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June 2010 Posts

The next unanswered question: What is "reasonable"? (06-30)
Question of the day (06-30)
Audit: Sex offenders in day care homes (06-30)
Countdown to the budget announcement (06-30)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Maybe not, and two new Kirk ads (06-30)
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*** UPDATED x1 *** Full Kirk video (06-29)
Brady backs off minimum wage cut, wants workers to fund own retirements (06-29)
*** UPDATED x3 *** This just in... Giannoulias asked Balanoff to talk to Blagojevich about Senate seat - Giannoulias says he "half-jokingly raised the idea" - NBC quotes Balanoff saying remark made "in passing" (06-29)
Balanoff said he planned to threaten Blagojevich (06-29)
Question of the day (06-29)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Botched political play(s) of the week (06-29)
The game behind the cuts (06-29)
*** UPDATED x5 *** Mark Kirk finally faces the media (06-29)
Slow down or risk a backlash (06-29)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Claypool in the clear while "birther" objects to Cohen, others, and a look at the numbers (06-29)
Morning Shorts (06-29)
Does Illinois need a wage cut? (06-28)
How things are done here (06-28)
Question of the day (06-28)
The headlines, not the substance, are the real problems here (06-28)
Another day, another mistrial motion (06-28)
Morning Shorts (06-28)
*** UPDATED x2 *** This just in... SCOTUS rules against Chicago gun ban (06-28)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-25)
Report: Lisa Madigan investigating Lollapalooza sponsors (06-25)
Question of the day (06-25)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The scandal that won't ever be washed away (06-25)
He isn't much of a thinker (06-25)
Morning Shorts (06-25)
Question of the day (06-24)
Education cuts total $282 million (06-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Giannoulias mentioned at Blagojevich trial, but not a big deal (06-24)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Supremes limit "Honest Services" law - Zagel won't halt trial (06-24)
Hopkins Park gets dumped on - literally (06-24)
Morning Shorts (06-24)
*** UPDATED x2 *** More trouble for Quinn on early release, while Meeks praises Brady and a problem (or not) for Giannoulias (06-23)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The alibi is gone (06-23)
Question of the day (06-23)
One of the worst in the world (06-23)
Quinn supports Wal-Mart deal (06-23)
Tracker story takes an ugly turn (06-23)
Morning Shorts (06-23)
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Your late afternoon, must-watch video (06-22)
*** UPDATED x1 *** This just in... The clown show demands respect (06-22)
Congrats are definitely in order (06-22)
Question of the day (06-22)
Beyond the headlines on jobs and consumer protection (06-22)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Former aides burying Blagojevich - And a doomed defense strategy (06-22)
Finally, a bit of good news for Mark Kirk (06-22)
This just in... Feds confirm Thomson purchase (06-21)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Kirk "pulls a Ringo" and the IL GOP is cash light (06-21)
Question of the day (06-21)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Now it's Alexi's turn (06-21)
Time to crack that whip (06-21)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Filing day is here, and two are claiming victory so far (06-21)
*** UPDATED x2 *** The smoking guns are there, Neil (06-21)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** NY Times: Kirk merely "played with the children" - "He was never, ever considered a teacher" (06-18)
You're not out of the woods yet, Alexi (06-18)
Voting with their feet (06-18)
Question of the day (06-18)
Dear Daily Herald: How hard would it be to click over to Dold's site, too? (06-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Stupid human tricks (06-18)
I know you are, but what am I? (06-17)
How about a little more "management"? (06-17)
Question of the day (06-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Button of the day and a confusing court ruling (06-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The clown show will be toned down (06-17)
*** UPDATED x2 *** OK, this is really starting to creep me out (06-17)
Props to two Mikes and a Rickey... And an Amy... And a John (06-16)
Poll: Brady leads 34-30-9 (06-16)
Question of the day (06-16)
A severe case of whiplash (06-16)
Caption contest! (06-16)
Brady: I could beat Obama (06-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Listen to the tapes as prosecution case undermined by defense (06-16)
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Quote of the year (06-15)
Fun with newbies and a GOP misfire (06-15)
Question of the day (06-15)
Poll: Just 10 percent believe Kirk's story (06-15)
"Truthers" think Blagojevich is innocent - Blagojevich agrees (06-15)
Kirk in denial as Pentagon issues statement (06-15)
Morning Shorts (06-15)
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Could Quinn testify for Blagojevich's defense? Maybe so (06-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Ruben Delgado (06-14)
Question of the day (06-14)
Support drops for imprisoning Blagojevich (06-14)
Fitch is second agency to lower state's credit rating (06-14)
*** UPDATED x1 - A badly blown hit *** Kirk, Hare hit over semantics (06-14)
Morning Shorts (06-14)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-11)
Another Senate candidate? (06-11)
Sajdak had Quinn's number, and a budget carnage roundup (06-11)
Question of the day (06-11)
Thanks, governor, but there's more to do (06-11)
Trial testimony: Obama prevented some really big problems (06-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** "Nastiest Senate race in the country" (06-11)
Blagojevich is now drowning alone (06-11)
Morning Shorts (06-11)
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Cue Lisa Madigan (06-10)
In which I disagree (06-10)
Question of the day (06-10)
Kirk's woes continue (06-10)
Poll: Brady leads Quinn 47-36 (06-10)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Blagojevich reprimanded by judge (06-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Blackhawks Stanley Cup bragging thread (06-10)
Morning Shorts (06-10)
*** UPDATED x1 - Kirk campaign responds *** Department of Defense concerned about Kirk's political activities while on duty (06-09)
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Poll: Opinion hardening against Quinn (06-09)
Question of the day (06-09)
Poll: Kirk loses some momentum (06-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Blagojevich: "Follow the money" (06-09)
The shameful treatment of Hopkins Park continues (06-09)
Morning Shorts (06-09)
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*** UPDATED x6 *** Blagojevich was in the red and needed cash, prosecution claims (06-08)
Kirk's rapid response and some endorsement thoughts (06-08)
Question of the day (06-08)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Paper: Brady "shirked his duty" (06-08)
*** UPDATED x3 *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (06-08)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Blagojevich attorneys file 11th hour motion (06-08)
Rauschenberger: "We impeached the wrong guy" (06-08)
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Our own worst enemy, part 243 (06-07)
Question of the day (06-07)
Eddie, Geo and Ginnie (06-07)
*** UPDATED x2 *** RGA has new TV ad for Bill Brady (06-07)
*** UPDATED x4 *** Len Small and Rod Blagojevich (06-07)
Mark Kirk causing more trouble for himself (06-07)
Rep. Eddie Washington (06-05)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (06-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Follow-ups and a roundup (06-04)
Question of the day (06-04)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Judge keeping jurors that Blagojevich doesn't want (06-04)
*** UPDATED x3 - Another one surfaces *** Even when he tries to set the record straight, he doesn't (06-04)
This just in... Kirk admits to at least two more embellishments - Caught on video - "I simply misremembered it wrong" (06-03)
Mid-afternoon Blagojevich thread - He's looking at 415 years (06-03)
Union files suit, plus lots of odds and ends (06-03)
Question of the day (06-03)
Kirk defended, criticized and over-exposed (06-03)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Programs! Get yer programs! (06-03)
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Question of the day (06-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Quotes, dings, goofs, slams and ignorance (06-02)
He disgraces whomever he touches (06-02)
Digging a hole in the ocean (06-02)
Let's all play "Rate the New Website" (06-01)
Question of the day (06-01)
There's a right way and a wrong way to cover politics (06-01)
Some thoughts on the latest Mark Kirk controversy (06-01)
Quinn says he will reduce lawmaker pay (06-01)
A look ahead at the Blagojevich trial (06-01)
Morning Shorts (06-01)
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