I chatted informally with someone close to Democratic Party leaders yesterday. This person says the Dems cannot be counted out of the race, even though they have yet to find anyone to run since former Bradley University head baskatball coach Dick Versace bowed out of the race. This source says party chairs in the 20-county [...]
January 23, 2008 in Statehouse & Capitol
Tags: 18th District, Congress, Democrats, Richard Grawey | 8 Comments »
Well, not really. Elaine Hopkins has a brief recap of the debate between Jehan Gordon and Allen Mayer. She described it as cordial, with Jehan cooing over Allen’s toddler.
January 5, 2008 in Statehouse & Capitol
Tags: 92nd District, Allen Mayer, Democrats, Jehan Gordon | 3 Comments »
Central Illinois GOPers say those evil, scumsucking Democrats are standing in the way of their far-sighted, child-friendly plan to stick GPS trackers on sex offenders. It’ll only cost $4-7 million. I’ll tell ya, these Democrats must be heavilly in debt to the pro-pedophelia lobby to not want to spent such a small amount.
They oughta take [...]
August 17, 2006 in Statehouse & Capitol
Tags: Democrats, gps, republicans, sex offenders | 17 Comments »
Mike Ramsey of Copley News Service reports that there’s a cauldron of tension bubbling just beneath the surface of the Democratic Party. To this I say: “Duh.”
Of course there are tensions. The Democratic Party in Illinois has three leaders: The governor, the mayor of Chicago, and the Speaker of the House. These run the freakin’ [...]
August 16, 2006 in Statehouse & Capitol
Tags: Democrats, Illinois politics, Judy Baar Topinka, Mike Madigan, republicans, Rod Blagojevich | Comments Off
“You are $#@&%!* REQUIRED to vote for me! My father and my uncle got shot in the HEAD dammit! You owe it to their martyred memory to vote for every Kennedy who runs for office! Why are we even debating this! Kennedy’s always win! It’s the $#@&%!* LAW!”
Heh.
It’s not quite that bad. The Democratic Party [...]
July 29, 2002 in Statehouse & Capitol
Tags: Democrats, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Kennedy family, Robert Kennedy | No Comments »