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SSP Daily Digest: 9/1 (Afternoon Edition)

? DE-Sen : Wow, the mounting establishment/teabagger war in the GOP Delaware primary is actually getting physically violent. A Christine O'Donnell supporter got into a scuffle with a tracker from the state GOP party who was videotaping O'Donnell at a candidate forum ? IL-Sen : The Constitution Party is still trying to get back on the ballot in Illinois, maybe most notably in the close Senate ra...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Wed 12:26 p.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

IL-18: DK Hirner against Aaron Schock

I didn't know much about DK Hirner when I went to a neighborhood meet up; the event was held in the home of a colleague from my university. I was blown away with what I saw; she is the real deal.   Of course, this fight is an uphill one as her opponent, Aaron Schock, has national name recognition.   More below the fold. Cross posted at Prairie State Blue and on my personal blog ...
DailyKos (Illinois) - Sat 6:05 p.m. - 11 clicks 11 clicks

chicago white sox put a claim for manny ramirez

Nothing says "do away with the DH" like a claim for Manny from an AL team after the entire NL has passed. ...
Upper Mississippi River Basin - Aug 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

political discourse: false choices from 30,000 feet

Whether discussing foreign affairs or domestic policy the discourse on the status of the Presidency is essentially the same every where.  On the one hand, it's "Bush was an idiot.  He deviated our resources, diluted our freedoms and caused us to be viewed as a hostile by most of the world.  His was a terrible Presidency."  On the other hand "Obama's a terrible president. ...
Upper Mississippi River Basin - Aug 17

Robin Kelly Event - Please Join Me 8/15/10

Robin Kelly offers the people of Illinois an opportunity to continue the excellent leadership of the State Treasurers office. I am very happy and proud to be standing in support of Robin. We all know that this is a very......
49th Ward - Aug 5

Governor Quinn - Standing Up for Illinois Workers and Bring Jobs to Illinois

Governor Pat Quinn has worked to bring a huge victory to Illinois. Ford Motor Company decided the the best place in North America to build its new SUV was right here in Illinois. A big part of the reason that......
49th Ward - Aug 5

Canvass for Barack's Birthday

Join us for a Canvass for Change SATURDAY, August 7th, 10:00 a.m., at 1774 W. Greenleaf in honor of President Barack Obama's birthday. We will fan out across the neighborhood to engage first-time 2008 voters and other progressive Democrats and......
49th Ward - Aug 4 - 3 clicks 3 clicks