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October 2012 Posts

A slogging slugfest (10-31)
Question of the day (10-31)
Halloween messages (10-31)
STOP THE SATELLITE TV TAX! (10-31)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Money (10-31)
A good look at the machine (10-31)
Schilling uses Schock in Peoria TV ad (10-31)
Southern Illinoisan hands the spin to Plummer (10-31)
CFofL goes up with new TV ad (10-31)
A not so fond look back on Joe Walsh's not so fine moments (10-31)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition, crosstabs, TV ads, mailers and a campaign roundup (10-31)
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Poll: President winning by 16 points here (10-31)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: This just in... (10-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Plummer has apparently moved to panic mode (10-30)
How not to win friends and influence people (10-30)
Question of the day (10-30)
$900K on new TV ad against Schneider (10-30)
Today's number: 435 (10-30)
Report: Patrick Collins doesn't make US Attorney cut (10-30)
*** UPDATED x1 - State's attorney refuses to act *** Plummer goes ironically ballistic (10-30)
Strength test (10-30)
Plummer's closer (10-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (10-30)
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Credit Union (noun) – an essential financial cooperative (10-29)
Question of the day (10-29)
Bad news not hurting Illinois bonds (10-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Fresh Polling: Plummer down by 5 points, Walsh tanking hard (10-29)
Quinn wins a round in prison closure dispute (10-29)
America’s natural gas producers are committed to protecting America’s air, land, and water (10-29)
Groups begin spending big in Illinois (10-29)
Southern Illinoisan endorses Jason Plummer (10-29)
Caption contest! (10-29)
Duckworth pulling away? (10-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (10-29)
HB 5440 Will Close the Education Gap for Illinois Students (10-29)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-26)
Enyart criticizes Plummer for not paying campaign worker payroll taxes (10-26)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition, crosstabs, TV ads, mail and a campaign roundup (10-26)
Question of the day (10-26)
Not buying either argument (10-26)
America’s natural gas producers are committed to protecting America’s air, land, and water (10-26)
Caption contest! (10-26)
Has the danger passed? (10-26)
Scary Gill (10-26)
Number of the day: 0.76 percent (10-26)
STOP THE SATELLITE TV TAX! (10-26)
The new gold rush (10-26)
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Madigan talks about pensions, focuses on cost-shift (10-25)
Question of the day (10-25)
13th District roundup (10-25)
Newspapers don't vote (10-25)
Walsh son: Duckworth should be ashamed (10-25)
Caption contest! (10-25)
Where's Jerry? (10-25)
Will the administration finally cave on media visits to prisons? (10-25)
Quinn's "grassroots campaign" will wait until after the election (10-25)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition, crosstabs and a ton of mailers and TV ads (10-25)
HB 5440 Will Close the Education Gap for Illinois Students (10-25)
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Quinn's glaring hypocrisy on media prison visits (10-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** You just don't see this stuff every day (10-24)
Question of the day (10-24)
It's time once again to play "Rate the ads" (10-24)
You'd think he would've fixed this months ago (10-24)
Walsh then and now on gay rights (10-24)
America’s natural gas producers are committed to protecting America’s air, land, and water (10-24)
Try to remain calm (10-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition, crosstabs and a campaign roundup (10-24)
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SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: This just in... (10-23)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition, crosstabs, campaign ads and a roundup (10-23)
Question of the day (10-23)
Bloomberg to run ads for Dold (10-23)
When "reformers" hurt themselves and their causes (10-23)
Rush, Davis defend Jackson (10-23)
*** UPDATED x2 - Walsh son quotes *** Walsh's son to speak out (10-23)
Morning thread (10-23)
STOP THE SATELLITE TV TAX! (10-23)
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Evening open thread (10-22)
Today's number: $23 million (10-22)
Democratic polls show five candidates leading, silent on one (10-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition, crosstabs, new ads, new mail and more (10-22)
Caption contest! (10-22)
Question of the day (10-22)
Duckworth's new TV ad slams Walsh over child support (10-22)
The bottom line on Fitzgerald's new job (10-22)
Media needs to get in the game (10-22)
It ain't easy outside the two-party system (10-22)
Poll: Jackson still has strong majority, most voters "happy" with ballot choices (10-22)
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Ad attacks Duckworth over CAIR event (Comments now open) (10-20)
Saturday Update: Joe Walsh raw video and reax (Comments now open) (10-20)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-19)
C'mon man! (10-19)
Rauner quits day job (10-19)
Question of the day (10-19)
Remembering the good old days (10-19)
Friendly advice (10-19)
Prove it, doc (10-19)
Unclear on the concept (10-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** NRCC revises ad after stations refuse to air it (10-19)
"Obedient Duckling" (10-19)
*** UPDATED x2 - Walsh dodges questions *** Walsh's own side says he's wrong, while Duckworth goes unchallenged (10-19)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (10-19)
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Watch the Walsh and Duckworth debate (10-18)
"It looked better in the can" (10-18)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Crosstabs and some afternoon updates (10-18)
*** UPDATED with poll *** Question of the day (10-18)
*** UPDATED x6 - Audio of presser *** After GOP attacks and tracker confrontation, Gill says he'll address DCCC money today (10-18)
Quote of the day (10-18)
America’s natural gas producers are committed to protecting America’s air, land, and water (10-18)
Outside money dwarfing candidate spending (10-18)
GOP wants Dem candidates to appear publicly with Madigan (10-18)
HB 5440 Will Close the Education Gap for Illinois Students (10-18)
Caption contest! (10-18)
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Who knew? (10-17)
Report: Feds looking at Jackson campaign furniture purchase (10-17)
The new McCarthyism (10-17)
Question of the day (10-17)
STOP THE SATELLITE TV TAX! (10-17)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Gill ad rich with irony and hypocrisy (10-17)
The Madigan complex (10-17)
EMILY's List airs new ad for Bustos (10-17)
Report: Super PAC to "bury" Duckworth with another $2.5 million in ads (10-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (10-17)
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Your moment of Zen (10-16)
*** UPDATED x2 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Afternoon updates (10-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** More polls, more ads (10-16)
Question of the day (10-16)
The USA list (10-16)
Is two a trend? (10-16)
Jackson says he's "not well," not much else (10-16)
Dems again slam Dold on Tea Party ties (10-16)
Blaming the workers isn't working (10-16)
Working the refs (10-16)
Getting around the caps (10-16)
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Not quite (10-15)
Question of the day (10-15)
Is gaming expansion losing support? (10-15)
Painful to watch (10-15)
Local prosecutor candidate pledges to investigate Statehouse corruption (10-15)
I don't buy it (10-15)
Duckworth finally goes negative on Walsh (10-15)
Uh-oh (10-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (10-15)
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Rove group running ad against Bustos (Comments now open - For real this time) (10-13)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-12)
Report: Jackson lawyers try to convince feds not to indict congressman before election (10-12)
Question of the day (10-12)
How's that grassroots thing going, Governor? (10-12)
NRCC hits Schneider over income, but there's a catch (10-12)
How low can he go? (10-12)
DCFS blinks, rescinds layoffs (10-12)
Emanuel to Springfield: "Get in gear" (10-12)
Poll: All six congressional races super tight (10-12)
Plummer retracts, then doubles down (10-12)
Strong disapproval for Madigan, but lots have no opinion (10-12)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (10-12)
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Teachers union demands pension chief resign (10-11)
Question of the day (10-11)
Plummer retracts ad claim (10-11)
Schilling calls the cops and Biggert backs out (10-11)
The Madigan factor (10-11)
Ricketts says Cubs "working day and night to put together a championship organization" (10-11)
Quinn to appeal injunction (10-11)
America’s natural gas producers are committed to protecting America’s air, land, and water (10-11)
Shocker poll has Walsh barely leading Duckworth (10-11)
STOP THE SATELLITE TV TAX! (10-11)
A registered voters poll? In October? (10-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (10-11)
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Bob Dold's mom (10-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (10-10)
Ad watch (10-10)
Emanuel: Springfield needs to "take their share of responsibility" on pensions (10-10)
Dold objects to "tea party loyalist" tag (10-10)
Booze, rowdiness and zingers (10-10)
Group spending almost $1.4 million against Democrat Gill (10-10)
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New DCCC ad says Plummer "never had to work for anything" (10-09)
Question of the day (10-09)
America’s natural gas producers are committed to protecting America’s air, land, and water (10-09)
The equivalent of a "dead fish" (10-09)
Cook County considering "violence tax" (10-09)
Against the wind (10-09)
Walsh calls Tribune, Daily Herald "irrelevant" (10-09)
Dems using Walsh against Biggert and Dold (10-09)
Judge demands Enyart apology (10-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (10-09)
STOP THE SATELLITE TV TAX! (10-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-09)
This just in... Judge claims Enyart shoved her during parade (10-06)
Reader comments closed until Tuesday (10-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Friday afternoon campaign updates (10-05)
Question of the day (10-05)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Outside spending for Joe Walsh nears $2.2 million (10-05)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Schilling up with very strong ad (10-05)
Billionaire casino owner, US Chamber go all in for Plummer (10-05)
Just so you know... (10-05)
Leave the gun, take the cannoli (10-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (10-05)
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Duckworth goes up with "contrast ad" (10-04)
*** UPDATED - CELLINI SENTENCED TO YEAR AND A DAY *** Question of the day (10-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Early afternoon updates (10-04)
Attack ad retooled (10-04)
Gill's poll shows Davis closing the gap (10-04)
"Well-being is nice, but death is what lands in the papers" (10-04)
Morning question (10-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (10-04)
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Behind the creepiness (10-03)
ComEd potpourri (10-03)
Question of the day (10-03)
One "benefit" to the pension cost-shifting proposal (10-03)
IL Poll: 16 percent of African-Americans, 18 percent of Latinos say they have no state ID (10-03)
Boehner throws Schilling under the Thomson prison bus (10-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Derrick Smith still has some friends (10-03)
Banks attacking credit unions over taxes (10-03)
It wasn't the state cops, and don't blame Quinn for this one (10-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (10-03)
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Question of the day (10-02)
Out of sight, out of mind (10-02)
Wills to leave Associated Press (10-02)
More TV ads and videos (10-02)
*** UPDATED x3 - Quinn speaks - Schilling responds - Wolf responds *** Durbin: Thomson prison finally sold to US (10-02)
Rauner: "Weak" leaders need ousting (10-02)
Duckworth trying to pull attack ad off the air (10-02)
*** UPDATED x1 - Quinn's office responds *** Emanuel turns thumbs down on Kraft (10-02)
Will legislative pensions go the way of legislative scholarships? (10-02)
No big money from the Griffins this fall? (10-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: New TV ad (10-01)
Question of the day (10-01)
Supremes refuse to hear GOP remap case (10-01)
Poll: 40 percent of Illinois Catholics favor gay marriage (10-01)
Zombie lies refuse to die (10-01)
Here's something you don't see every day (10-01)
Country clubs and Mediscare (10-01)
Today's number: 79 percent (10-01)
*** UPDATED x3 - Gill campaign flatly denies report, insists "Susan" story is real *** Is Gill's "Susan" a real person? (10-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition, new cable buys and a campaign video roundup (10-01)
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