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Tom Geoghegan: I'm Running for Congress in IL-5
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — I'm running for Congress in the Fifth District of Illinois. As a Chicago lawyer for thirty years, I have fought for working people in the Fifth District and throughout the city. I have represented unions as well as people with no unions to protect them. In plant closings I have helped them recover health and pension benefits. I obtained health care for the uninsured. I've been pressing the State of Illinois to crack down on payday lenders. In my life as a lawyer I have lived out a commitment to one cause above all - to bring economic security to ...

Hat in the Ring
Talking Points Memo — 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 there. But let's see. It's important to aim high. ...

Tom Geoghegan
Matthew Yglesias — Tom Geoghegan is the author of two great books I’ve read, Which Side Are You On? and The Law in Shambles. And now he’s running for congress in the storied Rostenkowski/Blagojevich/Rahmbo House seat in Chicago. This blog doesn’t endorse candidates for office, but Josh Marshall remarks: 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 there. But let’s see. It’s important ...

Tom Geoghegan for Congress
Seeing the Forest — Tom Geoghegan for Congress Go learn about Geoghegan for Congress | Democrat for Illinois’ fifth district He posted this at DailyKos: I'm running for Congress in IL-5. (Progressive candidacy announcement for Rahm's seat.) I’m running for Congress in the Fifth District of Illinois. As a Chicago lawyer for thirty years, I have fought for working people in the Fifth District and throughout the city. I have represented unions as well as people with no unions to protect them. In plant closings I have helped them recover health and pension benefits. I obtained health ...

Tom Geoghegan for Congress
This Modern World — ... . He’s running in the special election to replace Rahm Emmanuel in Illinois’s 5th congressional district. His campaign website is here , and you can donate money ...

Replacing Rahm: Feigenholtz, Fritchey, Geoghegan Enter Fray, Daley Staying Neutral (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... as a congressman representing much of Chicago's North Side. Daley's comments follow a Sun-Times report that Ald. Pat O'Connor (40th) is the likely candidate to receive the Democratic Party's endorsement-- and the reams of campaign help that comes with it-- after Ald. Tom Allen (38th) said he would not run. O'Connor, who is Daley's unofficial City Council floor leader, has not declared his candidacy. Labor lawyer and progressive writer Tom Geoghegan and State Reps. John Fritchey and Sara Feigenholtz officially joined ...

Replacing Rahm: Feigenholtz, Fritchey, Geoghegan Enter Fray, Daley Staying Neutral (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... as a congressman representing much of Chicago's North Side. Daley's comments follow a Sun-Times report that Ald. Pat O'Connor (40th) is the likely candidate to receive the Democratic Party's endorsement-- and the reams of campaign help that comes with it-- after Ald. Tom Allen (38th) said he would not run. O'Connor, who is Daley's unofficial City Council floor leader, has not declared his candidacy. Labor lawyer and progressive writer Tom Geoghegan and State Reps. John Fritchey and Sara Feigenholtz officially joined ...

Thomas Geoghegan runs for Congress
Overlawyered — ... Left-leaning author, lawyer and union advocate Thomas Geoghegan is running for Rahm Emanuel’s House seat in Chicago. I’ve often in the past recommended Geoghegan’s first book on labor unions “Which Side Are You On?”, because of its force and originality, despite my (pretty much diametric) opposition to most of his ideas policy-wise. ...

Help Replace Rahm Emanuel With Tom Geoghegan... For A Better America
DownWithTyranny! — ... Today, Tom Geoghegan announced he will run for Congress in the Fifth District of Illinois. Tom is a real hero to the progressive community and this special election is a great opportunity to bring progressive change to Washington. I’m very excited that Tom has decided to run, please take a moment and visit his website to learn more. ...

Tom Geoghegan: Progressive
Corrente — ... staffers and would be congresscritters are barely worthy of the label "liberal" or "left-leaning," and have little interest in "change" or reform, let alone progressive policy and persecution of Bush-era criminality. People like me have said for some time now, that won't change until a large number of them are primary-challenged and made to go away, replaced by people who understand our problems and aren't beholden to the interests of the rich or corporations. Well, time for me to put my money where my mouth is. CD officially endorses Geoghegan, and she's not alone. Why? Well, ...

Howie Klein: Helping Replace Rahm Emanuel With Tom Geoghegan... For A Better America
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Today, Tom Geoghegan announced he will run for Congress in the Fifth District of Illinois. Tom is a real hero to the progressive community and this special election is a great opportunity to bring progressive change to Washington. I'm very excited that Tom has decided to run, please take a moment and visit his website to learn more. ...

Geoghegan for Congress - Why You Should Donate Right Now
Open Left - Front Page — ... idea is - you should read his writing on it, or listen to him talk about it. As you can see from Tom's announcement speech this week, his campaign is fundamentally about the question he asked in his famous book - the haunting question of the labor movement: Which Side Are You On? Tom's on our side. That sounds like a cliche because so many hack politicians have used that kind of rhetoric - but it's actually genuinely true with Tom Geoghegan. You can read more about Tom at his new campaign website. But after you do that I hope, as I said to start, you will make a ...

David Sirota: Special Election: Geoghegan for Congress -- Why You Should Donate Right Now
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... As you can see from Tom's announcement speech this week, his campaign is fundamentally about the question he asked in his famous book - the haunting question of the labor movement: Which Side Are You On? Tom's on our side. That sounds like a cliche because so many hack politicians have used that kind of rhetoric - but it's actually genuinely true with Tom Geoghegan. ...

David Sirota: Special Election: Geoghegan for Congress - Why You Should Donate Right Now
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... - you should read his writing on it, or listen to him talk about it. As you can see from Tom's announcement speech this week, his campaign is fundamentally about the question he asked in his famous book - the haunting question of the labor movement: Which Side Are You On? Tom's on our side. That sounds like a cliche because so many hack politicians have used that kind of rhetoric - but it's actually genuinely true with Tom Geoghegan. You can read more about Tom at his new campaign website. But after you do that I hope, as I said to start, you will make a ...

Max and the Marginalized: Date With Dynasty
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — For our first song of 2009, we are adding our guitars, drums and voices to the chorus of opposition to Caroline Kennedy's possible Senate appointment, which keeps seesawing to and away from inevitability. Enjoy "Date With Dynasty." Also: for a great take on why these appointments from the Governor, check out this piece by Tom Geoghegan, who is running for Rahm Emanuel's house seat in Illinois the old fashioned way. Click here to hear the song Date With ...

Today's TRMS
The Latest on Air America — ... , about why he calls Israel's attacks in Gaza a "microwar."  And then labor lawyer Tom Geoghegan tells Rachel that it is not just undemocratic but also unconstitutional for governors to appoint Senators to open seats.  We will explain why. ...

IL-5: Good News for Geoghegan - Career Pols Splitting Chicago Machine Apart
Open Left - Front Page — ... or his campaign website), and the more wide-open this race is, the better it will be for a candidate like him. The key will be (as always) resources - which is why ...

26 Vie For Emanuel's Congressional Seat (FULL CANDIDATE LIST)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... formally resigned Jan. 2 from the 5th Congressional District seat once held by Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The district includes portions of Chicago and the northwest suburbs. Full Candidate List DEMOCRATS Frank Annunzio Paul J. Bryar Cary Capparelli Pete Dagher Jan H. Donatelli Sara Feigenholtz Victor A. Forys John A. Fritchey Tom Geoghegan Carlos A. Monteagudo Justin P. Oberman Patrick J. ...

26 Vie For Emanuel's Congressional Seat (FULL CANDIDATE LIST)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... formally resigned Jan. 2 from the 5th Congressional District seat once held by Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The district includes portions of Chicago and the northwest suburbs. Full Candidate List DEMOCRATS Frank Annunzio Paul J. Bryar Cary Capparelli Pete Dagher Jan H. Donatelli Sara Feigenholtz Victor A. Forys John A. Fritchey Tom Geoghegan Carlos A. Monteagudo Justin P. Oberman Patrick J. ...

David Murray: Which Side Are You On?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... to such homely cases as one he's working on now, to protect poor people from predatory payday lenders. The thing is, the 5th District race is split a hundred ways and the special election primary is rushing up March 3. Tom needs visibility and visibility demands dough. You can learn more about Tom's campaign here if you're moved to contribute you can do it here. And if you live in Chicago and would like to meet Tom and hear him speak, I'm co-hosting a campaign event next Sunday. It'll be interesting, and so would U.S. Rep. Tom ...

Steve Cobble: Geoghegan: Rhymes with Reagan, Thinks Like Wellstone
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Tom Geoghegan has a hard-to spell Irish name. It's Geoghegan, and it rhymes with Reagan. But Tom thinks like Paul Wellstone. Here's his web site. Tom is way smart. He is perhaps the best writer of any labor lawyer, ever. He was just endorsed by the Chicago area Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) and he's running for Rahm Emanuel's vacated House seat, in a special election to be held only 3 weeks from today, on March 3rd. A special election with 12 Democratic primary candidates, which means even intelligent, principled, thoughtful, change-oriented ...

IL-05: Feigenoltz Looks Like Favorite in Emanuel's Old District
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... Although portions of IL-5, such as the Lakeview/Wrigleyville neighborhood, are rather well off, the district extends westward and encompasses a number of poorer Hispanic and "white-ethnic" working class communities; the SEIU's endorsement is a pretty big one in a district like this. FiveThirtyEight, in its excursions around Chicago, has also noticed a small proliferation if Feigenholtz signage/bling in the district. The most interesting alternative to keep an eye on remains Tom Geoghegan, a labor lawyer and author who has been endorsed by the Cook County nurse's ...

Legacy Loans
TPMCafe — ... I'm not claiming to write from some pristine, disinterested position of ideological purity. Especially considering the reason for the necessity of my two time-starve apologies at the top of this post the same. I'm just saying that when Annelise Anderson opened her mail and received C-Span's survey, she didn't worry so much about her lack of qualifications in judging the Cleveland v. Coolidge Morality Authority question to throw the thing away. I suspect instead that if nothing else she voted strategically by putting Reagan on top of all the categories. ...

A People-Powered Plum: Can Geoghegan Make It?
techPresident — ... got another job or something? Not sure.) The new Progressive Change Campaign Committee -- formed by veterans of MoveOn and the campaign of netroots favorite Darcy Burner, among others -- picked Geoghegan to be the first test case in their drive to get boldly progressive and people-powered candidates in office. Just a few bucks short of $200,000 has been raised for Geoghegan on ActBlue. And, for what it's worth, the Chicago Sun-Times' Laura Washington called Geoghegan "Joe Trippi's Internet adoptee." read more ...

Whither the Democratic Party
Brilliant at Breakfast — ... Like him, she was a believer against all odds, a fighter who dedicated herself to the long, hard, grinding and often unrewarding work of progressive politics. If she were still here, Maria would not have let a single day go by without hectoring me to write something about Tom, and she would have been right, as she almost always was. He will fight like crazy for the universal health insurance that just might have saved her life. You can support Tom Geoghegan here.

Tim Tuten: The Hideout Endorses Tom Geoghegan For Congress
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... For 30 years, Tom Geoghegan has fought on behalf of these very steelworkers, nurses, taxi drivers and immigrants, union workers and those trying to unionize. He has fought for lost wages due to plant closings and for health care for the uninsured. As a regular who became an owner of the Hideout, I wholeheartedly support Tom Geoghegan for Congress and ask that you do the same. ...

Major Tom to ground control
SteveAudio — Any readers here who live in Illinois' 5th Congressional District, you're really lucky. You have a true-blue progressive running there, Tom Geoghegan : ...

My Choice for SCOTUS
Suburban Guerrilla — ... who recently ran unsuccessfully to replace Rahm Emanuel. A provocative thinker and a liberal visionary who could galvanize the court. Wouldn’t that be nice? ...