Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 09:06 pm
With the primary election just around the corner, just about everybody I know has asked me who I think will win the various races.I try to avoid making win/loss predictions, and this campaign season i...
Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010 02:28 pm
Governor offers no plans for economic turn-around
“The Governor, at the beginning of each annual session of the General Assembly and at the close of his term of office, shall report to the General Assembly on the condition of the State and reco...
Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 01:27 pm
Gov. Pat Quinn was quoted by the Associated Press last week as saying he's answered all questions about his administration's controversial, secret and completely botched early prison release program...
Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010 02:29 am
According to two recent polls taken by Rasmussen Reports and one by the Chicago Tribune, Gov. Pat Quinn has a detectable and significant problem with women voters, but a new development in the campaig...
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 02:27 pm
For years, reporters and pundits have said that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan preferred Republican governors because Madigan wanted to be the state’s most powerful Democrat.There is som...
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 01:40 am
Last week we all celebrated — or bemoaned — the first anniversary of Rod Blagojevich’s arrest. After Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office, I, like most others, thought t...
Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 12:16 am
For the past several weeks, I’ve been confiding to friends that I think Gov. Pat Quinn has turned out to be a much better campaigner than anyone expected, and a much worse governor than everyone...
Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 09:20 am
Four years ago during the last Republican gubernatorial primary, dairy magnate Jim Oberweis was sharply and widely criticized for running false newspaper headlines in his TV ads. Now, it’s happe...
Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 08:29 am
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...
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 01:48 am
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...
