voices.washingtonpost.com - 1/7/2009
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Tom Geoghegan is running for Rahm Emanuel's old House seat. By Kari Lydersen Perhaps hoping to follow the recent example of a certain Chicago community activist now set to lead the nation, crusading labor lawyer, author and pundit Tom Geoghegan today entered the race for Rahm Emanuel's recently ...
jamesfallows.theatlantic.com - 1/5/2009
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jamesfallows.theatlantic.com —
Two years ago, I said I was making
an exception to the "no active involvement in politics"...
stance I had maintained through my previous decades of journalistic life. (After leaving a one-time stint in politics in the Jimmy Carter years.) That exception ...
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Tom Geoghegan for Congress
talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/6/2009
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talkingpointsmemo.com —
Labor lawyer and author Tom Geoghegan announces he's
running for Illinois' 5th District, Rahm Emanuel's seat. Don't...
know what his chances are -- he seems more like the type of guy you'd like to see in the House than the type who actually gets ...
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Hat in the Ring
openleft.com - 1/14/2009
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openleft.com —
Note: Tom Geoghegan (D) is a BlogPac-endorsed candidate
and Better Democrat running in the hotly contested March...
3rd special election to replace Rep. Rahm Emanuel. Give him a contribution here . Progress Illinois has the scoop on how the career ...
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IL-5: Good News for Geoghegan - Career Pols Splitting ...
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Geoghegan for Congress - Why You Should Donate Right Now
Open Left - Front Page —
... As the Washington Post reports today, Tom is running in the March 3rd special election primary in Illinois' 5th district to replace Rahm Emanuel - one of the worst influences on Democratic politics in a generation. The idea that a lawmaker as soulless as Emanuel could be replaced with a progressive - any progressive - is an amazing thought. The idea that he could be replaced with one of the greatest living progressives in America is beyond amazing - it should make you ...
David Sirota: Special Election: Geoghegan for Congress -- Why You Should Donate Right Now
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... As the Washington Post reports today, Tom is running in the March 3rd special election primary in Illinois' 5th district to replace Rahm Emanuel - one of the worst influences on Democratic politics in a generation. The idea that a lawmaker as soulless as Emanuel could be replaced with a progressive - any progressive - is an amazing thought. The idea that he could be replaced with one of the greatest living progressives in America is beyond amazing - it should make you ...
David Sirota: Special Election: Geoghegan for Congress - Why You Should Donate Right Now
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... As the Washington Post reports today, Tom is running in the March 3rd special election primary in Illinois' 5th district to replace Rahm Emanuel - one of the worst influences on Democratic politics in a generation. The idea that a lawmaker as soulless as Emanuel could be replaced with a progressive - any progressive - is an amazing thought. The idea that he could be replaced with one of the greatest living progressives in America is beyond amazing - it should make you ...
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