First-time candidate Democrat Scott Harper has gone toe-to-toe in fundraising this year with established incumbent Republican Congresswoman Judy Biggert in the 13th District. The fundraising picture is largely summarized by grassroots support, special interest PAC money and total receipts.
Grassroots Support
Democrat Scott Harper as a first-time candidate has done well with small dollar […]
“Let’s not confuse genuinely grass roots single payer efforts with HCAN. HCAN, in its statements of principles, takes single payer off the table from the outset. So, while they state the problems correctly, they’re not pushing the one solution that we know can work.”
A commenter on the WurfWhile.com post “Yes We HCAN!”
“The private insurance industry, […]
[Hat tip Progress Illinois]
Yesterday preceding a discussion of universal health care I wrote, “one of the things to keep an eye on in the coming year(s) are advocacy movements seeking major policy changes in areas of obvious national neglect like health care, the environment, energy, water rights/distribution, etc.” As if on cue Crain’s reports […]
[Hat tip Matt Yglesias]
The Politico reports:
“The endorsement could hardly have been stronger. On Monday, John McCain’s campaign released a statement signed by 300 economists who ‘enthusiastically support’ his ‘Jobs for America’ economic plan, providing a heavyweight testimonial to the presumptive Republican nominee’s ‘broad and powerful economic agenda.’
There’s just one problem. Upon closer inspection, it seems […]
[Hat tip Doug May]
The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) study by Dean Baker and David Rosnick, “The Impact of the Housing Crash on Family Wealth.” shows that over the last two decades (from 1989 to the projected 2009) median wealth for people age 35 - 54 was flat or declining assuming another 10% […]
While I’ll have more thoughts about this later, one of the things to keep an eye on in the coming year(s) are advocacy movements seeking major policy changes in areas of obvious national neglect like health care, the environment, energy, water rights/distribution, etc. The reason is that I take (future President) Barack Obama at […]
Lisle Township Democratic Vice Chair Aileen Eilert gets coverage for “Going Green in the ‘Burbs” at Chicago Public Radio’s Chicago Matters: Growing Forward. Congrats Aileen!
Playing catch-up with this one - 6th Congressional Democratic Candidate Jill Morgenthaler and 18th Congressional Democratic Candidate Colleen Callahan made the recently announced DCCC “Emerging” list of 20 races where “candidates have generated excitement in their districts for their campaigns for change.”
Jill Morgenthaler in the 6th District has expanded her campaign team, posted respectable fundraising […]
The recent federal tax rebate for economic stimulus cost $168 billion - but we’ve already lost the money to higher gas prices according to a recent analysis of American household spending by Illinois PIRG called “Squandering The Stimulus” (pdf). The same study says that the average annual federal spending for new public transportation over […]
