All the newspapers and blogs are writing about who Rod Blagojevich might appoint to replace Obama in the US Senate so I might as well weigh in with my suggestion that I've only written in the comments of other blogs until now. I'd pick Carol Moseley Braun...
Posted by gotshoo? 3 years ago.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
Hey, I was there too (both times); does that make me an artifact
This year Sangamon County switched from one of the most obscure voting systems to one of the most common. The new voting machines in Sangamon county were popular with voters. Many people feel that having a paper ballot is simpler and more secure.Judging b...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 3 years ago.
A fist-bumpin’, thumbs-uppin’, high-fivin’ Abe Lincoln endorsed the election of Barack Obama, at least according to newspaper cartoonists across the country Wednesday — five web pages of them, assembled on Daryl Cage’s Profes...
Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 3 years ago.
A fist-bumpin’, thumbs-uppin’, high-fivin’ Abe Lincoln endorsed the election of Barack Obama, at least according to newspaper cartoonists across the country Wednesday — five web pages of them, assembled on Daryl Cage’s Profe...

Posted by The Abraham Lincoln Observer 3 years ago.
A fist-bumpin’, thumbs-uppin’, high-fivin’ Abe Lincoln endorsed the election of Barack Obama, at least according to newspaper cartoonists across the country Wednesday — five web pages of them, assembled on Daryl Cage’s Profe...
I've done Get Out The Vote work in many elections but Tuesday I got to experience things from a new angle as an election judge. There are all kinds of things you see as an election judge that most people don't usually think about. I enjoyed the experience...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* While there may or may not be a new lawsuit filed over the constitutional convention referendum… Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn says he is considering whether to file a new complaint over the handling of the referendum or to continue seeking the Illinois Sup...
Posted by Courtney Westlake 3 years ago.
To wrap up this three-part series, here are some fun pictures of all of the kids together! Josh and Joey's mom is great friends with Emma and Lily's mom, and I think it's so neat how the kids are all getting to grow up together. They seem like such good f...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* Chicago’s legendary “Gimme what’s coming to me” politics is on full public display… Asked what she expected an Obama presidency to mean to her West Side ward, Ald. Emma Mitts (37th) replied, One word: money. Youre suppos...
Posted by Where Dave Is 3 years ago.
Dave is Doing a post election link dump.I promise real posts and some real good stuff coming up next, including an explanation of this picture. Scroll down to the bottom of this article by Springfield home town papers political columnist Bernie and cl...

Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* The Tribune heds this story about Jim Oberweis: “After 5 election defeats, Oberweis ‘currently has no plans to run for office.’” But read the piece and you’ll see it’s far from clear what the perennial loser’s ...
Posted by Spfldnet 3 years ago.
Liberals in Springfield Tonight at 6:30 pm Thursday at the Brewhaus, 617 E Washington. Come any time after 6:30.I wish I could be there, but I go to work when everyone else goes home, and I can't plan anything more than three days out. I've missed countl...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
OK, do we do this now or wait a bitSPRINGFIELD (AP) The election of Barack Obama as the next U.S. president has made Springfield's Old State Capitol even more historic.Known as an Abraham Lincoln site, the building now has an important link to a 21st-c...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
With all the excitement surrounding the election results, its just now hitting me that Aaron Schock will soon me my representative in Congress. Thats it! Im immigrating to the southeast side of Springfield.
Posted by ADD Radio 3 years ago.
***The SJR calls for The Obama to unify the country.  After all, he talked about that during the campaign.  Of course, it was impossible for him to provide the country with any examples of his power to unify.  In the IL State Senate, he was...

Posted by Blevins Blog 3 years ago.
Have gotten a couple e-mails asking why I have created a category called “The Land of Oz,” and why I have a “Tales from the Land of Oz” feature. So let me kinda explain. It was January 2006, and I was a temp who had landed his dre...
Posted by My Alibi 3 years ago.
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