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August 2012 Posts

Reader comments closed for the holiday weekend (08-31)
Question of the day (08-31)
Eaton "goes there" (08-31)
Not good for Schilling's gander (08-31)
Quote of the month: "Thankfully I screamed so hard it scared the other cows off" (08-31)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Arbitrator sides with union, for now, while AFSCME issues blistering attack on Quinn (08-31)
Record seat-belt usage in Illinois (08-31)
RNC Open thread (08-31)
DCCC opposition research posted online (08-30)
Question of the day (08-30)
Plummer breaks campaign pledge while DCCC screws up (08-30)
Empty rhetoric masquerading as a "solution" (08-30)
Enyart goes up (08-30)
*** LIVE *** Republican National Convention coverage (08-30)
Caption contest! (08-30)
*** UPDATED x1 - Davis responds *** DCCC uses George Ryan, government jobs to whack Rodney Davis (08-29)
Question of the day (08-29)
*** UPDATED x2 - Scott Walker piles on *** S&P lowers Illinois rating a notch - Quinn wants leaders meeting in early September (08-29)
Expand it or kill it? (08-29)
Adventures in unsubtle Tweeting, and a caption contest (08-29)
Davis goes up with new TV ad (08-29)
Party chairman wants outside help to winnow field (08-29)
Schock pounds Quinn, fellow Republicans, Madigan (08-29)
*** LIVE *** Republican National Convention coverage (08-29)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-29)
Adventures in video tracking (08-28)
Question of the day (08-28)
Quinn a no-show for DuQuoin State Fair Democrat Day (08-28)
Schock says he supports federal marriage proposal, then backs off (08-28)
79 percent of Illinoisans say corporations should have the same free speech rights as individuals (08-28)
Poll: Brady leads among actual Republican voters (08-28)
*** LIVE *** Republican National Convention coverage (08-28)
*** UPDATED x3 - Mayor Emanuel Responds *** Quinn vetoes gaming bill (08-28)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Cullerton vows Tamms veto override (08-27)
Where do the guns come from? (08-27)
IL GOP selling "Fire Madigan" items (08-27)
Not exactly big news: Walsh confrontational, unapologetic in meeting with Muslims (08-27)
Brain drain or opportunity for new blood? (08-27)
Question of the day (08-27)
GOP delegates prefer Rutherford by wide margin (08-27)
Quinn vetoes plastic bag bill (08-27)
Let's all play "Rate the Ad" - and the response (08-27)
Rain fills GOP convention news hole (08-27)
Preckwinkle poll: Few will follow Quinn's lead (08-27)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: This just in... (08-24)
Quote of the week (08-24)
Question of the day (08-24)
My small contribution to historic preservation (08-24)
*** UPDATED x1 *** IL GOP doubles down on Madigan money (08-24)
Lazy, cut-and-paste campaigns (08-24)
The Tribune flip-flops on clean-ups (08-24)
Explaining the pension failure (08-24)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: This just in... (08-23)
Slow going? (08-23)
Question of the day (08-23)
Quinn to wait a few more days? (08-23)
Tribune targets Madigan son (08-23)
Sweep! (08-23)
The boy who cried "Wolf" (08-22)
Condolences and best wishes (08-22)
Question of the day (08-22)
State's attorneys not enforcing concealed carry law? (08-22)
Quinn puts off "grassroots" campaign, confronted by AFSCME again (08-22)
Preckwinkle expresses "regret" over Reagan comment (08-22)
Extreme hate directed at Quinn (08-22)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (08-22)
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Tone it down, please (08-21)
Swing and a miss (08-21)
Today's video (08-21)
Scott Lee Cohen and Todd Akin (08-21)
ComEd Investments in Storm Response Paying Off for Customers (08-21)
Union flatly denies GOP allegation (08-21)
The public doesn't want to do it, either (08-21)
Poll: Public strongly backs teachers in pension fight (08-21)
Question of the day (08-21)
Big State Fair turnout, and another golf cart video (08-20)
Let's all play "Rate the campaign video" (08-20)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Federal Democratic tracker shows up outside of state Democratic fundraiser (08-20)
Question of the day (08-20)
"We all look like idiots" (08-20)
Um, probably not (08-20)
Schilling poll has him ahead by 13 (08-20)
Do the unions have a choice? (08-20)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign and Statehouse roundup (08-20)
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Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-17)
Question of the day (08-17)
Translator, please? (08-17)
Radogno "stuns" Quinn with pension reversal (08-17)
Republican Day more about Madigan than Republicans (08-17)
Government cuts again drive unemployment numbers (08-17)
*** LIVE *** Special session coverage (08-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (08-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-17)
Morning video (08-17)
Illinois House Public Utilities Committee Passes Resolution (22-1) Urging Corrective Action by ICC to Restart Grid Modernization (08-17)
Question of the day (08-16)
Politicians behaving badly (08-16)
*** LIVE *** Republican Day coverage (08-16)
More factual problems with Quinn's pension rhetoric (08-16)
VIDEO: An awesome ride (08-16)
Poll has Duckworth leading Walsh by 9 points (08-16)
*** UPDATED x2 *** The perils of shorthand journalism (08-16)
Video: Quinn loudly booed at State Fair event (08-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-16)
Illinois House Public Utilities Committee Passes Resolution (22-1) Urging Corrective Action by ICC to Restart Grid Modernization (08-16)
Question of the day (08-15)
*** LIVE *** State Fair Governor's Day coverage (08-15)
Dems try to wrap Paul Ryan around Republicans' necks (08-15)
Chaos is the reason for the season (08-15)
A complaint looking for a problem (08-15)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Protests begin (08-15)
Question of the day (08-14)
2012 DuQuoin State Fair is a country music nirvana (08-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY: Illinois State Fair Political Event List (Updated) (08-14)
A new campaign tool? (08-14)
Quinn, Cullerton reject union proposal as Fortner introduces new bill (08-14)
Yet another suburban mosque attack (08-14)
Your morning video (08-14)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition (08-14)
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Unions: Workers will pay more in exchange for pension guarantees (08-13)
Question of the day (08-13)
What's he hiding? (08-13)
Smart incentives, dumb incentives, disputed incentives (08-13)
The mosque and the congressman (08-13)
Cross won't vote for pension reform bill (08-13)
Motorola Mobility will lose tax incentives with cuts... At least for now (08-13)
Caption contest! (08-13)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (08-10)
Will he visit the AFSCME picket lines, too? (08-10)
Question of the day (08-10)
More hard times ahead (08-10)
Making stuff up (08-10)
State Fair adventures (08-10)
Two union rallies planned for next week (08-10)
*** UPDATED x2 - Quinn's office responds - AFSCME responds *** Corrections data disputes AFSCME claims (08-10)
*** UPDATED x1 - Quinn numbers questioned *** Enough, already (08-10)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (08-10)
Question of the day (08-09)
A new low in marketing (08-09)
Jackson pushes back, Dold claims newness (08-09)
Is Gill losing ground? (08-09)
AFSCME wins closure delay (08-09)
Bill Daley speculation revived... Again (08-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Ryan appeal denied while Patti Blagojevich is frustrated at delayed transcripts (08-08)
Question of the day (08-08)
More on the prison worker investigation (08-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (08-08)
*** UPDATED x1 *** This just in... (08-07)
*** COMMENTS NOW OPEN *** Pensionpalooza (08-07)
On second thought... Let's make it Wednesday (08-07)
Reader comments closed until Tuesday (08-03)
Question of the day (08-03)
Stop the war and end the killings (08-03)
Insane state policy a "very poor choice of words" (08-03)
Both sides to Quinn's AV (08-03)
Is the news media overblowing the prison issue? (08-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (08-03)
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This just in... AFSCME files suit over prison closures (08-02)
Question of the day (08-02)
Today's quotable (08-02)
Illinois employers can no longer demand social network passwords (08-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** The cost shift appears to be working already (08-02)
Not exactly Illinois-centric (08-01)
Today's video: Simon at the BGA (08-01)
Question of the day (08-01)
*** UPDATED x1 - Comments open to everyone *** I'm curious what some of you think (08-01)
Legislators to go into self-protection mode over special session funding (08-01)
Straw poll: GOP delegates want Rubio as veep (08-01)
Quinn administration blasted for "alarming Nixonian" excess (08-01)
Is Quinn's AV constitutional? (08-01)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today’s edition and a campaign roundup (08-01)
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