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Eric Zorn thinks talking about Barack Obama’s voting record and how it is the most “liberal” in the Senate is taking the “low road.” Specifically, Zorn is referring to the fact that McCain implied Obama is a socialist. Apparently calling a spade a spade is dirty politics.
Zorn should feel free to defend Obama and refute [...]

Chicagoist has an interesting enough interview with Judy Barr Topinka today. Interesting “enough” is the key … I’m not sure why we care what Judy has to say about Illinois politics anyway. One interesting tidbit, she mentions she is “hearing” Bill Daley’s name in discussions about who will be the next Governor. I am sure [...]

This is getting ridiculous. When Mayor Daley began installing surveillance cameras around the city several years ago, it was all about preventing crime. Since then, the crime rate has crept back up while the city uses the cameras to spy on motorists instead.
The latest. Fran Spielman reports that a city ordinance would allow surveillance cameras [...]

I don’t have much time for blogging today. I have tons of “work” to do. Needless to say, now is not the time to find something really cool online to distract me. But as fate would have it, I did. The guys at Politicker have put together an application that allows you to build your [...]

Illinois Reason is picking a fight with Illinois Review over a post by George Dienhart that argues Obama flipped his position on the war. (Funny enough, Illinois Reason is about the most unreasonable blogger around, he even makes Illinois Review look measured and practical)
Is Obama a “flip flopper.” Well it depends on your definition of [...]

I know $1 million isn’t much for a statewide campaign. But by Illlinois GOP standards it’s a fortune. According to filings, Sauerberg only spent $1,500 over the last three months. So either he’s decided he can’t win and would rather hold on to his cash or he’s decided to leverage his money by spending it [...]

It appears Barack Obama is a beer drinker (PBR). Question is, what does McCain drink? Hmmm. He looks like a scotch on the rocks man to me. Thoughts?

From Hit & Run:
“I don’t think he’s ever had one,” Barr said. “He cannot run and hide from the fact that he is McCain of McCain-Feingold. How anybody whose signature piece of legislation is the most anti-freedom, anti-First Amendment piece of legislation passed in congress in generations, can, with a straight face, claim that they [...]

It’s always fascinating to watch momentum shift in public policy. A year ago, it looked like the eco-fundamentalists would continue to amass supporters and inevitably storm the gates of power and “revolutionize” American energy policy.
But it i amazing what $4 per gallon does to American politics. Remember the carbon tax? A popular “solution” to global [...]

The Sauerberg Campaign announced a new web site today: MoveOnDickDurbin.org. I like Sauerberg. I do. But this web site kind of drives me nuts. Not because I don’t agree with the arguments presented, or because the site isn’t well done. But the whole approach I think is problematic
Sauerberg is right to go after Durbin. He [...]