Hats off to the Washington, D.C., City Council!
The Washington, D.C., City Council voted Tuesday to legalize gay marriage in the nation’s capital, handing supporters a victory after a string of recent defeats in Maine, New York and New Jersey.
Mayor Adrian Fenty has promised to sign the [...]
React to Gitmo
Kirk: Plan to bring terrorists to Illinois flawed
Congressman Mark Kirk says Administration forcing Illinois residents to accept "unnecessary risk" without vote, public hearing or detailed plan
WASHINGTON-- On November 20th, members of the Illinois congressional delegation asked detailed questions [...]
The public option appears to be dead. In a caucus meeting last night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) alerted his members that he did not have enough votes to pass a partial expansion of Medicare, which members had hoped would serve as a public option compromise. Reid also informed [...]
Toni Preckwinkle, the Chicago alderman who’d like to run on what’s left of Barack Obama’s coattails for the presidency of Cook County Board, is counting on getting a significant share of the women’s vote if her campaign is to succeed come Feb. 2.Hey, if you haven't noticed yet, Illinois Review is privileged to have alongside on your right a new IR sponsor -- this one "E-Voter," a service we hope you'll find helpful up through the February 2, 2010 primary. All you need to to is enter in your address, and E-voter [...]
Few Illinois outlets have devoted any energy to covering the fight in Washington to extend unemployment benefits, even though over 400,000 Illinois residents are currently collecting jobless insurance. Even fewer have reported on the looming cutoff for federal subsidies, which could leave almost 200,000 Illinoisans with no income by the beginning [...]
Good news for American patriots: The Tea Party Express will be thundering across the continent once again. The third incarnation kicks off on March 27 in Senate Harry Reid's hometown, Searchlight, Nevada. The theme is "Just Vote Them Out" and wouldn't you know, the Senate Majority' [...]
from the Adam for Illinois campaign
Last Wednesday, Adam Andrzejewski, Republican candidate for Governor, called on each of his 6 opponents for the Republican nomination for Governor to join him in supporting a new law to prohibit teacher strikes in Illinois. Support for this legislation was voted [...]
from Rodriguez for Congress campaign
Long Grove, IL - This weekend, Republicans in Libertyville Township voted to endorse Maria Rodriguez in the 8th district Congressional primary. The winner on February 2 will determine who will take on Melissa Bean next November.
In response to the endorsement, Maria Rodriguez stated, "I am thrilled" [...]In addition to examining the gubernatorial and Cook County board president primaries, the Tribune also polled the U.S. Senate race and found that Democratic voters continue to favor Alexi Giannoulias over his rival candidates. The poll found that 31 percent supported Giannoulias, 17 percent supported Cheryle Jackson, 9 percent [...]
The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) reports that a U.S. House of Representatives just voted 221-202 on the omnibus spending bill, which will allow Washington, D.C. to implement its medical marijuana law. The Senate will now take up the legislation; MPP expects the bill to [...]
The Quinn campaign has to be feeling good thsi weekend. Conducted eight weeks before the February 2 primary, a new Tribune poll released shows the governor with high approval ratings among Democratic voters and a sizeable lead over challenger Dan Hynes. Here are the toplines (full results here): [...]
With a federal judge ruling Friday in New York, the way has been set for federal funds to begin flowing to ACORN again, as soon as next week. Despite allegations of voter fraud, embezzlement and inappropriate financial counsel to defraud the use of [...]
The Tribune poll indicates today that Mr. & Ms. Undecided hold the fate of the Illinois gubernatorial primary in their hands. Almost 1/3 of the 600 GOP likely voters say they haven't made their choice yet between seven candidates.
So why are so many undecided? Too early, not enough information,' [...]
With seven weeks until the GOP 2010 primary, a Chicago Tribune puts former Attorney General Jim Ryan in a commanding lead over the other six Republican gubernatorial candidates. Among 600 likely GOP voters during the week of December 2 through 8,
26% said they'd vote for Jim Ryan, 12% for Andy McKenna, 10%' [...]
