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October 2014 Posts

Final thoughts before calling it a night (10-31)
*** UPDATED x3 - Script *** Quinn airs radio ad of Rauner joking about being "scared" of four African-Americans (10-31)
Karen Lewis endorses Chuy Garcia for mayor (10-31)
Friday night TV ad rating (10-31)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Proft responds to HRO (10-31)
Quinn, Rauner head downstate (10-31)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - HRO responds to Proft (10-31)
Emptying out my in-box (10-31)
Vast Majority of Illinois Voters Support Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency (10-31)
Inducement or just a party? (10-31)
Question of the day (10-31)
UPDATE: $580 MILLION EXELON RATE HIKE?? Do They Really Need a Bailout After Making Nearly $1 BILLION In The Last 90 Days? (10-31)
Very late Rauner oppo (10-31)
*** UPDATED x2 *** And speaking of abortion... (10-31)
GOP defends Rauner on "employer-provided birth control" (10-31)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Friday morning fundraising report (10-31)
It's not anything new, but that doesn't make it Kosher (10-31)
Polling averages, models, projections, etc. (10-31)
Today's number: $3.5 million (10-31)
Rauner makes "Top 10" robocall list (10-31)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Cable TV buy report and a spending update (10-31)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-31)
Good morning! (10-31)
Ginning up the base (10-30)
Cool new online stuff (10-30)
It's just basic mathematics (10-30)
$580 MILLION EXELON RATE HIKE?? That’s the price tag for their nuke bailout…EVERY YEAR! (10-30)
Schilling sat on racist recording for three months (10-30)
Question of the day (10-30)
Dold campaign celebrates Sabato ratings change (10-30)
Rate "K Text" (10-30)
Today's quotable (10-30)
Frerichs lashes out at outside intervention in campaign (10-30)
McKeon upset by "hatchet job" (10-30)
Run away! Run away! (10-30)
*** UPDATED - Quinn response *** Rauner complains that Quinn "stole" his accomplishment (10-30)
Two colleagues, two different takes on a reporter's resignation (10-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraising updates (10-30)
Rauner with 2-1 money lead over Quinn (10-30)
Waukegan school strike finally ends (10-30)
*** UPDATED x2 Siedle responds - Rauner response *** Today's must-read (10-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition: Crosstabs, cable TV buys, mail, etc. (10-30)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-30)
Good morning! (10-30)
Do you believe in magic? (10-29)
Facebook plans Q&A with Quinn tonight, Rauner tomorrow (10-29)
Question of the day (10-29)
Circling back on guns, gay marriage (10-29)
*** UPDATED x2 - Spokesman identified - Rauner campaign responds *** DCEO official asks: "Is that a crime?" (10-29)
Rate JBT's TV ad (10-29)
Stupidly illegal (10-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Your daily fundraising report (10-29)
Keep calm and comment on (10-29)
A big Wednesday oppo dump (10-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's cable TV buy report (10-29)
Will it help or will it backfire? (10-29)
Quinn's "You know me" ad reappears (10-29)
Stop living in denial and do some regular checking, for crying out loud (10-29)
Rauner explains why Quinn has put Illinois at "significant risk" from "foreigners" (10-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition: Crosstabs, mailers, TV ads, roundup (10-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-29)
Good morning! (10-29)
A really dumb way to run a railroad (10-28)
*** UPDATED x3 - Removed from YouTube *** Ketchup? Really, Bruce? (10-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Candidate releases polling memo (10-28)
Kinda overblown (10-28)
Question of the day (10-28)
Ve haf vays of making you vote (10-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Afternoon video/ad dump (10-28)
Yet another caption contest! (10-28)
Two big jobs announcements ahead of election day (10-28)
Keeping things in perspective (10-28)
Local 150's mail starts hitting for Grimm (10-28)
Caption contest! (10-28)
Rate Rauner's closer (10-28)
Rate the new Illinois Freedom PAC TV ad (10-28)
Rauner slams Quinn for not supporting travel ban that Quinn can't enforce (10-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition: TV ads, mail, cable TV buys, targeted campaign finance reports, troop movements, news roundup (10-28)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-28)
Rate Quinn's new TV ad (10-28)
Good morning! (10-28)
When the Tribune was for honest budgeting and extending a tax hike (10-28)
Bustos staffer resigns after racist recording surfaces (10-27)
"Stealing the election" meme strikes again (10-27)
Poll: All ballot proposals have strong support (10-27)
General, you made this mess, now clarify it (10-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Bustos promises "action" after alleged racist staff audio surfaces (10-27)
Kelsey Grammer pushes constitutional amendment (10-27)
He's stronger than you may think (10-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner wants Ebola travel ban (10-27)
Hopefully, our problems are behind us (10-27)
Question of the day (10-27)
Possibly flawed poll results (10-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Quinn orders 21-day Ebola quarantines (10-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Political events calendar (10-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Another four-point margin (10-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's cable TV buy report (10-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (10-27)
Rockford endorsement just a drop in the bucket (10-27)
Death threats for pastor and a break-in at his church (10-27)
Appearances do not equal reality (10-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition: Numbers; TV ads and a campaign roundup (10-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-27)
Good morning! (10-27)
$3 million in one pop from Rauner (10-24)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - State House fundraising report (10-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Has the haymaker punch arrived? (10-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - State Senate fundraising report (10-24)
Third straight poll shows Rauner leading Quinn (10-24)
Last call for tickets! (10-24)
Vast Majority of Illinois Voters Support Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency (10-24)
Sun-Times reporters want you to sign their petition (10-24)
Same song, different century (10-24)
Question of the day (10-24)
Quinn finally wins a newspaper endorsement! (10-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's cable TV buy report (10-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition: Crosstabs, TV ads (10-24)
Report: Another tie between Rauner and CS-T chairman (10-24)
Bost's "anger," Cook's ratings, Foster's ad (10-24)
$580 MILLION EXELON RATE HIKE?? That’s the price tag for their nuke bailout…EVERY YEAR! (10-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rauner pumping dollars (10-24)
Rauner pushing IDOT back into the news stream (10-24)
Gov. Quinn runs new TV ad featuring FLOTUS (10-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-24)
No, your eyes didn't deceive you (10-24)
Good morning! (10-24)
Oberweis now for gay marriage (10-22)
The patented Pat Quinn close has begun (10-22)
Question of the day (10-22)
McKinney resigns from Sun-Times: "I’m convinced this newspaper no longer has the backs of reporters like me" (10-22)
Another one pops (10-22)
Reality vs. reporting (10-22)
New anti-Rauner theme: "Wolf of Winnetka" (10-22)
Redefining Bobby (10-22)
Pat and Bruce (10-22)
The lindane file (10-22)
US judge orders hiring monitor at IDOT (10-22)
Underdog endorsements (10-22)
Birth control, millionaires and the minimum wage (10-22)
Good morning! (10-22)
Rauner oppo watch (10-21)
Zorn nails it again (10-21)
*** UPDATED x1 *** If at first you don't succeed... (10-21)
Lower ratings for ABC 7 debate (10-21)
Question of the day (10-21)
Bloomberg to spend $1.9 million on Dold (10-21)
Stand down... mostly (10-21)
BLS: A strong couple of months (10-21)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraising reports by targeted legislative districts (10-21)
Rate Sheila Simon's new TV ad (10-21)
Poe set to begin transplant process, faces "extended" recovery (10-21)
Rauner runs new TV ad touting newspaper endorsements (10-21)
*** UPDATED x2 - "Comical" - "No interest" *** Despite shout-outs, Neely says she and Rauner haven't talked (10-21)
Grimm on 150 - Minimum wage battles in other states - The return of "Matt the Welder" - Rauner on "right to work" (10-21)
A bevy of new congressional TV ads (10-21)
Quinn tax hike dodge count: 4 (10-21)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition: Crosstabs, cable TV buys, ads (10-21)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-21)
Today's number: 165 (10-21)
A grand good morning to you all! (10-21)
Late, late poll... Who won the debate? (10-20)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** Last gubernatorial debate (10-20)
Sign of the times? (10-20)
A long, long way to go (10-20)
Statewide roundup (10-20)
Question of the day (10-20)
Last night's oddest moment (10-20)
So far, it's (an almost) complete news blackout (10-20)
Stand down, lefties (10-20)
Today's number: $379 million (10-20)
Local 150 spending "six figures" on Libertarian candidate (10-20)
More on McKinney (10-20)
Rauner, GOP matching Madigan's money in House races (10-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (10-20)
Down, but not out (10-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-20)
Good morning! (10-20)
*** UPDATED x1 - Quinn campaign responds *** Rauner campaign responds to firestorm over Sun-Times reporter's sidelining (10-18)
New Quinn ad hits Rauner on nursing homes (10-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Sun-Times sidelined reporter after Rauner campaign intervention (10-18)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Quinn campaign responds to Sun-Times endorsement decision (10-18)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's cable TV buys (10-17)
Readers to Sun-Times: Tell us how to vote! (10-17)
Quinn demands Rauner unseal deposition (10-17)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Good news, not so good news (10-17)
Question of the day (10-17)
September 23 through October 15? (10-17)
That's life, baby (10-17)
Sparring partners (10-17)
Not that this is a surprise, but Quinn's mom loves him (10-17)
When a "fact check" is neither (10-17)
Rauner: We settled case "because we're nice folks" (10-17)
"The Myth of the Incumbent 50% Rule" (10-17)
Ebola breaks through as political issue in Illinois (10-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition: LSSI tickets, radio, poll, etc. (10-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (10-17)
Good morning! (10-17)
We're talking about a month here, people (10-16)
"But at least I ain't him" (10-16)
Perhaps the best DCCC ad I've seen in a while (10-16)
Question of the day (10-16)
Even-Steven (10-16)
Is this really a scandal? (10-16)
Do my eyes deceive me? (10-16)
PPP poll shows wide support for minimum wage hike, not much for cutting biz taxes (10-16)
Rate Quinn's new ads (10-16)
Civic Federation confirms that state school spending rose under Quinn (10-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (10-16)
Good morning! (10-16)
Today's number: 3.3 percent (10-15)
Caption contest! (10-15)
Question of the day (10-15)
Ousted black GOP committeewoman claims party official threatened to "ruin" her family (10-15)
Rate Rauner's new radio ad (10-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Broadcast TV ad, AFP mailers (10-15)
"The black vote" (10-15)
Some riveting TV (10-15)
Kirk boosts Dold in new ad while Schneider poll claims big lead (10-15)
Diana Rauner tries to soften husband's image (10-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - More TV ads (10-15)
Post-debate spinning (10-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition: Mail-in ballot analysis, Crosstabs, TV ad, Cable TV Buys, Events List (10-15)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (10-15)
Good morning! (10-15)
*** LIVE *** Debate coverage (10-14)
I'm shocked! Shocked! (10-14)
Watch tonight's debate right here (10-14)
Who says there's no interest? (10-14)
Emptying out my in-box (10-14)
Pro-choice ad backing Rauner runs in Tribune (10-14)
Question of the day (10-14)
Probably not the brightest move ever (10-14)
My eyes are bleeding! (10-14)
*** UPDATED x2 *** "He was given to me" (10-14)
Reports: Karen Lewis has brain tumor (10-14)
William Kelly busts the cap (updated and reposted) (10-14)
Poll: Quinn leads 44-41-7, Rauner "reformer" image fading (10-14)
Quinn radio ad: "Threatening women and their families is despicable" (10-14)
Rate Bruce Rauner's new TV ad (10-14)
More adventures in misgovernance (10-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (10-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (10-14)
Rauner thankfully rejects failed Kansas model (10-14)
Quinn pushes "new" Rauner audio on minimum wage (10-14)
Good morning! (10-14)
Good morning, everybody! (10-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (10-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (10-13)
Rauner releases tax return: $60.8 million income (10-10)
Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (10-10)
It's Friday afternoon, and you know what that means (10-10)
Congressional roundup (10-10)
Question of the day (10-10)
Local 150 behind yet another anti-Rauner move (10-10)
A few more thoughts on the debate (10-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's cable TV buys (10-10)
Tribune, Crain's endorse Rauner (10-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Debate roundup (10-10)
Ouch! That one's gonna leave a mark (10-10)
One of the best editorials in memory (10-10)
Cross hit with formal contribution cap complaint (10-10)
Durbin, Oberweis both air sharply negative ads (10-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition: Crosstabs, TV ads, roundup (10-10)
Rate Bruce Rauner's new TV ad: "Corruption" (10-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-10)
Good morning! (10-10)
Debate insta-poll (10-09)
Tonight's quotable (10-09)
Watch tonight's gubernatorial debate (10-09)
LAC collapses its tent (10-09)
Three Republican legislators respond to "witch hunt" slam (10-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's cable TV buys (10-09)
"All in!" (10-09)
Rate Tom Cross' TV ad (10-09)
Pfleger says Republicans on Audit Commission conducting "witch hunt" (10-09)
*** UPDATED x1 - Proft responds *** Judge denies Drury request for emergency injunction (10-09)
Question of the day (10-09)
Quinn campaign calls Republicans on Audit Commission "Witch Hunt Leaders" (10-09)
WARNING: Once seen, this can never be unseen (10-09)
Rate Mike Frerichs' first TV ad (10-09)
Front page news! (10-09)
Easily debunked claims (10-09)
The line between campaigning and governing (Part 2) (10-09)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** NRI hearing (10-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Exclusive LIVE VIDEO of today's NRI hearing (10-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (10-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-09)
Today's quotable (10-09)
Good morning! (10-09)
Pension reform status update (10-08)
Caption contest! (10-08)
Money still coming in for referenda (10-08)
A very important thing to remember (10-08)
Question of the day (10-08)
*** UPDATED x2 *** The line between campaigning and governing (10-08)
Poll: Durbin up 51-38 (10-08)
*** UPDATED x3 - Nope - New DCCC buy *** Callis plays down DCCC withdrawal (10-08)
Poll: Frerichs closing the gap, now trails Cross by just 1 (10-08)
Schneider's new ad: "On the Floor" (10-08)
NRI hearing coverage (10-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Exclusive LIVE VIDEO of today's NRI hearing (10-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (10-08)
Quinn TV ad slams Rauner on assault weapons (10-08)
Rauner's new web video: "NRI Blues" (10-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-08)
Good morning! (10-08)
Rauner gives self another $1.5 million (10-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Shakman slams Quinn's IDOT reforms as "public relations" (10-07)
Question of the day (10-07)
Cross running socially liberal cable ad, receives joint Equality Illinois nod with Frerichs (10-07)
Senger up with new TV ad (10-07)
Rauner puts direct blame on Quinn for child deaths (10-07)
*** UPDATED x1 - Durkin responds *** If you thought statewide and congressional races are crazy... (10-07)
Today's number: 100,000 (10-07)
*** UPDATED x1 - Schneider turns the tables *** New NRCC ad tries to claim Schneider has ties to Iran (10-07)
Poll: Quinn over Rauner 44-40 (10-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's cable TV buys (10-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (10-07)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-07)
*** UPDATED x1 - Quinn response: "Despicable and a new low" *** Rauner ad: "Incompetence or corruption? It doesn't matter" (10-07)
"Hardball" (10-07)
Good morning! (10-07)
Rauner fights for his life against a well-planned, poll-tested Democratic hit (10-07)
Report: DCCC dumps Callis, increases spending on Schneider and Enyart (10-06)
Question of the day (10-06)
FOP goes with Quinn (10-06)
Steve Schnorf on Bruce Rauner's pros and cons (10-06)
New info about NRI program surfaces on eve of hearings (10-06)
Today's chart: Gubernatorial polling average (10-06)
GOP attack on "truther" Sheen ignored by media (10-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Event list and today's cable TV buys (10-06)
Today's quotable (10-06)
Quinn TV ad features First Lady, Rauner online ad hits Quinn on NRI (10-06)
DCCC launches new anti-Schilling ad as Republican takes fire over his own ad (10-06)
Daily Herald endorses Rauner (10-06)
Contested congressional races show us something about the governor's contest (10-06)
Keep calm and carry on (10-06)
When a "cut" is actually an increase (10-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (10-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-06)
Good morning, everybody! (10-06)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (10-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Bloodtober continues with a fury (10-03)
Behind the uproar (10-03)
Question of the day (10-03)
Get over yourselves (10-03)
"Ballot security" plan takes shape (10-03)
*** UPDATED x1 - Quinn response: "Rauner knows a thing or two about going to jail" *** Rauner pivots on "Rauneropoly," says Quinn will "Go to jail, go directly to jail" (10-03)
Administration pushes back hard against dark allegations by Senate GOP (10-03)
An interesting little development (10-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition: TV ads, mailers, today's cable buys and a campaign roundup (10-03)
"Harrison" (10-03)
*** UPDATED x1 - Advantage Rauner? *** IRMA takes a pass on governor's race (10-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-03)
Good morning! (10-03)
Caption contest! (10-02)
Frerichs addresses Giannoulias endorsement of Cross (10-02)
Condemned? (10-02)
Chief Procurement Office says Rauner owes state $250 (10-02)
Question of the day (10-02)
More spending (10-02)
Another oppo dump (10-02)
When the "80 percent" argument fails (10-02)
Proft poll: Quinn leads 41-39-5 (10-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's cable TV buys (10-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Republicans attempt to frame presidential visit (10-02)
Rauner says he'll contribute to "anti-business" president's library (10-02)
Today's number: Two-thirds (10-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition: Congressional crosstabs (10-02)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-02)
Good morning! (10-02)
Ridiculous allegation withdrawn (10-01)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day (10-01)
Adventures in governing (10-01)
Rauner on Obama: "One of the most anti-business presidents we've had in the last 70 years" (10-01)
Callis recycles ad, reportedly lowers buys (10-01)
*** UPDATED x2 - Frerichs responds - Cross responds *** Frerichs says Cross is Rauner's "lapdog" (10-01)
Poll: Rauner leading by 6, Topinka up by 22, Cross up by 10 (10-01)
Pumping up the base (10-01)
NRI head will testify next week (10-01)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Another day, another GTCR revelation (10-01)
Rate Rauner's three new TV ads (10-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition: Congressional crosstabs (10-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (10-01)
Good morning, everybody! (10-01)

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