets Spreading

While they aren’t reaching the numbers of lost newspaper readers yet, still a cause for public concern, more and more independent professional online media outlets are sprouting up in Illinois and nationally. In Illinois we’ve long been blessed (some legislators might feel “cursed”) by Rich Miller’s Capitol Fax and his off-shoot the diverse blogger […]

Posted 19 March 2008 † Hiram Wurf § Political Communication § Technology § Union ‡ Comments (0) °

Aurora Beacon News Endorses Democrat Bill Foster In IL-14

From the Beacon News Editorial Board:
“It’s quite possible this newspaper has never before backed a Democrat in a 14th Congressional District general election. Given the traditional voting history of the district and former Speaker Dennis Hastert’s popularity and political success over the past two decades, the Democratic Party just hasn’t provided candidates who would best […]

Posted 02 March 2008 † Hiram Wurf § Democratic Change § Democratic Party § DuPage Political Campaigns § DuPage Politics § IL - 14th Congressional District § Illinois Political Campaigns § Illinois Politics § Political Communication § Republican Party ‡ Comments (5) °

A Much Better Article On John McCain

I, like most people, think the New York Times did a bad job with its recent John McCain expose - beyond the sexual innuendo played for more than the article shows it’s worth, a lot of my criticism is about who decides the timing of publishing articles. I can’t help but think that had […]

Posted 23 February 2008 † Hiram Wurf § Bush Administration § Democratic Party § Political Communication § Presidential Election 04 § Presidential Election 08 § Republican Party ‡ Comments (2) °

NYT Bush Republican Fantasy Land - The Economy

Having established its GOP pandering credentials with a terrible Op-Ed writer, today the New York Times talks about the ‘Bush economic miracle’ which (not so miraculously) most of us missed.
I had thought to write my own bit about this travesty - but Dean Baker beat me to it and did a better job than I […]

Posted 29 January 2008 † Hiram Wurf § Bush Administration § Economy § Political Communication § Republican Party ‡ Comments (0) °

Foster, Laesch Pick Up More Endorsements in IL-14 Congressional

Democrat Bill Foster picked up another two newspaper endorsements while Democrat John Laesch picked up another union endorsement this past week. Foster gained the endorsement of the DeKalb Daily Chronicle and the Kane County Chronicle after picking up the Chicago Tribune’s endorsement last week. Laesch picked up the endorsement of International Brotherhood of […]

Posted 22 January 2008 † Hiram Wurf § Democratic Party § DuPage Political Campaigns § DuPage Politics § IL - 14th Congressional District § Illinois Political Campaigns § Illinois Politics § Political Communication § Union ‡ Comments (4) °

Chicago Tribune Endorses Bill Foster In IL-14 Primary

This is the first major newspaper endorsement in the 14th congressional race. Check it out here. You can also watch the Tribune’s Editorial Board interviews of the candidates here.

Posted 18 January 2008 † Hiram Wurf § Democratic Party § DuPage Political Campaigns § DuPage Politics § IL - 14th Congressional District § Illinois Political Campaigns § Illinois Politics § Political Communication ‡ Comments (1) °