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August 2010 Posts

Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-27)
"Best Game in Town" (08-27)
Question of the day (08-27)
Big bucks for Kirk, but also some trouble ahead (08-27)
Two big holes in Quinn's logic (08-27)
Holdout juror addresses critics; Robert Blagojevich's "deal"; Wingers funding Rod? (08-27)
Enough, already (08-27)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a follow-up (08-27)
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Question of the day (08-26)
Quinn now wants to use tax hike for property tax cuts, and furlough program basically canceled (08-26)
Rate Gov. Pat Quinn's new TV ad (08-26)
This just in... Feds drop case against Robert Blagojevich - January trial date - Robert rejected offer (08-26)
More unanswered questions (08-26)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rate Bill Brady's new TV ad (08-26)
Goodbye, Mr. Jensen (08-25)
Question of the day (08-25)
Behind the head to heads (08-25)
Careful how you tread (08-25)
Instead of a search for solutions, we get defensive yapping (08-25)
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This just in... Saddler gets CoS job... Quinn responds to critics (08-24)
Tweet of the day (08-24)
*** UPDATED x1 - Halvorson downgraded *** Rasmussen: Brady ahead 46-37 (08-24)
Quinn to take questions as Brady whacks him again over Stermer/Wright debacle (08-24)
Goodbye, Jason (08-24)
Brady chairman funding tea party groups (08-24)
Question of the day (08-24)
No retrial until next year? (08-24)
The timing's the thing (08-24)
Morning Shorts (08-24)
*** UPDATED x3 - ANOTHER NAME ON THE LIST - Announcement set *** SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (08-24)
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I'm done for the day (08-23)
Question of the day (08-23)
We can't blame everybody because of one person (08-23)
Quinn vs. Brady is deja vu all over again (08-23)
Morning Shorts (08-23)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Quinn's chief of staff resigns, but it's a bizarre tale (08-23)
Lots of fun State Fair videos (08-21)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-20)
Quote of the week - Pat Quinn's Brain speaks (08-20)
Generic congressional ballot not great for Dems - Halvorson has campaign manager - Obama's no big impact (08-20)
*** UPDATED x1 - Comic Con? *** Jury voted 11-1 almost half the time - And is the Adam family out? (08-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - EXTRA: Behind the change (08-20)
Question of the day (08-20)
This just in... Quinn's media firm fired, fires shots (08-20)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Following the script... mostly (08-20)
GOP hoping voters issue their own "Blagojevich verdict" (08-20)
Morning Shorts (08-20)
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Morning Blagojevich videos (08-20)
Jurors voted 9-3 to aquit Robert Blagojevich (08-19)
Question of the day (08-19)
Take Cohen seriously or suffer the consequences - And Halvorson fires manager (08-19)
Holdout juror remains mum, but is identified (08-19)
Watch the big race (08-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Huge elephants at Democrats' big day (08-19)
Morning Shorts (08-19)
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Even though we're not really celebrities... (08-18)
Question of the day (08-18)
Bill Brady growing as a candidate, leader (08-18)
PPP: Brady over Quinn and Whitney 39-30-11 (08-18)
Retrial or bust (08-18)
Some Blagojevich trial mysteries solved, but one remains (08-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Rate the reacts (08-18)
Morning Shorts (08-18)
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Adam on Fitz: "This guy is nuts" (08-17)
Quinn to hold 6:30 pm presser (08-17)
*** UPDATED with Videos *** Blagojevich, prosecutors expected to speak soon - And Quinn (08-17)
*** UPDATED x10 *** Topinka: Justice will prevail, it'll just take some time (08-17)
GUILTY ON JUST ONE COUNT - LYING TO FBI - PROSECUTORS TO RETRY (08-17)
Brady: No budget details until after election (08-17)
Question of the day (08-17)
*** UPDATED x10 - Verdict today? - LAWYERS SUMMONED - ROD AND PATTI ON THEIR WAY - JURORS CALLED TO COURT *** Jury wants copy of their oath (08-17)
PPP: Giannoulias leads 37-35 (08-17)
Teachers unions call Tribune "a tool of terror" (08-17)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Ex-wife now helping Kirk, the NYC mosque controversy hits Illinois, and a new video from Giannouolias (08-17)
Morning Shorts (08-17)
Quinn is now just inviting scorn (08-16)
The company you keep (08-16)
Question of the day (08-16)
*** UPDATED x3 - Jury wants Tusk transcript *** IL Republican chairman says he won't make "political hay" out of verdict (08-16)
Quinn sticks by Randle... Again (08-16)
GOParty like it's 1994? (08-16)
Morning Shorts (08-16)
State Fair campaign events (08-15)
Late Friday video: Quinn at the State Fair (08-13)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-13)
Quinn to Illinois Policy Institute: Pinheads! (08-13)
Question of the day (08-13)
Poll shows most approve of state aid bill; Confusion on special session; And Kirk defends budget-busting plan (08-13)
The Miami connection (08-13)
*** UPDATED x4 *** This just in... MGT Push report to be released today (08-13)
Collins: "A bad day for the government" (08-13)
An impossible quest (08-13)
Morning videos (08-13)
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*** UPDATED x1 *** If you weren't depressed before... (08-12)
Sen. Durbin has small tumor removed, but prognosis appears good (08-12)
Question of the day (08-12)
Rasmussen has guv's race as a blowout: Brady 48%, Quinn 35% (08-12)
Jury only reaches agreement on 2 counts - DEADLOCKED on 11 - Haven't deliberated 11 wire fraud counts (08-12)
The issue that won't ever go away (08-12)
Special session soon? Maybe so (08-12)
Morning food for thought - The Blagojevich jury's strange note (08-12)
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SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - This just in... (08-11)
Afternoon time-killer (08-11)
*** UPDATED x26 *** JURY APPEARS DEADLOCKED, BUT NOBODY KNOWS IF IT'S ALL COUNTS (08-11)
This just in... Rostenkowski dies (08-11)
Question of the day (08-11)
Poll: 40-40 US Senate race, and the Libertarian Party may make the cut (08-11)
Behind Mark Kirk's course change on aid to states (08-11)
Morning political videos (08-11)
Report: 235 state employees averaged 11 percent pay raises (08-11)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (08-11)
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*** UPDATED x1 *** Edgar: "The voters blew it" (08-10)
Goofiest e-mail of the year (08-10)
Question of the day (08-10)
Blagojevich hasn't prepared himself for a guilty verdict (08-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** An immovable object (08-10)
Mark Kirk on guns and Israel, plus more from Bobby Rush (08-10)
No names, please, but thanks for the cash (08-10)
Morning Shorts (08-10)
*** UPDATED x2 with video *** We're reaching a whole new level (08-09)
Question of the day (08-09)
No furlough flip-flop yet (08-09)
"If I get convicted of this, every politician in America should!" (08-09)
Giannoulias up with new TV ad (08-09)
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail (08-09)
National Poll: 60 percent more likely to buy during sales tax holidays (08-09)
Finally, some light shines on Gov. Quinn's stealth bill actions (08-09)
The party's over, governor. Get cracking. (08-09)
Morning Shorts (08-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (08-09)
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Greatest. Satire. Ever. (08-07)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Governor's weekend schedule (08-06)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-06)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - A few campaign updates (08-06)
What's up with the jurors? (08-06)
Question of the day (08-06)
Dearest Tea Party members... (08-06)
Did Quinn jump the gun? (08-06)
*** UPDATED x1 *** No campaigning on the state dime here. Nope. Move along (08-06)
Bobby Rush: I'm not sold on Giannoulias (08-05)
This just in... Burris to appeal special election ruling (08-05)
Brady appears with Angle; Quinn has to pull, fix "blatantly false" ad (08-05)
Question of the day (08-05)
Hey, chief, this ain't Communist China - And is Randle really leaving? (08-05)
*** UPDATED x2 *** A letter from Barton (08-05)
Chicago Magazine pulls a dishonest fast one (08-05)
Don't mourn, organize - especially with this governor (08-05)
The Republicans welcome the president home (08-05)
Caption contest! (08-05)
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The next big trial (08-04)
*** UPDATED x1 - Kirk's ex is scorned, wrathful *** US Chamber hits Giannoulias in new TV ad (08-04)
Question of the day (08-04)
Cross proposes reforms, but they're already dead (08-04)
He swings, he misses! (08-04)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Quinn announces more budget cuts (08-04)
Morning Shorts (08-04)
Oh, the humanity! (08-03)
Cross, Radogno host Breitbart, Beck - Aid to states faltering (08-03)
Rose out as CYR prez (08-03)
Question of the day (08-03)
DGA up with new radio ad blasting Brady (08-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Which Giannoulias do we believe? And Kirk takes credit for anti stim votes (08-03)
Quinn to get gun control nod; And the press finally notices some of Quinn's Friday night actions (08-03)
This just in... Special election ruling handed down (08-02)
IEA endorses Topinka, Kelly (08-02)
Strike two (08-02)
Question of the day (08-02)
Dumbest lede of the week, and other media weirdness (08-02)
Sam Adam's torment (08-02)
On taxes and third parties (08-02)
What am I missing here? (08-02)
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