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Help Replace Rahm Emanuel With Tom Geoghegan... For A Better America
downwithtyranny.blogspot.com - 1/7/2009
Help Replace Rahm Emanuel With Tom Geoghegan... For A Better America
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Yesterday Chicago attorney, activist and author Tom Geoghegan (pronounced gay-gun) announced his intention to run for Congress from IL-05, his home district, a seat being vacated by Rahm Emanuel. When I spoke with him last week he told me he intended to make his announcement online and that he ...

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Crooks and Liars:  Tom Geoghegan For Congress

politico.com - 1/8/2009
Daschle's approach: Anything but Clinton
— politico.com — They might sit side-by-side in Barack Obama’s Cabinet room someday, but Tom Daschle didn’t much like Hillary Clinton’s tactics for fixing health care 15 years ago. (more) Daschle's approach: Anything but Clinton

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Tom Geoghegan for Congress
jamesfallows.theatlantic.com - 1/5/2009
Tom Geoghegan for Congress
— 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 ... (more) Tom Geoghegan for Congress

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thehill.com - 1/2/2009
Trio emerges as favorites for Emanuel’s seat
— thehill.com — Three top contenders have emerged for the seat of Rep. Rahm Emanuel, who is leaving Congress Friday. By some counts, there are as many as 18 people who are at least considering a run, but State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, Cook County Commissioner Mike ... (more) Trio emerges as favorites for Emanuel’s seat

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