onthehillblog.blogspot.com - 2/23/2009
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Two well-known organizations of progressives have emailed supporters to rally campaign funds and support for Tom Geoghegan in the coming March 3 special primary election to elect a Democrat to run for Rahm Emanuel's old House seat.
Rahm Emanuel's Strategy For Progressives
openleft.com 12/18/2008 — There is a widespread theory that Obama is using symbolic gestures, such as having Rick Warren as a featured speaker at the inauguration the "symbolism" of keeping Robert Gates as Sectary of Defense, in order to provide himself political cover for ...
What Progressives Want And What They Should Do
talkleft.com 3/18/2009 — As opposed to politicians, progressives should care about issues, not elections. Of course one follows the other. But pols are pols and do what they do . Matt Yglesias writes a confusing post, but he gets it right in the end: If we succeed in ...
Battle for Rahm's Seat Heats Up as Geoghegan Tosses Hat in the Ring
voices.washingtonpost.com 1/7/2009 — 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 ...
Primary for Emanuel’s House Seat Under Way Today
cqpolitics.com 3/3/2009 — A special primary campaign for the U.S. House seat vacated by Democrat Rahm Emanuel concludes today, as voters in Illinois’ 5th District — most of whom are Democrats — choose the candidates for the April 7 general election. Polls will close at 7 p.m., ...
Rahm Emanuel's Run For Cover
wizbangblog.com 12/10/2008 — The latest buzz about the arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is that President-elect Barrack Obama's appointed Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, "turned" him in. While Emanuel's conduct is sure...
Things Rahm Left Out Of His Love Note To Himself
firedoglake.com 2/23/2009 — When Rahm went looking for a loyal stenographer to dictate a canonical piece on himself, no surprise his gaze landed on Ryan Lizza, who did the honors for Chuck Schumer in the recent past (wherein Lizza called Russ Feingold "an ass" for ...
Rahm’s fingerprints all over package, tactics
thehill.com 2/12/2009 — Rahm Emanuel may have moved his office down Pennsylvania Avenue, but to stand in the hallways of the Capitol lately, it seems he never left. And if anyone’s fingerprints are on the nearly $800 billion economic stimulus package being sorted out in ...
Joe Conason on Tom Geoghegan
salon.com 2/27/2009 — Feb. 27, 2009 | As a rule I don't endorse candidates for public office -- partly out of a habit formed under the rules of legacy journalism, and partly because my general preferences ought to be clear enough for anyone who cares. For me, it's a good ...
Feds question Burris in Blagojevich case: paper —
Reuters: Politics 2/22/2009
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Federal authorities have interviewed U.S. Senator Roland Burris in a probe into whether former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich tried to sell the Senate seat Burris now occupies, the Chicago Tribune, reported on Sunday.
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Congress: Unprepared for the frenzy —
First Read 2/23/2009
Politico writes, “In multiple interviews, several Senate aides and Burris confidants say the senator was unprepared from a public relations and political perspective to deal with the national media frenzy and ethics problems he now confronts."
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