ChiAntiWar08
Long-time Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley is stepping down. So the question is ... who will try to fill the last of the great city mayors shoes? Who dares attempt to follow in the foot steps of Chicagos greatest political power broker of all time?
There is a long list of possibles ... take your pick?
Poll 57 votes Show Results The next Mayor of Chicago should be ... Aldreman Tom Tunney Sherriff Tom Dart IL Rep John Fritchey Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. St Attorney Anita Alvarez AG Lisa Matigan Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel CPS Choef Ron Huberman Alderman Ed Burke David Hoffman 57 votes Vote Now! The next Mayor of Chicago should be ... Aldreman Tom Tunney 4% 2 votes Sherriff Tom Dart 5% 3 votes IL Rep John Fritchey 2% 1 vote Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. 7 votes St Attorney Anita Alvarez 4% 2 votes AG Lisa Matigan 5% 3 votes Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel 27 votes CPS Choef Ron Huberman 0% 0 votes Alderman Ed Burke 2% 1 vote David Hoffman 11 votes
Online sources I've found suggest that Joe Wilson (R-SC) has a son who also fancies a career in South Carolina politics. The following is from Wiki:
His oldest son Alan McCrory Wilson is also a lawyer, working as an assistant Attorney General,[citation needed] and a Major in the Army National Guard, having served a year as an intelligence officer in southern Iraq. He is currently running of the Republican nomination for the South Carolina State Attorney General in 2010.
Perhaps folks on line have ideas about small ways to make noise in THAT campaign?
Link to more coverage here.
I realize that the Repunks have forgotten the President's Inauguration Speech finale - if they even paid attention in the first place. I edited it down the the last 2 minutes of President Obama's Call to Service here - for several reasons, listed below the fold ...
I attended this candidate's forum last Sunday thinking that I'd see one the progressives I'd been reading about on the net and find them a great alternative to the experienced political folks in the race. I was so wrong, very sad, really.
Here's a news clip from WGN of the debate held in Chicago last Sunday at DePaul U. It's pretty superficial - but I agree with they're main point. Of the 11 candidates on platform, only the 3 experienced politicians (Sara Feigenholtz, Mike Quigley, John Fritchey) belonged on the stage.
Poll 38 votes Show Results If these were the only candidates in IL-05, you would vote for: Charlie Wheelan Tom Geoghagen Mike Quigley John Fritchey Sara Feigenholtz 38 votes Vote Now! If these were the only candidates in IL-05, you would vote for: Charlie Wheelan 8 votes Tom Geoghagen 12 votes Mike Quigley 6 votes John Fritchey 5% 2 votes Sara Feigenholtz 10 votes
The first (and possibly only) public forum for voters to see all to folks who are trying to win Rahm Emanual's IL-05 US House seat has been scheduled. This Candidates' Forum looks to have 15 candidates attending, though we'll see if everyone turns up. There is no slated democrat candidate in this primary and a lot of money is being raised. There are also several folk completely new to the scene in the race - so - let the games begin!
This opinion piece from today's SF Chronicle is a great example of the cruelty and shortsightedness of the Repunks neo-con philosophy. In brief, Schwarzenegger wants to cut off funding for home care assistance in Cali. That's cruel and shortsighted.
Fairly or unfairly, one of the oft cited measures of the value and staying power of a president are memorable phrases plucked from his inauguration speech(es). Today's speech seems riddled with phrases to may well live on in the public memory. But part of what makes a phrase "sticky" is the amount of "press" it gets. Since this is one of the new "press-like" venues, I thought I'd take a poll of some to phrases you all think are most memorable from the speech. I'm only going to be able to list a few - so if I miss your favorite, please add it in the comments.
I share my favorite and an explanation below the fold ...
Poll 27 votes Show Results Best phrase from Obama's first inauguration speech? Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics. We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them - that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint. For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus - and non-believers. To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and 27 votes Vote Now! Best phrase from Obama's first inauguration speech? Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. 0% 0 votes On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics. 7% 2 votes We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. 3 votes What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them - that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. 3 votes Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint. 4 votes For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus - and non-believers. 4 votes To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. 0% 0 votes What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly 7% 2 votes Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and 9 votes
The dates have been set for the IL-05 Primary and Special Election to replace Rahm Emanuel. The race begins in earnest next Monday (1/12/09) when signatures can begin to be collected in support of candidates for this office. Congressional Quarterly (CQ) reports here that prospective candidates need:
Looks like a fun week in my 'hood!
The IL-05 Special election to replace Rahm Emanuel is detail in this web article. It still seems that "The Chicago Machine" has NOT picked a candidate". This is good for the district and the democratic process generally. The link also leads readers to some candidate's websites.
The dates with been selected. The list of candidates grows. And now we have more details on the doonybrook that is about to be the Special Primary and Election to represent the glorious 5th District of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives.
Poll 58 votes Show Results IL-05's next US House Rep should be: Alexander Victor Forys Mike Quigley, Cook County Board Member Charles J. Wheelan Sara Feigenholtz, State Representative Reichel Matthew Joey Vartanian Israel Vasquez Justin Oberman, former Transportation Safety Administration official Cary Capparelli, son of former State Representative Jan H. Donatelli 58 votes Vote Now! IL-05's next US House Rep should be: Alexander Victor Forys 3% 2 votes Mike Quigley, Cook County Board Member 6 votes Charles J. Wheelan 9% 5 votes Sara Feigenholtz, State Representative 16 votes Reichel Matthew 16 votes Joey Vartanian 0% 0 votes Israel Vasquez 3% 2 votes Justin Oberman, former Transportation Safety Administration official 3% 2 votes Cary Capparelli, son of former State Representative 9% 5 votes Jan H. Donatelli 7% 4 votes
Chicago workers are having to sit in on the floor of the plant they have worked at and helped build just to get the company and the Bailed Out Bank of America to follow the law. Can shooting workers in the street and breadlines be far behind?
Poll 44 votes Show Results Can these workers wait until Jan. 20th for justice? Yes No 44 votes Vote Now! Can these workers wait until Jan. 20th for justice? Yes 0% 0 votes No 44 votes
By now we've all read of Rahm Emanuel's intention to vacate Illinois' 5th Congressional district. A long line of Chicago political insiders are busy bargaining behind the scenes to pick a successor in good, old fashioned Chicago fashion, exchanging political favors for support. One of them has already come to this blog searching for support. As a decade-long resident of IL-05, I guess I should not be surprised be this most undemocratic of processes. IL-05 was, after all the "political possession" of the infamous Rep. Dan Rostenkowski and Gov. Blagojevich. So far though, not much has been said about actual people like me, who live in the 5th - or of the tremendous opportunity this special election presents to progressives - if we can get organized.
Poll 42 votes Show Results What role do you think the netroots ought play in the IL-05 Special Democratic Primary? a blogger of some reknown should run we should not draw attention to b/c of the wackos who will take part we should pick to most progressive of the major players to support we should let the locals pick their own rep w/o our meddling we should let the Chicago Machine choose as usual we should support some real local demcrat, if one emerges w/o ties to the Machine! Where is IL-05, anyway? 42 votes Vote Now! What role do you think the netroots ought play in the IL-05 Special Democratic Primary? a blogger of some reknown should run 0% 0 votes we should not draw attention to b/c of the wackos who will take part 0% 0 votes we should pick to most progressive of the major players to support 12 votes we should let the locals pick their own rep w/o our meddling 10 votes we should let the Chicago Machine choose as usual 4 votes we should support some real local demcrat, if one emerges w/o ties to the Machine! 15 votes Where is IL-05, anyway? 2% 1 vote
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