Illinois

updated 9:41 a.m.

VA-05: Perriello Getting Crushed in Latest SUSA Poll

SurveyUSA for WDBJ-TV Roanoke (8/31-9/1, likely voters, Tom Perriello (D-inc) : 35 (35) Rob Hurt (R) : 61 (58) Jeff Clark (I) : 2 (4) Undecided : 2 (3) (MoE: ?4%) Brutal stuff. It's worth mentioning that last time, we mentioned some issues with the crosstabs , including Hurt's big support among younger voters. Those issues persist in this poll. It's worth mentioning that Perrie...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - 9:41 a.m.

pat tillman: fog of war or war of fog

I know a little a bit about small unit warfare. As long as you have conventional soldiering and counterinsurgency going on at the same time, friendly fire accidents are going to happen. It's beyond tragic but it is also predictable. Pat Tillman's story is different in kind. There have now been two books written about him and one movie is in the can. Still, no satisfacto...
Upper Mississippi River Basin - 9:04 a.m.

AZ-Gov: Jan Brewer Loses Her Head in Debate

Just watch this: And this: Holy shit. ...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - 8:41 a.m.

Mark Kirk Connection to Glenn Beck Rally Funding Koch Brothers

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - 7:29 a.m. - 4 clicks

AK-Sen: The Final Frontier

Behind the scenes here at SSP, I told my co-editors that our daily series of Alaska mega-posts was over now that Lisa Murkowski conceded the race to Joe Miller. But like Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger once said, I Just Can't Stop It! No Endorsement : We previously noted that Lisa Murkowski walked off the stage on Tuesday night without endorsing Joe Miller -- and, for the time being at least, t...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - 7:29 a.m.

SSP Daily Digest: 9/2 (Morning Edition)

AR-Sen , AR-01 : Bill Clinton is heading back home to Arkansas to do events for Blanche Lincoln (probably not a good use of resources) and Chad Causey (better use of resources). Incidentally, Politico notes that Causey's primary opponent, Tim Wooldridge, still has yet to endorse him. Jeez. DE-Sen : It's official: The Tea Party Express has spooked Mike Castle into going up on the air before ...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - 5:30 a.m.

MN-Gov: MPR Poll Shows a Tie Game

Minnesota Public Radio/Humphrey Institute (8/25-29, likely voters, 5/13-16 in parens): Mark Dayton (D) : 34 (35) Tom Emmer (R) : 34 (31) Tom Horner (IP) : 13 (9) Undecided/Other : 19 (MoE: ?3.6%) One red flag from this poll is its sample composition -- it pegs the Minnesota midterm electorate at 46% Republican, 41% Democratic, and 13% independent. An early August poll by SurveyUS...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Wed 5:42 p.m.

FL-Gov: Chiles Will Exit Race, Endorse Sink

Sweet score for Alex Sink: Independent candidate Bud Chiles confirmed Wednesday he would drop out of Florida's race for governor and back Democratic nominee Alex Sink. [...] In a statement, aide Jim McClellan said Chiles would make the announcement official at a Thursday morning news conference in Tallahassee. Democratic pollster Tom Eldon said the rise of surprise GOP nominee Rick Scott end...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Wed 3:07 p.m.

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

OH-Gov: Teddy Ballgame Down 10

Public Policy Polling (8/27-29, likely voters, 6/26-27 in parens): Ted Strickland (D-inc) : 40 (41) John Kasich (R) : 50 (43) Undecided : 10 (16) (MoE: ?4.5%) This does not bode well : The race has pretty much shaped up as a referendum on Strickland and that is not to the incumbent's advantage. Only 34% of voters in the state approve of the job he's doing while 52% disapprove. R...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Wed 10:48 a.m.

NV-Sen, NV-Gov: Reid Barely Leads

Mason-Dixon for Las Vegas Review-Journal (8/23-25, likely voters, 8/9-11 in parentheses): Harry Reid (D-inc) : 45 (46) Sharron Angle (R) : 44 (44) Other : 2 (2) None of these : 4 (3) Undecided : 5 (5) (MoE: ?4%) Sounds like Nevadans really, really would like another option. Maybe most interestingly, two-thirds of Sharron Angle's supporters in this weekend's Mason-Dixon LVRJ pol...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Wed 7:46 a.m.

PA-Sen, PA-Gov: Enthusiasm Gap Drags Down Sestak and Onorato

Ipsos for Reuters (8/27-28, likely voters, no trendlines): Joe Sestak (D) : 37 Pat Toomey (R) : 47 Undecided : 15 (MoE: ?4.9%) Ipsos strikes in another state with another of their interesting both-LV-and-RV polls. The enthusiasm gap seems as big here in Pennsylvania as it does anywhere: the LV model spells certain doom for Dems, with Joe Sestak falling into a double-digit deficit aga...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Wed 7:46 a.m.

SSP Daily Digest: 9/1 (Morning Edition)

AK-Sen : Lulz. Ex-state Rep. Andrew Halcro is still carrying the torch for a Murkowski Libertarian bid, despite the fact that the Alaska Libertarian Party voted to reject having Murkowski on their ticket over the weekend. Halcro is telling The Hill (and anyone else willing to listen, apparently), that he thinks the Libertarians would be willing to reconsider, as long as Murkowski is the one wh...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Wed 5:29 a.m.

AK-Sen: Just Look at the Eye Candy

I don't believe the title needs further explanation. Can you guess what this map is of? The map up top is the 2008 race between Mark Begich and Ted Stevens, in which Begich prevailed by 1.25%. If you guessed that correctly (without cheating), 10 points for Gryffindor. If you did cheat and look at the file name, boo on you too, but you can look at the Anchorage inset anyways: Here's...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Tue 9:24 p.m.

Mark "Free Trade" Kirk Wrote of the Need for Job Outsourcing (not enough American workers), Got Nod ...

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Tue 1:24 p.m.

SSP Daily Digest: 8/31

? WI-Sen : Know how you can tell that this hypocrisy-on-government-aid problem (see the last couple digests for backstory... Ron Johnson's company Pacur has been repeatedly expanded with the help of government loans, y'know, the kind that of meddling in the free market that we have to get rid of) is putting a scare into the Johnson camp? Now he's been rewriting history on Pacur's website to adjus...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Tue 1:24 p.m.

AK-Sen: The Latest Count

The new tally : 438 of 438 Precincts Reporting Candidate Votes Percent Lisa Murkowski 51,358 49.22% Joe Miller 52,988 50.78% More updates as we get 'em. 11:50pm : Y'know, I get a lot of spam from the DSCC. It's been well over an hour since Murkowski has conceded, and the DSCC has yet to put out a statement on the r...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Tue 12:43 p.m.

NC-Sen: Burr Leads Marshall By 5

Public Policy Polling (8/27-28, likely voters, 7/27-31 in parentheses): Elaine Marshall (D) : 38 (37) Richard Burr (R-inc) : 43 (39) Michael Beitler (L) : 6 (7) Undecided : 13 (17) (MoE: ?3.6%) Things are looking pretty stable in the North Carolina Senate race according to PPP. Richard Burr has put a little distance between him and Elaine Marshall, with most of the movement to Bu...
Swing State Project (Illinois) - Tue 10:48 a.m.

AK-Sen: First Ballots Will Be Counted Today

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Tue 7:04 a.m.

DE-Sen: Tea Party Express Will Take on Castle

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Mon 2:22 p.m. - 2 clicks

SSP Daily Digest: 8/30 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Mon 2:22 p.m. - 2 clicks

AK-Sen: Libertarians Tell Murkowski to Twist

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Mon 12:06 p.m.

MI-Gov: Snyder Flattening Bernero; SSP Moves to "Lean R"

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Mon 12:06 p.m.

Louisiana and West Virginia Primary Results

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Mon 12:06 p.m.

Doctors refusing to treat women who once had abortions?!

In the last five years we have seen pharmacists refuse to give out a legal medication to women in need (emergency contraception) because of their personal beliefs. We’ve learned that if a woman goes to a Catholic hospital she may be denied an abortion even if it would save her life . We saw an attempt to pass legislation allowing doctors to refuse treatment to GLBTQ people if the docto...
DailyKos (Illinois) - Mon 10:05 a.m. - 2 clicks

AK-Sen: The Saga Continues

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Mon 8:44 a.m.

NM-01, NM-02: Heinrich Leads Barela by 6, Teague Leads Pearce by 3

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Mon 7:42 a.m.

SSP Daily Digest: 8/30 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Mon 4:47 a.m.

NM-Gov: Martinez Leads Denish by 6

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Sun 5:02 p.m.

Mark Kirk Went Downstate To Lie About the Estate Tax and His Role in Putting Family Farms at Risk (w...

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Sun 12:47 p.m. - 9 clicks

AK-Sen: Miller, Under 50, Leads McAdams by 8

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Sun 11:25 a.m.

hope on a sliding scale

OK, all the hard righties have been telling us for years that WJC and BHO were just toying with out emotions and manipulating us when they talked about "hope" as a basis for their respective theories of governance. I kind of get that. All the USA is supposed to offer us is the pursuit of happiness. Whether and how we get to happiness is kind of up to us. That's cool. ...
Upper Mississippi River Basin - Sun 4:47 a.m.

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

Louisiana and West Virginia Primary Results Thread

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Sat 5:07 p.m.

from grass roots to grandiose

Made the terrible mistake of reading my local newspaper while drinking iced tea. Spewed when I read a quote from the local Tea Party spokesman saying it would support a candidate from either party who could "...meet the ideological requirements of the tea party." Now that's building a "big tent," isn't it? Or maybe it's nature's way of telling you that you're...
Upper Mississippi River Basin - Sat 4:48 p.m.

Louisiana and West Virginia Primary Preview

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Sat 1:22 p.m.

Obama's Appointments Leave Progressives with a Hard Job in November

Progressive Reads (PDA-IL) - Sat 12:40 p.m. - 17 clicks

The Code Words at the Glenn Beck Rally Get Worse and Worse

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Sat 10:44 a.m.

Why Doesn't Mark Kirk Speak Out Against Glenn Beck Today?

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Sat 8:30 a.m. - 12 clicks

Moving Forward [w/ video]

DailyKos (Illinois) - Sat 8:30 a.m.

Throw the Bums Out

Newsflash: voters are angry. Democrats will try to knock on 200,000 doors tomorrow and I'm betting some of them will be surprised. I got a glimpse of that today. I was out running errands in my "League of Conservation Voters" shirt -- which almost everyone misreads as "League of Conservative Voters" -- and the check-out lady asks me, "so who do you vote for?" Now I have to say t...
DailyKos (Illinois) - Fri 8:41 p.m.

SSP Daily Digest: 8/27 (Evening Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Fri 5:40 p.m. - 2 clicks

Weekly Open Thread: What Races Are You Interested In?

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Fri 3:48 p.m. - 11 clicks

AK-Sen: Stay Classy, Joe Miller!

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Fri 1:06 p.m.

This is kind of fun. Happy Friday with "Kirknocchio"

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Fri 10:20 a.m.

AK-Sen: Libertarians, Lawyers, The Fed, and Other Updates

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Fri 9:04 a.m. - 2 clicks

AK-Sen: Absentees (and Provisionals) May Hurt Murkowski

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Fri 8:02 a.m. - 2 clicks

SSP Daily Digest: 8/27 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Fri 5:03 a.m.

WA-03: Herrera Beating Heck out of Heck

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Fri 12:47 a.m.

100% Chance of Pain For House Democrats: GOP Pollster

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Thu 8:27 p.m. - 13 clicks

CO-Sen, CO-Gov: Ipsos Has Buck Up 9, Bennet Internal Disagrees

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Thu 6:29 p.m.

Election Update, IL-15: Students Show Strong Support for Dr Gill

Progressive Reads (PDA-IL) - Thu 5:41 p.m. - 44 clicks

SSP Daily Digest: 8/26 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Thu 3:48 p.m. - 2 clicks

LA-Sen: Vitter Has 76-Point Lead (In Primary)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Thu 11:29 a.m.

Lincoln Freed the Slaves. Huffington Post Disagrees.

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 26 - 2 clicks

AK-Sen: Libertarians May Cut a Deal, Begich Backs McAdams, and Other Updates

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 26 - 2 clicks

SSP Daily Digest: 8/26 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 26

HI-Gov: Abercrombie Leads Hannemann by 5; Dems Lead Aiona by Double Digits

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 25

AK-Sen: Murkowski Makes Up a Bit of Ground, McAdams Staying Put (Update: Knowles Not Interested)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 25 - 8 clicks

AK, AZ, FL, OK, and VT Primary Wrapup

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 25 - 10 clicks

SSP Daily Digest: 8/25 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 25 - 5 clicks

FL-Gov: Sink Leads Scott by 7 Points

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 25 - 2 clicks

AK-Sen: Joe Miller, Murkowski Killer?

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 25

SSP Daily Digest 8/25 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 25

Housing Numbers Prove Tax Cuts Are Not Stimulus

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 25

Alaska, Arizona & Vermont Primary Results Thread #4

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 24

Arizona, Florida, and Vermont Primary Results Thread #3

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 24

Arizona, Florida, Oklahoma, and Vermont Primary Results Thread

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 24

Florida, Oklahoma, and Vermont Primary Results Thread

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 24

Predictions Thread

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 24

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

jamie, it's ok to put your name back on your voicemail now

Eldrick's divorced. ...
Upper Mississippi River Basin - Aug 24

SSP Daily Digest: 8/24 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 24 - 4 clicks

FL-Sen: PPP Sees Rubio Moving Into Lead

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 24

AK, AZ, FL, OK, and VT Primary Preview

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 24

Saloon Democrats of Chicago

IllinoisDemNet - Aug 24

SSP Daily Digest: 8/24 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 24

SSP Daily Digest: 8/23 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 23

AR-01: Crawford Crushes Causey in New Poll

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 23

FL-Gov, FL-Sen: Countdown to the Primary

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 23

Angry Mob Against an Ethnic/Religious Community Center

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 23

Bob Dold Hitches His Wagon to the Corporate, Race Baiting Tea Parties

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 23

SSP Daily Digest: 8/23 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 23

WA-Sen: SurveyUSA Finds Rossi Lead

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 22

July Party Committee Fundraising Roundup

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 22

PA-Gov: Onorato Trails Corbett By 13

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 22

Health Care Reform-ish Comes To Illinois

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 22 - 8 clicks

Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War, Andrew Bacevich addresses Chicago audience

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 21 - 3 clicks

Weekly Open Thread: What Races Are You Interested In?

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 20

SSP Daily Digest: 8/20 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 20

Saloon Democrats of Chicago

IllinoisDemNet - Aug 20 - 2 clicks

KY-Sen: Ipsos Shines a Light on Their Methodology

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 20

Why Preckwinkle is safe from Green Party challenger

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 20

real person makes a choice about Afghanistan

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 20

IL-Gov: Brady Clobbering Quinn

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 20 - 6 clicks

SSP Daily Digest: 8/20 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 20

GA-Gov, GA-Sen: Slim Lead for Nathan Deal, Isakson Under 50

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 19

Bye, bye Carnahan. No More $$$ From Me.

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 19 - 3 clicks

KY-Sen: Conway Noses Paul in New Poll

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 19

SSP Daily Digest: 8/19 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 19

AR-02: Griffin Up by 17 Points

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 19

IL-Sen: A big pile of suck

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 19 - 2 clicks

FL-Gov, FL-Sen: Single-Digit Sink, Crist Advantages in General

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 19

FL-25: Ghosts Appear for David Rivera

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 19

Are you offended by the Manhattan "mosque"?

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 19

SSP Daily Digest: 8/19 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 19

Dem Day at the Illinois State Fair

IllinoisDemNet - Aug 18

Women/Gays of Illinois: Your rights are at RISK (equal pay, family leave, job discrimination)

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 18

MO-Sen: Blunt Rolls Up a 7-Point Lead

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 18

KY-Sen: Paul Leads Conway by 5 Among LVs

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 18

SSP Daily Digest: 8/18

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 18

Washington and Wyoming Primary Roundup

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 18

Mark Kirk Probably Would Have Told the Jewish Congregation of Rhode Island to Buzz Off

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 18 - 3 clicks

FL-Sen, FL-Gov: Last Stand of the Shady Billionaires

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 18 - 2 clicks

Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 270

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 18 - 4 clicks

A better question: What is going to happen with uncontrolled corporate spending on hate politics

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 18

Giving Corporations A Downside To Buying Elections

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 17

It's Jobs and Health Care, Not A Community Center Taking Over A Vacant Ex-Big Box Store

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 17

Washington & Wyoming Primary Results Thread

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 17

Wyoming Primary Results Open THread

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 17

IL-Sen: PPP's Switch to LV Model Still Yields a Slim Giannoulias Lead

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 17

Blagojevich convicted of ONE COUNT -- Merry Fitzmas!

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 17

Mark Kirk Agrees: Angry Mobs Should Determine Where and When Non-Christian Religions Can Build

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 17 - 6 clicks

SSP Daily Digest: 8/17 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 17

PA-Sen: Switch to LV Model Hammers Sestak

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 17

Washington and Wyoming Primary Preview

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 17

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

SSP Daily Digest: 8/17 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 17

Finally Some Sense on the NYC Community Center

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 17

Major Pain Ahead for Dem House Incumbents: GOP Pollster

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 16

Mark Kirk and Bob Dold Seek to Waste US Energy Dollars. Are Behind the Times in Energy Economics

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 16 - 2 clicks

SSP Daily Digest: 8/16 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 16

NV-Sen, NV-Gov, NV-03: We're Just Mild About Harry

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 16

Bob Dold Lies About Social Security

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 16

SSP Daily Digest: 8/16 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 16

DE-Sen, DE-AL: Castle Leads by 13, Carney by More

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 15

Is there a place for us in the Democratic Party?

Progressive Reads (PDA-IL) - Aug 15 - 2 clicks

The Story With No Story

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 15

FL-Gov, FL-Sen: Confusion Reigns

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 15

OH-Gov, OH-Sen: Ipsos Finds Dems Down

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 15

Weekend Shorts: Mark Won't Debate in Democat's Litter Box. Bob Dold Wants to Kill a Grandma from Mom...

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 14

The Need for a Senate Progressive Caucus [UPDATED- Mark Kirk Attacks]

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 13

The Girl in the Cafe and the Plight of Children in Poverty

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 13

Weekly Open Thread: What Races Are You Interested In?

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 13

No member of the legislature deserves a vote

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 13

SSP Daily Digest: 8/13

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 13

KS-04: Pompeo Leads Goyle by Only 7 Points in New SUSA Poll

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 13

CA-Gov, CA-Sen: SurveyUSA Sees Small GOP Leads

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 13

NJ-03: Adler Leads Runyan by 6

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 12

KY-03: Yarmuth Looks Good

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 12

Get Well Soon, Senator Durbin!

IllinoisDemNet - Aug 12 - 2 clicks

Dr. Quentin Young's Response to Robert Gibbs cc: President Obama

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 12 - 2 clicks

SSP Daily Digest: 8/12 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 12

FL-Gov: McCollum Catches Back Up With Scott

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 12

SSP Daily Digest: 8/12 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 12

WA-Sen: It's Still Going to Be Murray and Rossi

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 11

OH-16: AFSCME Drops $750K Against Renacci

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 11

SSP Daily Digest: 8/11 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 11

CO-Gov: Hickenlooper Dominates, SSP Moves to Lean Dem

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 11

CO, CT, GA, and MN Primary Results

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 11 - 2 clicks

Mark Kirk Forgets Day 1 Lesson From Law School

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 11

GOP sides with job offshorers, rather than teachers

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 11

SSP Daily Digest: 8/11 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 11 - 2 clicks

CO, CT, GA & MN Primary Results Thread #3

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 10

CO, CT, GA & MN Primary Results Thread #2

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 10

CO, CT, GA & MN Primary Results Thread

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 10

Mark Kirk's U.S. Open Campaign and Our Necks Hurt

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 10

a little something for baseball statheads of a certain age

Seriously, can imagine anyone discussing Nolan Ryan's 'BABIP"? ...
Upper Mississippi River Basin - Aug 10

SSP Daily Digest: 8/10 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 10

I'm Shocked, Shocked to Find a Dishonest Karl Rove Memo!

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 10

Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, and Minnesota Primary Previews

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 10 - 2 clicks

CO-Sen: Bennet Leads GOPers, Romanoff In Dead Heat

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 10

IN-03: Dungeons & Dragons & Wingnuts

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 10

SSP Daily Digest: 8/10 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 10 - 2 clicks

CT-Gov, CT-Sen: Down to the Wire

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 9

GA-Gov: Runoff Looks Like Pure Tossup

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 9

Kirk talks to an establishment audience about Iran and Afghanistan

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 9

SSP Daily Digest: 8/9

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 9

CO-Sen, CO-Gov: Bennet Retains Small Edge, Republicans Locked in Tossups

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 9

your public defender and state's attorney might be a little

distracted today, ...
Upper Mississippi River Basin - Aug 9

Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 269

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 8 - 4 clicks

Amtrak Station Breaks Ground in Normal, IL

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 7

BLUE STATES: Illinois. P Quinn (D) vs W Brady (R)

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 6

Weekly Open Thread: What Races Are You Interested In?

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 6

MN-Gov: Can You Feel the Emmer-mentum?

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 6

Mark Kirk and Entourage A No Show In Lake Forest (maybe Dodie wouldn't let him go)

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 6

SSP Daily Digest: 8/6

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 6

Tennessee Election Results

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 6

BLUE STATES: Illinois. A Giannoulias (D) vs M Kirk (R)

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 5 - 3 clicks

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

Tennessee Primary Results Thread

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 5

NV-Sen, NV-Gov: This Week in Crazy

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 5

NC-11: Shuler Under Fire?

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 5

SSP Daily Digest: 8/5 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 5 - 2 clicks

Tennessee Primaries Preview

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 5

Billboard Somewhere with Senate Filibuster Count?

IllinoisDemNet - Aug 5

Finally Revealed! Mark Kirk Single Handedly Wrote and Debated the U.S. Constitution. (However, Kimbe...

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 5

SSP Daily Digest: 8/5 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 5 - 2 clicks

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

BLUE STATES: Illinois. L Madigan (D) vs P Roskam (R)

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 4

FL-Sen, FL-Gov: Charlie in Charge

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 4

SSP Daily Digest: 8/4 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 4

Kansas, Michigan, and Missouri Primary Election Results

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 4

Is Mark Kirk Going to Change His Vote On DADT? Depends Which Way the Wind Blows Post-Election

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 4 - 2 clicks

SSP Daily Digest: 8/4 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 4

Don't Go To College and Trust Us = Things Said by Folks Who Want the Advantage

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 3

Kansas, Michigan, and Missouri Results Thread #3

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 3

Kansas, Michigan & Missouri Primary Results Thread #2

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 3

BLUE STATES: Illinois. J Schakowsky (D) vs D Manzullo (R)

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 3

Michigan & Missouri Primary Results Open Thread

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 3

Daley's Re-election Unlikely as Huge Budget Deficit Announced

Progressive Reads (PDA-IL) - Aug 3 - 3 clicks

A Great Progressive Candidate For Congress - Dr. David Gill In His Own Words

Progressive Reads (PDA-IL) - Aug 3 - 2 clicks

KS, MI & MO Predictions Thread

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 3

SSP Daily Digest: 8/3 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 3

Tonight's Primary Preview

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 3

WA-Sen: Murray Has Small Edge Over Rossi

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 3

NC-Sen: Marshall Closes Gap, Burr Still Leads

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 3

Cook County cap on property tax assessment caps extended

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 3

SSP Daily Digest: 8/3 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 3

Devaluing Higher Education, a malleable workforce and electorate leading a tougher life

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 2 - 2 clicks

NV-Sen, NV-Gov: One Reid Leads, The Second Trails

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 2

BLUE STATES: Illinois. J Schakowsky (D) vs P Roskam (R)

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 2 - 2 clicks

KY-Sen: Revenge of the Rogue Ophthalmologist?

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 2

SSP Daily Digest: 8/2 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 2

DREAM Now Letters: Tania Unzueta

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 2 - 3 clicks

MN-Gov: All Dems Lead Emmer, Dayton Leads Primary

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 2

Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 268

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 2 - 2 clicks

IL-Gov: Help us Stop Bill Brady!

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 2

CO-Sen, CO-Gov: Poll Roundup (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Plagiarism)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 2

ReproJustice Roadtrip: A Couple Facing Late Abortion Finds Red-state Obstacles in a Blue State

DailyKos (Illinois) - Aug 2 - 2 clicks

August Primaries to Watch

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 2

SSP Daily Digest: 8/2 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 2

Mark Kirk Fails to Accept Credit for His Contribution to the Funding of SALF. Throwing Stones From G...

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Aug 1 - 2 clicks

MI-Gov: Bernero, Snyder Lead Primaries

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Aug 1

Countdown to Zero: mediocre film making meets mediocre politics

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Jul 31

BLUE STATES: Illinois. J Schakowsky (D) vs A Schock (R)

DailyKos (Illinois) - Jul 30 - 2 clicks

Weekly Open Thread: What Races Are You Interested In?

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 30

FL-Gov, FL-Sen: A Tale of Two Indies

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 30

Dr David Gill's Race in Illinois-15 Takes Center Stage

Progressive Reads (PDA-IL) - Jul 30 - 3 clicks

SSP Daily Digest: 7/30

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 30

OR-Gov, OR-Sen: Small Lead for Dudley

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 30

CA-Gov, CA-Sen: More Leads for Brown, Boxer

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 30

BLUE STATES: Illinois. J Schakowsky (D) vs W Brady (R)

DailyKos (Illinois) - Jul 29

IL-SEN2; Gov. Quinn calls special Senate election for Obama's seat

DailyKos (Illinois) - Jul 29 - 2 clicks

Signs of Crisis

IllinoisDemNet - Jul 29

SSP Daily Digest: 7/29 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 29

FL-Sen, FL-Gov: The Shady Billionaires Strike Back

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 29

NV-Sen: Base Connect Snares a Big One: Sharron Angle

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 29

You Can Vote However You Like, or Analyzing Fulton County, Georgia

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 29

A special message from David Plouffe for Alexi Giannoulias

DailyKos (Illinois) - Jul 29

SSP Daily Digest: 7/29 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 29

Important Answers to Important Questions

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 28

KY-06: Chandler Leads Barr by 14 Points

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 28

Alleged Mark Kirk Connection to Jeremy Rose Resignation and Lee Roupas Scandal

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Jul 28 - 2 clicks

BLUE STATES: Illinois. J Schakowsky (D) vs M Kirk (R)

DailyKos (Illinois) - Jul 28

SSP Daily Digest: 7/28 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 28

DCCC Reserves Ad Time in 20 More Districts

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 28 - 2 clicks

CA-Gov, CA-Sen: Money Can't Buy You Love

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 28

Oklahoma Primary Results Roundup

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 28

an approach to the 18 game season

How about this: Teams Play 18 games with one bye week....BUT every player must sit out two non-consecutive hiatus games. Hiatus players must be announced by noon local time Wed. and may not practice with the team Wed. or after. Hiatus time may be merged with injured time but the hiatus games must be non-consecutive. ...
Upper Mississippi River Basin - Jul 28

SSP Daily Digest: 7/28 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 28

NM-01: Heinrich in Trouble?

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 27

Bob Dold's Favorite Health Care Plan = You're On Your Own. Corporations go on the Dole(d)

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Jul 27

Oklahoma Primary Results Thread

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 27

BLUE STATES: Illinois. J Schakowsky (D) vs J Edgar (R)

DailyKos (Illinois) - Jul 27

SSP Daily Digest: 7/27 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 27

End the broken filibuster. Now.

DailyKos (Illinois) - Jul 27

NH-Sen: Hodes Within 3 of Ayotte, With a Sarah Palin Assist

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 27

Oklahoma Primary Preview

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 27

IL-Gov: A bit of good news, or, Showing how government CAN spur economic growth

DailyKos (Illinois) - Jul 27

2Q House Fundraising Reports Roundup

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 27

DCCC Reserves Ad Time in 41 Districts

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 27

SSP Daily Digest: 7/27 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 27

VA-09: Boucher Leads Griffith by 13

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 26

SSP Daily Digest: 7/26 (Afternoon Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 26

CO-Gov: Tancredo Will Run as Third Party

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 26

Mark Kirk Benefited From War in Afghanistan, Campaigned on It, Campaigned From It, Failed to Tell th...

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Jul 26 - 4 clicks

Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 267

DailyKos (Illinois) - Jul 26 - 2 clicks

SSP Daily Digest: 7/26 (Morning Edition)

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 26

BLUE STATES: Illinois. J Schakowsky (D) vs P Fitzgerald (R)

DailyKos (Illinois) - Jul 25

MO-Sen: Roy Blunts the Opposition

Swing State Project (Illinois) - Jul 25

Salt: A Cliche Wrapped in an Out of Date Cold War, But No Animals Were Harmed in the Making of the M...

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Jul 25

Completely Random and Very Cool

A guy I work with came in yesterday and said to me “I don’t know why, but I saw this very cool thing yesterday and immediately thought that if anyone I know would know the right person to do it, you would.” And then he told me about this: the Museum of Science and Industry [...]...
The Progressive Fox - Jul 25

BLUE STATES: Illinois. The third democrat in Illinois.

DailyKos (Illinois) - Jul 24

Mark Kirk and the Boat: Ordinary People or Leave It To Beaver?

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Jul 24

Health Insurance and Unintended Consequences

I helped write a preservation ordinance once and discovered in my research that you really need to write a clause in there forbidding teardowns while the ordinance is being considered, otherwise there’s always some asshole who will invest a ton of money in destroying his building just to prove a point to the city council [...]...
The Progressive Fox - Jul 24

Water Temperatures in Lake Michigan 1976

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog - Jul 23

I hate to be a nag…

but I am just so damned good at it. So one more time: Can you help? Besides the author of the diary linked above promises free beer…of course the author of the diary linked above once invited me to a virtual spaghetti dinner fundraiser. Not too filling, but it was a hell of a [...]...
The Progressive Fox - Jul 23