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* I can’t recall any real problems with ACORN in Illinois (there may have been allegations in the past, but nothing horrific was proved), but if you’ve been watching the cable news lately, the scandal is everywhere and now a few Illinois state...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* Curt Mercadante believes he’s seeing the beginning of the end of the traditional press release. He makes some good points… * Earlier this year, we helped a candidate launch a statewide political campaign — and garnered statewide media att...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* Patterson has wise counsel…
The political lesson that I’ll take away from these last few months is that until nominating petitions are filed at the Illinois State Board of Elections, there are no official candidates. […]
We got another...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* Delmarie Cobb, Roland Burris’ chief media strategist, wins our rarely bestowed Quote of the Month award. Cobb was interviewed for an ABC7 story about Cheryle Robinson Jackson’s US Senate campaign. Have a listen…In case you can’...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* I’ve now confirmed the “rumor” below about Andy McKenna running for governor with Sen. Matt Murphy as lt. governor. Several others have as well. The two men met today and it’s final.
CBS2…
A month after stepping down as h...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* At the behest of federal prosecutors, the House ethics committee has decided to postpone its broadening inquiry into US Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr…
The committee acted at the behest of federal prosecutors who already are investigating former Illinois ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* The Tribune has a very good piece on the cemetery scandal today…
Cemetery oversight should be seized from Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes’ office and placed under the governor’s control, recommended a panel set up by Gov. Pat Quinn to i...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* Tom Roeser writes about the hottest rumors of the week…
It appears that Andy McKenna who has long dreamed of a successful elective political career will shortly announce that he will be a candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. But ...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* I suppose it had to happen sooner or later. Here’s Mary Schmich in today’s Chicago Tribune…
It’s not surprising that out on the Internet, conspiracy theorists have been convening with relish, reluctant to accept [Chris] KellyR...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* 3:38 pm - Country Club Hills Mayor Dwight Welch is expected to make some announcements about the Chris Kelly case at 4 o’clock. If you can bear to watch it click here for the live CBS2 feed.
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* Gov. Pat Quinn halted legislative movement this summer on a bill pushed by Comptroller Dan Hynes to reform the way cemeteries are regulated. Instead, Quinn said, he wanted to appoint a blue ribbon panel to look into the Burr Oak Cemetery scandal and ma...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* The latest from the Chris Kelly case. He may have taken rat poison…
Christopher Kelly placed a mattress in a rented trailer at a suburban lumber yard Friday night, set up photographs of his children around it, then ingested pills and possibly rat...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* US Senate candidate Mark Kirk faced some pretty loud booing and heckling at a recent DuPage County Republican event, which amply showed that he still has problems with the far right. However, Kirk also demonstrated how good he is on his feet by twice t...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Dan Hynes has suspended state payments on some advertising and consulting contracts…
Hynes said he had informed Quinn by letter today that his office was suspending payment on $53 million in advertising and managem...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* Several commenters were rightly upset today at the way Country Club Hills Mayor Dwight Welch handled himself at a press conference announcing some of the details of Chris Kelly’s death. Well, they didn’t know the half of it. The Tribune ha...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
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Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* I’ve been informed that JB Pritzker has definitely decided not to run for state treasurer. So, for now at least, Robin Kelly still has a free ride through the Democratic primary. * Republican gubernatorial candidate Kirk Dillard laid out his ethi...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* Yesterday’s Tribune editorial noted something about its statewide poll that the paper’s reporters had completely ignored…
Recent Tribune polling statewide finds 45 percent of respondents identify themselves as Democrats, and 28 percent...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* Orlando Jones’ suicide clearly showed the stress that can be caused when the federal walls move in. Chris Kelly, facing imprisonment this Friday and enormous pressure to spill his guts on his friend Rod Blagojevich, had reportedly talked about ki...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 2 years ago.
* This is big, and it’s very good news for Gov. Pat Quinn’s primary chances…
The state’s largest union, the Service Employees International Union, will announce today it is teaming up with the Teamsters in an effort unprecedented i...
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