104 Comments - RNUG - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:41 pm: Hey. Let’s be careful out there. I’m a long time Cubs fan. - Old Shepherd - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:42 pm: Chicago Cubs: Right to Win (It really has nothing to do with winning…) - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:43 pm: As a Cubs fan… “Caucus slogan?” “Ahead of the Curve, but Behind the 8-Ball” - walker - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:43 pm: “Everybody yell PRESENT on my command.” - relocated - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:43 pm: Six in a row? Is that the seating configuration? - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:44 pm: Will they be serving Cannoli? #AskingForAFriend - Anonin' - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:44 pm: We will tied up at the 1st Lady’s funder and unable to attend…our regrets - Norseman - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:45 pm: The Summer Losers, but November Winners Caucus. - Team Sleep - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:45 pm: Slogan: “Which comes first: a World Series appearance for the Cubs or Speaker Madigan’s retirement?!” - chiatty - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:46 pm: “Better Luck Next Session” - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:47 pm: “Slogan?” “Under Construction” - Louis G Atsaves - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:47 pm: “Turnaround Caucus!” - Juvenal - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:48 pm: === You don’t have to mention the 6 in a row thing if you dont want === I hate to correct the gentle lady from Cook, but so far its only five straight losing seasons. - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:48 pm: “(Place Sponsorship Here)” - not right - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:49 pm: Wait until next year for the Cubs and a deal between the Governor and Speaker? - Anonymous - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:50 pm: The Cubs will win the series before the State of Illinois has a balanced budget and solvent pension funds. - Maryville Sparky - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:51 pm: Anyone can have a bad century - Give Me A Break - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:51 pm: I presume meetings will be “at the call” and never take place in in late September or in October. - Anonymous - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:52 pm: Ask Rauner for $400,000 to finance the Cub Caucus. - Anonymous - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:52 pm: “Cubs Caucus: Because It’s Easier To Deal With Disappointment When You’re With Friends” - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:52 pm: “Signed, Theo Epstein’s Mother” - Precinct Captain - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:53 pm: 10,531 more wins than Bruce Rauner - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:54 pm: “Our Bandwagon is Vintage!” - Judgment Day - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:54 pm: How about….. WINNERS!!! - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:55 pm: “Not For The Faint of Heart” - Jorge - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:55 pm: “SNOY”….still not our year. - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:56 pm: “Since WWI…” - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:57 pm: “Those Who Saw the last World Series Win Drink Free!!” - downstate commissioner - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:59 pm: “Cardinals Caucus?” Oh, NOOOOOO! - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 3:59 pm: “Meh. Couldn’t Hurt.” - Ron Burgundy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:00 pm: The Caucus of “NOOOOOOOOOO!” I assume like most other caucuses they are finished by the end of May. - zatoichi - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:02 pm: Lets eat two. - birds - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:02 pm: Cubs caucus, where everyone’s a member of the century club. - Wensicia - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:03 pm: The “New Bleacher Caucus”. Ya can’t call us Bums any longer. - cover - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:03 pm: = “Signed, Theo Epstein’s Mother” = I’m glad I wasn’t taking a drink when I read that! Too bad the youngsters on here won’t get the reference… - Rich Miller - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:03 pm: birds wins. - A guy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:04 pm: If you come up with a good name for this caucus (How could you, really?) You could scream it from the rooftops! Heard the audio is superior to the video there. - Juice - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:05 pm: We’re not the only ones waiting til next year. - A guy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:05 pm: Tunney’s Bunnies. - Skeptic - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:05 pm: “Wait until next Fiscal Year!” - A guy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:06 pm: The Bare Cubby Lounge - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:07 pm: ===Cubs caucus, where everyone’s a member of the century club.=== That can’t be topped, it cuts to the quick. - Juice - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:07 pm: Welcome to the “loser empowerment zone”. - Eddy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:09 pm: This is the year, really, because Back To The Future II said so. Book it!! Boom Shaka Laka!! Thank you Sara - 47th Ward - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:10 pm: The Cubs are like second marriages: it’s the triumph of hope over experience. Go Cubs! - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:10 pm: Will there be therapy sessions as needed? - Amuzing Myself - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:14 pm: “Letting Down Fans and Voters for Decades” - Boone's is Back - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:19 pm: The “they’re playing better than the Sox” caucus - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:20 pm: “Swooning Before the Swoon” - Observation - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:23 pm: Cubs: At least our hot dogs are good. - A guy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:23 pm: A work in progress steadily moving toward a bicentennial celebration. - Wensicia - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:24 pm: “Sox fans are welcome!” - Obamas Puppy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:25 pm: Rather be a frustrated Cub fan than any other! Go Cubs GO! - Lefty Lefty - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:33 pm: Cubs Caucus? More like Cubs Carcass. - Michelle Flaherty - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:34 pm: The turnaround agenda 100-plus years in the making. - Amalia - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:41 pm: Cubs Caucus: just learning the rules of baseball - SAP - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:43 pm: Real baseball 8.1 miles South. (Hat Tip: Jerry Reinsdorf circa 1995) - Amalia - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:44 pm: Cubs Caucus: cause we are more than a party - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:46 pm: Will, um, Clark the Cub be in the Caucus… - Oneman - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:47 pm: Last time they won the series there wasn’t a pension problem - Mama - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:52 pm: The Cubs Crying Games - Where friends go to cry in their beers. - nero - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:53 pm: Cubs Caucus; In case you wanted to see what doom looked like. - Team Sleep - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:54 pm: “We can compete with our ‘rivals’ during the regular season.” - Motambe - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 4:58 pm: Celebrating 1908!! - Quizzical - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 5:08 pm: Feigenholtz spelled backwards is ztlohnegief! - Under Further Review - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 5:09 pm: Memo to Sara: The last time the Chicago Cubs won, the nation had a Republican President and Congress, Illinois had a Republican Governor and General Assembly, Cook County had a Republican County Board President and Chicago had a Republican Mayor. At the same time, Detroit had a promising future and the Cubs were based on the West Side. If you want history to repeat… When hell freezes over! - Under Further Review - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 5:15 pm: Real baseball straight South and across the river in St. Louis, Missouri. - Republicrat - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 5:16 pm: 1% ers. - Anon - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 5:17 pm: Governor Charles Deneen has signed a proclamation declaring it “Cubs World Championship Day” in Illinois. - Last Bull Moose - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 5:19 pm: Northside Masochist. - Rahm's Parking Meter - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 5:25 pm: Rich, Don’t hate on my Romanian Hot Dogs! Loved them since I was a kid! It should be the “In Theo and Jed we Trust” Caucus. - Rahm's Parking Meter - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 5:25 pm: Rich, Don’t hate on my Romanian Hot Dogs! Loved them since I was a kid! It should be the “In Theo and Jed we Trust” Caucus. - Rahm's Parking Meter - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 5:26 pm: Sorry for the duplicate post, dumb iPhone. - Under Further Review - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 5:27 pm: @Anon: Did Governor Deneen issue the proclamation praising the Cubs from the elegant Executive Mansion in Springfield or from his exclusive private Chicago residence in the prosperous Englewood neighborhood? - horse w/ no name - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 5:30 pm: Cubs Caucus: “We’re Done By June 1″ - That Guy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 5:31 pm: Is Alex gonna soak the place in urine so the Cub fans will feel right at home? - mcb - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 5:56 pm: “Don’t tip the porta-potties” - Amalia - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 6:17 pm: Cubs Caucus: we’re slow - jerry 101 - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 6:45 pm: I know a good logo, but I like commenting here. - Wordslinger - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 6:48 pm: “Haven’t Won Since the Kaiser was a Kid” Caucus. Still, the Ricketts gave Theo plenty-o-time to put something together. Young, dumb and full-o….. fun on the North Side this summer. - SamHall - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 7:08 pm: It’s May. Mathematically the Cubs are still in it. - South of Sherman - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 7:21 pm: “Wait Till Next Beer!” - Soccertease - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 7:30 pm: 3 strikes, no balls - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 7:41 pm: Rep. Feigenholtz, I wish you the best with the Caucus. As a Cubs fan, my hope is that the Caucus has plenty to root for and will be rooting through the month of October. As the arrow points North for the North Side ball club, remind those jumping on later, there is always room on the bandwagon. - nadia - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 7:56 pm: In the end Cubs Caucus is hard to beat. - Amalia - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 7:57 pm: family and neighbors weigh in….. We’ll win now that we have Mad(don)igan Easier to win the world series than to get out of Rules! Wait until next session. - Former Merit Comp Slave - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 7:57 pm: Back To The Future Part II, check it out - anonano - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 8:48 pm: Man, we wish the Cardinals were in the state of Illinois - Capitol View - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 8:56 pm: so Rich, how about a Sox nite to distract us from the spring session? - Leatherneck - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 9:21 pm: Welcome to Wrigley Field–where real baseball is played 297 miles southwest of here. - Leatherneck - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 9:26 pm: Cubs Caucus: As Tom Latourette once sang in 2007 (see link to an awesome YouTube video below), “Please Stop Beliving.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quKraecWnTs - RNUG - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 9:26 pm: Cubs Caucus: We’ll do what we want and won’t worry about the odds! - Responsa - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 9:47 pm: sox win! sox win! OK, I’ll mention that’s six in a row. - Norseman - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 11:26 pm: The Brickhouse Caucus in the State House. - Union gal - Monday, May 18, 15 @ 11:31 pm: Invite afcsme and make the battle cry give us a raise - bored now - Tuesday, May 19, 15 @ 5:51 am: 97 years and counting… - VanillaMan - Tuesday, May 19, 15 @ 7:54 am: True Believers - VanillaMan - Tuesday, May 19, 15 @ 7:58 am: Ernie Banks Caucus - Carhartt Representative - Tuesday, May 19, 15 @ 8:34 am: The last time the Cubs won a world series, we were still considered a new state - Carhartt Representative - Tuesday, May 19, 15 @ 8:35 am: =97 years and counting…= You’re off by 10 years. The 1908 team won it. The 1918 team lost to the Red Sox - LBJ - Tuesday, May 19, 15 @ 8:52 am: “Slightly more victories than Rauner” caucus. - John A Logan - Tuesday, May 19, 15 @ 8:55 am: The “Still in Second Place” caucus. - bored now - Tuesday, May 19, 15 @ 10:57 am: thanks, carhartt! still the funniest thing i’ve ever said (corrected: 107 years and counting)… - BlameBruceRauner - Tuesday, May 19, 15 @ 11:03 am: Still wishing your fur was red Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.