The original hope by Dan Hynes’ Democratic gubernatorial campaign was that they could outspend and beat up Pat Quinn on TV by Thanksgiving to the point where the governor was vulnerable in the F...

If you ever wondered whether Gov. Pat Quinn would do whatever it takes to win re-election, all you need to do is look at his latest TV ad. The spot is perhaps the most misleading TV advertisemen...

“Tea party fever” is to the Republican Party what the H1N1 Flu is to the general populace. It’s spreading fast and it’s potentially dangerous.Establishment Republican politicia...

A few weeks ago, I asked a top Republican what his party’s plan was in the ongoing war over campaign finance reform. “We are not for some sham ethics bill,” the official said, then a...

For the first time since taking office, a new Rasmussen Reports poll of Illinoisans shows that more than half of all voters disapprove of Gov. Pat Quinn’s performance in office. ...

Underdog Democratic U.S. Senate candidate David Hoffman has a new poll which purports to show that he’s in the hunt, but the camp of Democratic primary rival Alexi Giannoulias says there’s no way the poll is accurate....

You may have read the news by now that former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan is seriously considering another run for governor. ...

One of Gov. Pat Quinn’s favorite lines is “I speak truth to power.” He uses it almost all the time, and has for years. It appears to be a verbal tic. Quinn has grown so accustomed to saying it for so long that he can’t stop himself. He said it once while explaining how he would pitch his income tax hike plan to average voters....