August 31, 2010 – 11:44 am
Who let the dogs out? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just what the economy needs . . . more Obama cowbell. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fun Fax: Eight years of Iraq war cost less than Stimulus Act. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No longer pretending to represent mainstream America the AFL-CIO has allied with hard left organizations to form a voter registration drive called One Nation [...]
August 30, 2010 – 4:22 pm
Even though Barack Obama won the 17th CD with 57% of the vote, election handicapper Charlie Cook has moved the 17th CD from “likely Democrat” to the toss-up category of “leans Democrat”. An anonymous Democratic strategist said this about his party’s fall prospects: “If someone like [Phil] Hare is in trouble, that could obviously mean [...]
August 30, 2010 – 8:04 am
. . . a turtle on a fencepost.
August 28, 2010 – 4:12 pm
In a Friday news dump Phil Hare responded to Bobby Schilling’s request of August 18 for four debates to be held in four different cities. Hare’s letter to Schilling said in part: “As far as I am concerned, the more substantive the discussion we can have the better it is for the voting public. This [...]
August 27, 2010 – 1:57 pm
. . . President Girly Man.
August 27, 2010 – 12:37 pm
From Jim Bennett a/k/a The Bloviating Hammerhead: “. . . a district so gerrymandered that its tentacles encompass parts of Uzbekistan as well as the lost city of Atlantis.” But the primary topic of The Hammerhead’s post is how those intertubes thingees, specifically YouTube, have not been kind to The Philster. He recaps the Kerfuffle [...]
August 26, 2010 – 2:37 pm
Rich Morthland, Republican candidate for 71st District Representative had been hectoring his opponent, Democrat Dennis Ahern, for some time about returning the $10,000+ Mike Madigan gave to Ahern’s campaign. If Ahern felt he needed to distance himself from Madigan, he chose a novel way to do it. Yesterday he announced that if elected, he would [...]
August 26, 2010 – 11:44 am
Pat Quinn: “I think it’s very simple to pass a law that says to local schools districts if we give you more money from the state for education…part of the bargain is that you have to cut your local property tax.” It’s a concept so simple, it’s a wonder no one has thought of it [...]
August 26, 2010 – 11:17 am
“A conservative group has been banned from holding a rally at Illinois’s Old State Capitol because the site prohibits political demonstrations—yet it’s the same place where President Obama announced his run for president and later, his choice of Joe Biden for vice president.”
August 25, 2010 – 3:32 pm
When asked by a constituent if he read the Obamacare bill, which he authored, Montana Senator Max Baucus replied: “I don’t think you want me to waste my time to read every page of the health care bill. You know why? It’s statutory language . . . We hire experts.” If true, we could save [...]
