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suntimes.com - 12/1/2008

Rep. Jackson is our choice to be senator :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Commentary

— suntimes.com — U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is our choice to be the next U.S. senator from Illinois. Though... Gov. Blagojevich, who must pick a replacement in the Senate for President-elect Barack Obama, finds himself with no shortage of qualified candidates, we ... (more) Rep. Jackson is our choice to be senator :: CHICAGO ...

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republicoft.com - 11/18/2008

Re-post: Are Blacks More Homophobic?

— republicoft.com — Ed. Note: I plan on writing something about black voters, the passage of proposition 8 in California,... and the discussion that has ensued about whether the former failed in part because of the latter. In the meantime, I thought I’d republish ... (more) Re-post: Are Blacks More Homophobic?

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pajamasmedia.com - 11/24/2008

Battle Royale for Obama’s Illinois Senate Seat

— pajamasmedia.com — With political pressure for an African-American replacement, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. is one of the leading contenders.... (more) Battle Royale for Obama’s Illinois Senate Seat

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Daily Kos — ... IL-Sen: I agree 100 percent with Nate -- appoint a caretaker Senator to fill out Obama's seat the next two years, and then let the people of Illinois decide in an open-seat Democratic primary and election decide who should be Obama's _true_ successor. I know the DSCC wants someone to accrue the benefits of incumbency to lock the seat away in 2010, but 1) that's undemocratic, a problem compounded by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption, and 2) we're talking Illinois here, where the GOP "bench" is completely non-existent. ...

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ArchPundit — ... for the US Senate appointment in Illinois.  A lone madman has the power and it’s largely irrelevant what any of us think–in fact, pushing good candidates too hard might hurt them. ...

Senate Guru: IL-Sen: Why Blagojevich Must Appoint a Placeholder
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... U.S. Senate. One of the fundamental questions in such speculation has regarded whether Blagojevich will appoint someone who will serve as a placeholder, to only serve for the two years until a special election is held in 2010, or whether he will appoint someone who will serve with the intention of accruing seniority and running in their own right as the incumbent in 2010. A week and a half ago, Nate Silver and kos laid out why Blagojevich should appoint a placeholder. Silver: If there's nothing else we learned from the Presidential ...