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Posts in category "Elections"

Pat Fitzgerald for Illinois governor. Or Chicago mayor.

Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. attorney for Northern Illinois, blazed a trail right into the slammer for an entire catalogue of the state’s politically corrupt. Now that he is retiring after an unprecedented (for Illinois) decade of integrity, he said at a press conference on Thursday that he would like to remain in public service of some... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
Friday at 11:01 am
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Obama's past behavior not an issue, but Romney's is?

Word that billionaire Chicago Cubs owner Joe Ricketts planned to bankroll a campaign ad that highlighted the  race-baiting by President Barack Obama’s former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., has occasioned  wide-ranging and well-publicized denunciations, even from the apparent Republican nominee Mitt Romney. For some, Obama seemingly cannot escape his past. Same for Romney. Allegations that Romney bullied... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
May 18, 2012 at 4:03 am
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Huffington calls Obama's bin Laden ad 'despicable'

If liberal icon Arianna Huffington calls Obama’s new TV ad saying that he got Osama bin Laden and Mitt Romney might not have if he had been president, just how wacky can the ad be? She said: Appearing on “CBS This Morning,” she said, “Using the Osama bin Laden assassination, killing, the great news that we... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
May 2, 2012 at 6:31 pm
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Byrne v. Zorn: This election is about emancipation

This is one of my periodic debates with Chicago Tribune op-ed columnist Eric Zorn. It also is posted here in Zorn’s blog, “Change of Subject: The Rhubarb Patch.” You can post your comments here or on Eric’s blog–or, if you’re feeling so moved, on both. To Dennis, from Eric: Where were we? Oh, yes. Back in... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
April 17, 2012 at 7:26 pm
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Romney's dog an issue in presidential election? Stupid

This is how we’re supposed to pick our president? Reports the Tribune: As Mitt Romney’s campaign seeks to humanize him in the eyes of prospective voters, one issue beyond his policy stances or his stump statements continues to follow him – his treatment of the family dog Seamus during a family vacation in 1983. Criticism over... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
April 17, 2012 at 11:24 am
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Personal PAC, Fred Eychaner and big money bought an Illinois supreme court justice victory

Last minute personal smears by radical pro-choice group funded by big money contributions and backed by Rahm Emanuel’s Democratic machine carries the day for Illinois Supreme Court justice. Never heard of Fred Eychaner? Then you need to read this post in With Both Hands, a blog by a genuine Chicagoan, Pat Hickey. Eychaner is the Daddy Warbucks... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
March 21, 2012 at 12:21 pm
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Poll: Do you plan to vote in Tuesday's Illinois primary?

Judging by the seeming indifference in the Tuesday primary demonstrated by the dearth of posts about it on ChicagoNow, I gather that a lot of you are not planning on voting Tuesday. To help clear things up, I invite you to participate in this poll. (Click on link to take the poll and/or view results)... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
March 19, 2012 at 2:17 pm
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About 1.8 million dead people listed as active voters.

 But hey, not to worry, it’s “not evidence of fraud.” The Pew Report doesn’t say how many dead people are voting in Chicago, although that’s a legendary activity here. More to the point, the voter registration process is a mess. Not mentioned in the story is the debate over tightening up the voting process by... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
February 14, 2012 at 12:49 pm
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Barack Obama: Hypocrite on campaign finance

Once upon a time, he condemned super pacs, and now he has made a 180-degree turn, so says Anderson Cooper, and is encouraging his followers to help one of his super pacs. This also comes as he is ranting about “entrenched interests” in a fund-raising email to his followers. From the very start this has... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
February 10, 2012 at 3:05 pm
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Fact-checking Romney, Gingrich in the Florida primary

FactCheck.org has established a new service–who’s got in wrong during the debates. Here’s the announcement: From the folks who brought you FactCheck.org comes FlackCheck.org! Our DebateWatch has the latest clips and fact checks from every debate ready for you right away. Here are just a couple of videos from DebateWatch where we push back on the candidates. The latest issue fact checks... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
January 28, 2012 at 9:29 am
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