suntimes.com - 11/15/2009
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2010 | Party lacks candidate able to scare off GOP contender Kirk WASHINGTON -- About a year ago, thousands jammed Grant Park in Chicago to celebrate Barack Obama's election to the White House, a communal civic defining moment. But those giddy days are long gone as Democrats in Illinois face ...
thedailybeast.com - 11/10/2009
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House Democrats were right to sacrifice abortion protections
to get health care passed. Peter Beinart on why...
that strategic tradeoff can save the bill-and the party's future. The House's passage of health-care reform is the clearest sign yet that the...
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The Dems' Smart Abortion Move
politico.com - 11/15/2009
americablog.com - 11/9/2009
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americablog.com —
We are launching today a donor boycott of
the DNC. It's really more of a "pause," than...
a boycott. Boycotts sounds so final, and angry. Whereas this campaign is temporary, and is only meant to help some friends - President Obama and the Democratic ...
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Don't Ask, Don't Give
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Dems at Risk of Losing Obama's Old Senate Seat
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SUN-TIMES: Dems At Risk of Losing Obama’s Old Senate Seat….
Instapundit —
SUN-TIMES: Dems At Risk of Losing Obama’s Old Senate Seat.
SCHADENFREUDE
Midwest Conservative Journal —
... This would be…suggestive. Are the Democrats in danger of losing President Obama’s old Senate seat? The Chicago Sun-Times seems to think that that’s a very real possibility: ...
Obama’s Senate Seat at Risk
Blogs For Victory —
Woohoo!
About a year ago, thousands jammed Grant Park in Chicago to celebrate Barack Obama’s election to the White House, a communal civic defining moment. But those giddy days are long gone as Democrats in Illinois face the potential of losing the Senate seat President Obama once held next November.
The Illinois primary is Feb. 2, and the Democrat and Republican races are ripening, with the deadlines to file or withdraw nominating petitions now passed…
…Alexi Giannoulias is the Democratic front-runner. His main competitors ...
SSP Daily Digest: 11/16
Swing State Project —
... : Rep. Jan Schakowsky, who was considered a likely candidate in this race for a long time but eventually backed down, endorsed state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias in the Democratic primary. Giannoulias now has the endorsement of five of Illinois's twelve House Dems. Also today, Patrick Hughes, the conservative alternative to establishment GOP pick Rep. Mark Kirk, is in DC looking for support from conservative movement poohbahs. The ...
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