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Signs of the times
Tuesday, Mar 8, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller Do yard signs matter? Chuck Sweeny takes a look. I love campaign yard signs in early spring. They add some spectacular colors to the dirty, brown landscape. More importantly, they get people thinking about the election. […] Sweeny has written a deceptively light piece that takes a hard look at whether signs are a factor. Worth a look.
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Good point
Tuesday, Mar 8, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller The State Journal-Register gets it. Gov. Blagojevich now promises to “rock the system,” pushing legislation to reform political fund raising in Illinois. That’s great. More power to the governor. But our concern is that he not stymie important reform by demanding only his reforms.
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Missed this yesterday
Tuesday, Mar 8, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller The Cross Bloggers had an interesting little post about the number of people who are getting their political news from blogs. The post was derived from this Sun-Times story that I also missed. Eighteen percent of American adults cited the Internet as one of their two main sources of news about the presidential races, compared with 3 percent in 1996. The reliance on television grew slightly to 78 percent, up from 72 percent. Rising fast, but a long way to go.
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LOL
Tuesday, Mar 8, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller What can I say? Never post at 6am. Oops. For those of you who missed the post that has since been taken down… Nevermind. MAJOR brain freeze. No excuse.
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Quote of the week
Tuesday, Mar 8, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller I know it’s only Tuesday, but this one is too good to pass up. Referring to Governor Rod Blagojevich’s plan to unveil a strict, wide-reaching ethics proposal that is undoubtedly designed to fail so he doesn’t have to stop taking money from government contractors, Democratic state Rep. Jack Franks had this to say: “He’s the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree so that he could stand on the stump to talk about conservation,” Franks said. “His rhetoric doesn’t match his reality when it comes to campaign finance.” Man. That’s harsh. I mean, really. Harsh. Is Jack Franks the new Denny Jacobs - the go-to Democrat when reporters need a frightfully candid quote about the governor from a member of his own party? It’s starting to look that way.
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Question of the day
Tuesday, Mar 8, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller Who’s your favorite Illinois politician, in or out of office, and why? (I’ll ask for your least favorite later.)
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Session day member blogging
Tuesday, Mar 8, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller Today, we start a new feature on the Capitol Fax blog. Light, kinda silly interviews with individual state legislators during session days. Our first victim… er… subject… is Rep. Ken Dunkin (D-Chicago). The questions will evolve as we go along. Dunkin chairs the House Tourism & Conventions Committee, is the vice chair of Child Support Enforcement, and sits on Insurance, Approp-Public Safety, Mass Transit, Telecommunications and Financial Institutions committees.
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