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posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:26 am

Comments

Dillard was endorsed by Edgar - oh and Big Jim.

Comment by Breaking News Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:30 am
Governor Quinn took one day and two nights off from his ‘Day and Night’ work schedule…

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:33 am
The Cubs and the Sox staying in the cellar …

Comment by RNUG Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:36 am
Did you hear about the new doors at the Capitol?

Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:36 am
I was “bumped” on Letterman because Rahm’s segment went long…

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:37 am
Were you gone or something?

Comment by Really? Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:39 am
The .1%ers have been awfully quiet in their quest to cut (constitutionally guaranteed) government workers pensions. I fear they have been frantically scheming while you took you much deserved time off, but am confident you will discover what they have been planning in just a short bit of time

Comment by Roadiepig Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:39 am
Barton Lorimor decided to start his own blog.

Comment by Draznnl Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:40 am
As part of the Statehouse rehab, the bill room has been converted to a bar and slots machines have been installed around the rail on the third floor to pay for the new doors.

Comment by Give Me A Break Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:41 am
Well, let’s see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes. And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di’s clothes. I couldn’t believe it.

Comment by The Captain Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:42 am
Barton did a bang-up job managing the asylum in your absence.

– MrJM

Comment by MrJM Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:44 am
Croke-a-geddon!

Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:44 am
Todd V. gave Ald. Burke a small headache.

Comment by Lobo Y Olla Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:45 am
You have an heir-apparent in Barton. Excellent management of the institution while you were gone.

Comment by Name Withheld Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:51 am
Barton earned my respect with his Simpsons/Phil Hartman reference the other day.

Comment by estubborn Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:52 am
In what I think was a historic same-day first, last Sunday the Cubs and Sox were both mathematically eliminated from the post-season and the Bears won their home opener.

Woof…. there was a lot of bad Chicago baseball road between Game Six of the Stanley Cup and Bears/Bengals kickoff.

I hope you Cards fans appreciate what you have. You guys rarely get low, certainly not this low.

Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:56 am
Karen Lewis, Governor Quinn, Michael Madigan were all in the same room at the Sheraton in Chicago last night at a Madigan sponsored Democratic fund raiser. What I found interesting was who was not in attendance (at least by 6:45 when I left). The event was scheduled to end at 7:00.

Comment by nobody Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:57 am
“Selfie” and “Twerk” are now in the Oxford dictionary and a must do for the upcoming Illinois campaign season.

Comment by Res Melius Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 8:58 am
Paul Froehlich emerged in a Daily Herald comment section from Panama!

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130910/news/709109654/

Comment by Jimmy CrackCorn Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:02 am
=I hope you Cards fans appreciate what you have. You guys rarely get low, certainly not this low. =

We do.

Comment by TCB Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:04 am
The big party! We hired all the best food vendors from the State Fair. You would have loved it.

Comment by Realist Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:08 am
The copper Capitol doors that Quinn had nothing to do with…or the General Assembly…they just magically appeared.

Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:11 am
Carol Marin wrote that she “liked” Kirk Dillard, but didn’t “like” him in a Facebook kind of way, sort of redefining what Facebook intimacy must be. Editors note; nobody cares.

Comment by A guy... Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:15 am
Pat Quinn is going to personally oversee every capital project from here on.

Comment by Just Me Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:15 am
I moved into an apartment in Naperville.

Comment by Eddy Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:15 am
Bob “Grogran” tried to circulate petitions, but the color crayon Jason Plummer used to write them wouldn’t photocopy so they only had the one sheet…

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:16 am
I swear on a late night cable channel I was watching Dance moms reruns and there was a Rauner commercial on with Lorne Greene screaming Oscar’s name in a prairie by a mountain. Very weird.

Comment by A guy... Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:20 am
The U.S. and Costa Rica both made it into the World Cup next year.

Comment by Roamin' Numeral Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:20 am
Barton kept the circus pretty tame. He did have to “off” someone, but it may have been target practice.

Comment by A guy... Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:23 am
Oberweis Ice Cream parlors removed all “Cannoli” flavored ice cream until further notice

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:25 am
Oswego Willy was unable to identify a single IL House district offering the GOP a pick up opportunity in 2014

Comment by Bill White Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:25 am
We Cardinal fans do appreciate what we have. Always in it-may not win every year, but almost always put a competitive well coached team on the field.

Comment by SIUPROF Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:29 am
lol -,

- Bill White - thinks finding the districts for Durkin and “Commander Galloway” to target is my responsibility, and there are no districts that can be picked up, not one!

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:29 am
Motorola a company built and founded in Illinois moves to China now back to the US, ends up in Texas. Kind of makes you wonder why we helped fund Motorola for lo these many years they didn’t come back to Illinois.

Comment by Mokenavince Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:39 am
Apparently all that capitol construction came as a huge shock to our great leader, who now wants to shut the project down.

Or in other words, nothin’.

How have you been doing, Rich?

Comment by Skeeter Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:43 am
Someone put nekkid lady statues on the stairs.

Dan Rutherford Tweeted: “I was doing my morning jog around the rotunda today after eating my blueberry granola and saw the new statues. I think one of them would make a swell hood ornament for Pongee”

Kirk Dillard and the IFI held a press conference to denounce “two maidens” for sending the wrong message because God created Adam and Eve and not Eve and Lucille.

Bruce Rauner issued a video saying he believed the people of Illinois ought to decide on public art by popular vote with the time honored binding referendum

Gov Quinn vetoed their pay until they “do their jobs and get a bra. Not one of those fancy French bras like they wore at Versailles, but a modest cheap one like from Sears”

Comment by Some Other Anonymous Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:54 am
So a $50 million chunk of the governor’s much-ballyhooed capital bill is directed to fixing up the Capitol, and nobody looks at it and says, “Gee, could we maybe make that $45 million?” And it goes through the GOVERNOR’s Office of management and budget, and through the Capital Development Baord (from the website: board members, who serve four-year terms, are appointed by the Governor…” and the governor had nothing to do with it? The buck stops where? Oh right, the bucks never stop.

Comment by really? Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:57 am
An Oscar-free blog …

Comment by Anyone Remember? Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 9:57 am
Oral arguments for the Maag healthcare case are set for Sept 18th. Docket #115811 (Kanerva vs Weems).

http://www.state.il.us/court/SupremeCourt/OralCal/2013/09-13.pdf

Comment by mid-level Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 10:07 am
nothin’

Comment by Commonsense in Illinois Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 10:07 am
Mr. Lorimor did a fantastic job.

What did you miss? Gubernatorial candidates will mud-wrestle for charity. They said that since they sling mud, they might as well wrestle in it. The first match is Quinn vs. Rauner. I want to go with Rauner, but Quinn is the comeback kid.

Comment by Grandson of Man Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 10:31 am
===Karen Lewis, Governor Quinn, Michael Madigan were all in the same room===
Actually I don’t think Madigan actually steps into the room. Shakes everyone’s hand and then takes off.

Comment by Been There Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 10:59 am
You are correct Been There. The Speaker never actually entered the room but was still in the outer reception area until at least 6:45 having what looked like some private conversations.

Comment by nobody Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 11:31 am
Dan Rutherford married Judy Topinka

Comment by Capitol View Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 3:04 pm
The Pirates guaranteed a winning season for the first time since 1992.

Comment by G'Kar Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 4:57 pm
…not much, really. Good time to be away. God bless and Welcome Back–hope you feel somewhat refreshed…!

Comment by Just The Way It Is One Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 7:21 pm
Barton, who obviously knows how to appeal to nerds, dedicated a thread to those of us who speak Klingon. I’ve always liked Barton–especially his “shorts,” but like him even more after he posted that thread.

And Quinn still doesn’t get it. Those of us who wear bras and go for the modest, cheap ones that do not distract and therefore allow the um, “beholder” to stay focused on what’s important, buy them from Wal-Mart.

Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Sep 11, 13 @ 7:47 pm