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Duckworth analysis
Thursday, Dec 1, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller I have one big quibble with this piece from the Hotline Blog, which I’ll discuss after the excerpt: Two campaign sources tell the Hotline that it looks very likely that Tammy Duckworth (D), a triple amputee who sustained critical injuries as a Black Hawk pilot in the war in Iraq, will be running in the IL-06 race against state Sen. Peter Roskam (R). […] Duckworth can’t talk about the war because she hasn’t been released yet, but I don’t think anyone should read too much into this yet. We’ll know soon.
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Trouble for Mike Jacobs?
Thursday, Dec 1, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller Bernie Schoenburg writes that the Senate Repubs are looking for a candidate against state Sen. Mike Jacobs. The three GOP candidates for U.S. House from the 17th Congressional District have been approached by Illinois Senate Republican leaders to consider switching gears and running against state Sen. MIKE JACOBS, D-East Moline.
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Today at Illinoize…
Thursday, Dec 1, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller Grand Old Partisan on the upcoming GOP primary. David Morrison (of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform), writes about a new Connecticut law. Jill Stanek is disappointed with Aaron Schock. The Dude writes about JBT & GHR. The Illinois Shadow (one of my faves) is back and posting at Illinoize! And a whole lot more. Get yourselves over there.
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Question of the day
Thursday, Dec 1, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller How much benefit do you think there will be from Jim Edgar’s chairmanship of Judy Baar Topinka’s gubernatorial campaign? Explain. UPDATE: Comments closed. Today has made me realize that I need to get my new website up and running. That way, I’ll be able to ban certain words and phrases as well as ban certain idiots from posting and/or even accessing the site, as well as track them down much more easily so I can deal with them on a face-to-face basis. Thanks for making me work after hours you handful of clowns. Very much appreciated and I’m soooo sure I will be much more amenable to your side of the argument now. Not. Also, if you don’t like the way this site is edited, please, by all means, go somewhere else.
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A front group?
Thursday, Dec 1, 2005 - Posted by Rich Miller Last week, I saw a long comment thread over at IlliniPundit’s blog that made me curious. It seems that the website for SaveOurPensions.org was designed by one Edward Marshall, which also happens to be the name of a Senate Republican staffer. Was there a connection, a commenter wanted to know. Save Our Pensions describes itself as “a growing coalition of pension system members, taxpayers and concerned legislators – legislators who voted against the pension raid – who are working for real and meaningful changes to protect future benefits and assure that future generations will not be driven into bankruptcy to pay for today’s excesses.” Among other things, the group has a petition demanding that the second year of the pension skim be halted. The organization has sent out a ton of e-mails to university employees in the Champaign area, according to some of IlliniPundit’s commenters. A commenter claiming to be from Save Our Pensions wrote in IP”s comment section, “To date, over 1,000 individuals have taken the time to sign and return our petitions. We appreciate the many individuals who have gone to the trouble to do so.” The commenter also admitted to sending thousands of unsolicited e-mails “to those who we feel will be interested.” The commenter did not divulge where or how the organization obtained the e-mail addresses or its funding. As it turns out, Save Our Pensions’ Ed Marshall is also the Senate Republicans’ Ed Marshall, according to a spokesperson for Senate Republican Leader Frank Watson. The spokesperson also confirmed that the SGOPs had given Save Our Pensions a little startup money, “maybe less than $100 for PO Box rental” out of campaign funds. The spokesperson denied that the organization was a “front group.” The pension skim was passed without a single Republican vote in either chamber and the House and Senate Repubs have been complaining about it ever since. Marshall also runs his own web consulting firm. I haven’t been able to reach him yet, but maybe he’ll see this and contact me to explain exactly how Save our Pensions is being funded and how its money is being spent and whether any of its culled lists are being shared or sold. Stay tuned.
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