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• Freakshow Trifecta

  
  Chuck's Weird World — Authority: 149
  Story HERE . [IMG: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JAXyOVtZ0eE/SviyD5fn3iI/AAAAAAAAQuE/0-Qt7M3dFxw/s320/Picture+56.png]
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• The Blagojeviches trial. Cellini to be tried separately.

  
  The Blago Blog — Authority: 410
  And then there were two. Rod Blagojevich and his brother, Rob, will go to trial without anyone else next year after the government agreed to try Downstate businessman William Cellini separately. Cellini was charged in 2008 with allegedly trying to shake down a movie producer seeking to do business with the states ...
  1 day ago

• Ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich wants federal corruption trial moved to thick of campaign season

  
  Clout St — Authority: 658
  From the Breaking News Center: Lawyers for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich are seeking to delay the start of his trial next summer, court records show. The attorneys want the the trial moved from June to September to give them time...
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• Jim Ryan says hes sorry about Cruz-Hernandez case

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 560
  From the Daily Herald: For the first time publicly, former DuPage County States Attorney and Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan said hes "sorry" for sending two innocent men to death row. "In the Cruz-Hernandez cases, the system and I failed to achieve a just outcome. And for that I am sorry," Ryan, whos ...
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• Pew Center report: 10 states near bankruptcy

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 560
  A Pew Center report says 10 states are near bankruptcy. They are: Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, California, and Wisconsin. The Christian Science Monitor summarized the challenges: • Unbalanced economies. States that depend on a particular industry or two, ...
  2 days ago

• Durbin sees “minefield” in Senate health-care debate

  
  Political Fix — Authority: 625
  Durbin WASHINGTON — As the No. 2 Democratic leader in the Senate, Illinois’ Dick Durbin has the task of marshaling votes for the health insurance overhaul championed by his party and his president. Sounds like he might not see success any time soon. “We’re…
  3 days ago

• A Deeper Look Ahead at the 2010 Illinois Governor’s Election

  
  The Stonecipher Report — Authority: 117
  Gov. Quinn, Dem Opponent Hynes, GOPer McKenna Already Advertising Plus, 4 Trends and 1 Fact That Will Likely Help Determine This Election’s Winner Posted By: Michael Sweeney Nov. 10, 2009 My brief discussion about this – via phone – with...
  4 days ago

• ‘Tea Party’ movement has state GOP moving to the right

  
  Peoria Pundit — Authority: 484
  Rich Miller has a warning for Illinois Republicans : Establishment Republican politicians all over the country are becoming more freaked out by the angry, anti-tax, anti-illegal immigration, anti-Obama, anti-whatever tea party protestors and are mimicking their rhetoric. Even in Illinois, where top GOP politicians ...
  5 days ago

• Marathon Pundit endorses Jim Ryan for Illinois governor

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 560
  Lost amidst the Republican victories on Tuesday is that New Jersey Governor-elect Chris Christie and Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell have one thing in common--both are former prosecutors. Which is what Illinois needs in the governors mansion--someone with a similar background, former state Attorney General Jim ...
  5 days ago

• Illinois 2010 Elections: Pat Quinn Gets Fritchey, Lang, Silverstein Endorsements–Chicago Tribune Says “…Former Blagojevich Allies”

  
  THE iLLINOIS OBSERVER — Authority: 475
  State Rep. Lou Lang and Gov. Pat Quinn speaking after the press conference today. (Chicago, IL) — November 6, 2009 . Illinois Democratic lawmakers State Rep. John Fritchey (D-Chicago), Deputy House Majority Leader Lou Lang (D-Skokie), and State Senator Ira Silverstein (D-Chicago) today endorsed Governor ...
  1 week ago

• Jay Leno On Chicago Not Hosting The 2016 Summer Olympics

  
  Dorks And Losers — Authority: 122
  “The saddest part about Chicago not getting the Olympics? Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich already sold 10 front row seats for a hundred grand apiece for the opening ceremonies.” — Jay Leno on Chicago not hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics
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• Ill. gov. candidate Jim Ryan’s kickoff shadowed by Rezko figure

  
  Political Fix — Authority: 625
  Ryan SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - After seven years out of state politics, former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan formally announced his campaign for governor outside the state Capitol a short time ago–and promptly reminded us that the debris from impeached Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s…
  1 week ago

• Jim Ryan defends previous ties to Blagojevich scandal figure

  
  Clout St — Authority: 658
  Posted by Rick Pearson and Ray Long at 10:40 a.m.; updated at 3:12 p.m. SPRINGFIELD --- Former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan kicked off his comeback as a Republican candidate for governor today, saying he would cut spending, refuse to...
  1 week ago

• Sen. Roland Burris sends mixed message on federal health care reform stance

  
  Clout St — Authority: 658
  Posted by Hal Dardick at 1:10 p.m. Appointed Democratic U.S. Sen. Roland Burris has gained some publicity inside the Washington “beltway” for saying he won’t vote for a health care reform bill that doesn’t contain the so-called public option requiring...
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• Would GOP sweep tomorrow be the start of something big?

  
  Political Fix — Authority: 625
  WASHINGTON — Maybe, which is why political junkies in places with red-hot races next year — like Missouri and Illinois — will be examining results from three contests tomorrow as a guide for 2010. There are favorable trends beyond history for Republicans  heading into the…
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• The Decline and Fall of Chicago Public Transit

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 139
  The Chicago Tribune’s Richard Wronski reports on a collective failure by both the Chicago Transit Authority and the Illinois state legislature to avoid a “doomsday” scenario for mass transit in the Chicago region. Back in Jan. 2008, during the halcyon days of the Rod Blagojevich gubernatorial administration, ...
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• 3 + 9 = Electoral Relief

  
  CHICAGO ARGUS — Authority: 126
  We have exactly three months from Monday until the primary Election Day in Illinois. Then, we have exactly 9 more months until the general election is co mplete, and we can be spared the nonsense that typically fills the “silly season.” Until then, however, we’re going to be bombarded with rhetoric, stunts ...
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• Post-Blagojevich campaign cash reforms roll on in Illinois Senate

  
  Clout St — Authority: 658
  Posted by Ray Long at 11:02 a.m. SPRINGFIELD --- An Illinois Senate panel today approved a measure that for the first time would put major restrictions on how politicians pay for their campaigns in the wake of the impeachment and...
  2 weeks ago

• Andy McKenna to Seek to Lose the 2010 IL Governor’s Race…

  
  The Stonecipher Report — Authority: 117
  Posted By: Michael Sweeney Oct. 28, 2009 Andy McKenna is a loser… Oh, he may actually end up winning the 2010 Illinois Republican Gubernatorial primary – mostly out of some vague, "Eh?" shadow of name recognition versus such unknown and...
  2 weeks ago

• Download Your Free Arianna Huffington Halloween Mask!

  
  Indecision Forever — Authority: 561
  As were sure you already know — being the cut-out Halloween mask aficionado that you are — the Huffington Post was super-nice enough to provide everyone with free, downloadable, last minute Halloween costumes of Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Rod Blagojevich and Kanye West , the most important people in American ...
  2 weeks ago

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