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Direct mail opportunities…
Saturday, Oct 16, 2004 - Posted by Rich Miller House Democratic candidates took a beating in the Tribune editorial page today. Excerpts: 75th District (northern Illinois): Appointed Rep. Careen Gordon, a Democrat, speaks as though she has memorized her talking points but hasn’t processed what they mean. She’s a young, conservative former prosecutor, but she has trouble articulating her ideas and grasping details…
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Negativity
Saturday, Oct 16, 2004 - Posted by Rich Miller The Associated Press is running a story this weekend about the negative Supreme Court ads, but it’s just a standard AP he-said, he-said, with a quick quote from a watchdog. Not worth quoting, but here’s the link.
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Spooky
Friday, Oct 15, 2004 - Posted by Rich Miller Ok, this has nothing to do with politics, but click the link. It really kinda freaked me out.
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Just use the headline
Friday, Oct 15, 2004 - Posted by Rich Miller The Daily Herald grudgingly endorses Bob Churchill. For some reason, I just don’t think the text of this nod will make it into Churchill’s mailer: We still have concerns over Churchill’s track record of inflexibility with his fellow legislators, but we also believe this is a critical time for the suburbs in the state legislature, and it is important to have a representative who knows the system and how to work it. While we admire Elman and believe she makes a strong case for change, we don’t think this is a good time to be using the district as a training ground. Therefore, we endorse Robert Churchill with hope that, if re-elected, he will work with his fellow legislators to support and hold firm the interests of the District 62 and the suburbs.
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Missing Blogger
Friday, Oct 15, 2004 - Posted by Rich Miller I wonder whatever happened to this guy. Seems like he stopped posting right when things went totally crazy. Perhaps he’s the only sane one. Got while the getting was good.
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Oops
Friday, Oct 15, 2004 - Posted by Rich Miller These things happen, but the publicity is never pleasant. CHICAGO (AP) A foundation whose board of directors includes all the state’s Hispanic legislators will be subject to fines and late fees for failing to register with Illinois regulators, state officials said. [Snip]
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Kadner Whacks Dems
Friday, Oct 15, 2004 - Posted by Rich Miller I wrote about this mailer yesterday. The Daily Southtown’s Phil Kadner saw the story and made it the subject of today’s column. The Democratic Party of Illinois is trying to smear a Republican candidate for the state Legislature who wants to improve public school funding. And the money shot: In other words, Democratic Party leaders in this state say they support school funding reform when it suits their political purposes and campaign against it when that position would help them win an election.
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Tribune Nods
Friday, Oct 15, 2004 - Posted by Rich Miller The Chicago Tribune disses Bob Churchill: 62nd District (north suburbs): Rep. Bob Churchill once had influence as a top lieutenant to former GOP leader Lee Daniels. But since Daniels stepped down as House minority leader, Churchill has largely been reduced to creating obstacles for the new minority leader, Rep. Tom Cross. Democrat Sharyn Elman is a breast cancer survivor who was motivated to run in part by Churchill’s vote against requiring insurance companies to cover mammograms. The broadcast journalist is a ball of fire. She’s open to the idea of caps on non-economic damages for medical malpractice claims, state restrictions to end-of-career pension sweetener deals for public employees and expanded drug treatment programs for inmates. Elman is endorsed. And doesn’t have kind words for Mike Boland: 71st District (northwest Illinois): Democratic Rep. Mike Boland’s nickname around the Capitol is “Squish,” because sometimes it’s hard to nail him down on issues. He occasionally comes up with interesting initiatives. His latest is to get keno added to the state’s lottery system. Republican Steve Haring, the economic development director for a six-county district in northwestern Illinois, is a creative campaigner. He has developed a 10-minute DVD where he talks in straightforward fashion about where he stands on jobs, education and other issues. Haring is endorsed. I’ve been around more than a few years and I’ve spent a lot of time in Sen. Denny Jacobs’ office (Boland’s arch nemesis), but I don’t think I’ve ever heard Mike Boland called “Squish.” I wasn’t able to get to the Boland race this week, but watch Monday’s edition. And once again, if you were surprised at being automatically forwarded here from my old website, everything’s fine. If you just want the media links, click here.
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Obama gives a hand
Friday, Oct 15, 2004 - Posted by Rich Miller Via One Man and from the Obama blogwe see that Melissa Bean’s campaign against Congressman Crane has just received a nice little boost: At the request of the Democratic Party, we are re-directing our Chicago area volunteers who were planning on going to Wisconsin this weekend. We are asking them instead to help staff the John Kerry phonebank in Buffalo Grove and canvass with the Melissa Bean campaign in the 10th Congressional District. It appears that the Associated Press has picked up the story as well. [Obama] is sending two busloads of volunteers to help Crane’s challenger, Melissa Bean, a 42-year-old technology consultant who hopes to unseat Crane, 73, an icon to the nation’s conservatives who has served in the House for 35 years. And, just a reminder, if you’ve been unexpectedly forwarded here from my former home page, don’t worry, it was intentional. If you want just the media links, click here.
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FEELING LOST?
Friday, Oct 15, 2004 - Posted by Rich Miller I’ve moved my home page here for now. If you don’t care about a blog and just want a page of media links, then by all means click here. If you get a “page error” message, just hit your “refresh” button. Sorry for any confusion, but change is a good thing.
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