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Ok. Scott Lee Cohen’s reality show-esque tearful departure from the Illinois Democratic Party ticket in a noisy saloon as Super Bowl fans whooped it up, caused a sigh of relief in the beleaguered Party. The man whose pawn shop millions bought the Lt. Governor’s race in the Primary saw his dreams of political glory crumble as allegation after sordid allegation abo...
DailyKos (Illinois) - Mon 1:55 p.m. - 3 clicks 
As many of you -- especially those who have an eye toward Illinois politics -- have surely heard by now, Scott Lee Cohen has (tearfully) withdrawn from the race for Lt. Governor of Illinois. I think this is wrong. ...
DailyKos (Illinois) - Mon 9:26 a.m. - 2 clicks
I've had a few days to process the primary results here in Illinois and it's left me depressed. Not about the knife-wielding hooker-beater we nominated for Lieutenant Governor, that kind of stupidity happens from time to time. No, I'm talking about the sense that we're fooling ourselves. We worked our butts off to get a Democratic majority in Congress, and nothing happened. S...
DailyKos (Illinois) - Sat 2:06 p.m. - 4 clicks
Illinois is in the political news, again. Scott Lee Cohen (D) has gotten on the ballot for Lt. Governor in the November elections. The media is reporting that Cohen has an ex-wife that has alleged domestic violence AND an ex-girlfriend/massage-therapist that has an arrest-record for prostitution. Oy The ex-girlfriend/massage-therapist, Amanda J. Eneman, looks li...
DailyKos (Illinois) - Sat 1:22 a.m. - 6 clicks
My first political campaign was for Dan Walker (D-Gov IL) in 1972. Now, by admitting that, I’m admitting two unpleasant things. 1). I’m old as dirt. 2). I had really bad judgment. I cut myself just a bit of slack on point 2 because I was only about 16 at the time. ...
DailyKos (Illinois) - Thu 8:07 p.m. - 13 clicks
I woke up today in my Peoria, Illinois, home to be greeted with the news that Democrats' freshly minted Lt. Gov. nominee was arrested in a domestic violence case back in 2005 ; when he slammed his then-girlfriend's head against a wall and put a knife to her throat. And did I mention she was a prostitute? But he had an excuse. He apparently had an erratic temper due to injecting...
DailyKos (Illinois) - Thu 7:06 p.m. - 9 clicks
Voting Tuesday in the Illinois primary was one of the hardest elections I can recall. I literally didn't know who I was going to vote for in a number of races until that morning. Still not sure any of my choices were correct. This little thing here which I have not seen mentioned didn't make me feel much better: The little-known pawnbroker who won this week's Democratic primary election fo...
DailyKos (Illinois) - Thu 10:05 a.m. - 5 clicks
The Chicago Sun Times this morning reports that freshly minted Illinois Democratic Lt. Governor candidate has some embarrassing skeletons in his closet. The obscure Scott Lee Cohen swept to victory over five rivals in the little noticed race by deluging voters with slick TV ads, robo calls and daily mailers that he paid for out of his own fortune. He far outspent all of his...
DailyKos (Illinois) - Thu 9:48 a.m. - 4 clicks
WTF? That's the first thing that comes to mind when one considers that the new Democratic nominee for President Obama's old Senate seat, Alexi Giannoulias, was supported by the Illinois Democratic party establishment. Why is that a big deal? Because of this, from Political Junkie at NPR.org posted two days ago referring to the primary election: ...
DailyKos (Illinois) - Thu 8:09 a.m. - 6 clicks
I think it's appropriate that someone named Matt Murphy is a candidate for statewide office. Matt "Guitar" Murphy was a fixture in the Chicago music scene for years. Some of the most exciting words in entertainment had to be "Ladies and Gentlemen, Matt "Guitar" Murphy ! ...
Upper Mississippi River Basin - Tue 11:47 p.m. - 6 clicks
It's official: Alexi Giannoulias will face off against Mark Kirk this November to fill Barack Obama's former senate seat. It only took four plus hours after the polls closed to call it, but Giannoulias held off a challenge from David Hoffman, 39% - 34%. The Republican side was never in doubt, with Kirk crushing his teabagger opponent 57% - 19%. And with 93% of the vote in, we still don't ...
DailyKos (Illinois) - Tue 10:45 p.m. - 9 clicks
The Associated Press has called Mark Kirk the winner in the Republican Senate primary. Kirk said in a victory speech : "The people of Illinois now see the arrogance of a one-party state," Kirk said. "And this election will show we will not surrender to their dangerous cynicism of low expectations. Because we are Americans and we can do anything." 7:45 p.m.: Giannoulias is maintaining...
DailyKos (Illinois) - Tue 10:45 p.m. - 4 clicks
Toni Preckwinkle thanks supporters and promises they'll be hearing from her soon in her run for President of the Cook County Board. ...
IllinoisDemNet - Tue 9:02 p.m. - 8 clicks
It's the easiest thing in the world to come up with a plan when you're completely indifferent to the final results. That's always been the GOPers' advantage when it comes to HCR: basically they can recommend anything they want since universal health care is not part of their agenda, it's part of ours. So when one of the GOPers in Baltimore whined (in so many words) 'you're ignoring us -- we ha...
IllinoisDemNet - Jan 30 - 3 clicks
I had a great time watching the SOTU with old friends from the Niles Township Democratic Meetup. Leah called us all together and it was great seeing people, some of whom I hadn't seen for way too long. We all left re-inspired and energized by Obama's words. P.S. Hey Michelle: Greg Sargent... ...
IllinoisDemNet - Jan 27 - 4 clicks
Chicago Sun-Times Endorsement 3 Dems for cleaner water January 26, 2010 A new legal battle among the Great Lakes states over the threat of Asian carp has highlighted the importance of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. Although rarely in the......
49th Ward - Jan 26 - 3 clicks
Another day, another example of David Brooks' infatuation with something he calls 'populism'. Odd that we only hear of this now that people are protesting against Democrats in power. Throughout the long period of Republican Ascendancy, the people protesting then were never populist (though the demographics might have been similar) -- no, those protesters were nothing but a bunch of radical US...
IllinoisDemNet - Jan 26 - 3 clicks
From Campaign for Better Health Care : DOWNTOWN CHICAGO @ NOON Federal Plaza - 230 S. Dearborn, Chicago 60602 EVANSTON @ NOON Fountain Square Corner of Davis St., Sherman Ave. & Orrington Ave. President Obama and some Democrats in Congress recently indicated that they might consider scaling back plans for health care reform. Tomorrow, January 26, we will send a clear message th...
IllinoisDemNet - Jan 25 - 2 clicks
Speech is protected and money is speech. Way to go, Judgies . No matter who you are and what you have, you can play (except in Illinois where we are so very proud of our campaign contribution caps.) ...
Upper Mississippi River Basin - Jan 23 - 8 clicks
For those who missed it (this would be everybody in Forgottonia), Comptroller Dan Hynes is Running against Governor Pat Quinn. In parts of the State where it actually makes sense to spend money on television (i.e., Buttload of democratic primary voters in the market area) Hynes is on TV attacking Quinn rather savagely for secretly letting dangerous prisoners out of prison early. Fair enough. Q...
Upper Mississippi River Basin - Jan 23 - 6 clicks
I understand that the decision to open the corporate financial floodgates for political campaigns is the direct legacy of GOPer appointments to the Court since the days of Ronald Reagan. The weird thing is, is this the best time -- when the nation is doing a belly flop on the economy and corporations aren't, shall we say, particularly popular -- is this the best time to hand them such a present...
IllinoisDemNet - Jan 22 - 2 clicks
All candidates for 1rst Appellate District races and the Cook County Circuit Court Judge races were reviewed, debated, discussed and voted on by the members of our Board on Thursday evening, January 14, 2010. In spite of our being a......
49th Ward - Jan 15 - 6 clicks
Please take a moment to watch the first TV ad for our endorsed candidate for Cook County Board President. Early voting has started already and runs through January 28. The hours are from 9:00 am to 5:00pm Monday through Saturday.......
49th Ward - Jan 14 - 5 clicks
The Democratic Party of the 49th Ward will be hosting a meet the Judicial candidates night from 6:30 to 8:30pm on Monday, January 11, 2010. The location is the Heartland Cafe, 7000 N. Glenwood, Chicago, IL 60626. Light refreshments will......
49th Ward - Dec 26 - 5 clicks
