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by Mose Buchele
5:02pm
Tue Apr 22, 2008

Rebutting Rauschenberger

White House '08

Former State Senator Steve Rauschenberger (R-Elgin) has been popping up a lot in the media lately -- just yesterday in the Wall Street Journal, for example -- and each time he slings a little more mud at his former Senate colleague Barack Obama.

Earlier this month, ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
3:06pm
Tue Apr 22, 2008

Obama's Engineer

Over at The New Republic, Noam Scheiber's piece on Obama campaign manager David Plouffe is worth a read.

In the stretch of primaries following (the first) Super Tuesday, it was clear that the Obama camp was way ahead of the game. As many on-the-ground observers noted, ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
2:11pm
Tue Apr 22, 2008
2 comments

"Sky High"

Not surprisingly, that's how some election watchers are describing the voter turnout in the Pennsylvania primary today.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer:

Turnout at the Pennsylvania polls is "sky-high, much greater than usual" as voters in the Keystone ...

PI Original
by Mose Buchele
1:18pm
Tue Apr 22, 2008

Illinois Among 18 Signatories Of Climate Change Declaration

Environment

As the Bush administration enters its twilight, a new day may be dawning for environmentally-minded elected officials. That was the main message behind the Conference of Governors on Climate Change held at Yale University last week. Many states, Illinois among them, have been ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
12:09pm
Tue Apr 22, 2008

Green Day

Environment

In honor of Earth Day, we direct to you to last week's Chicago Reader cover story, in which Mick Dumke compiled a helpful list of 24 things you can do each day to lessen your environmental footprint. Included are relatively minor strategies to reduce the amount of waste ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:56am
Tue Apr 22, 2008

The Millionaires' Amendment

Illinois GOP

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a legal challenge to the Millionaires' Amendment, a section of the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill that loosens fundraising limits for opponents of wealthy candidates who cut big checks to their own campaigns.

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PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:13am
Tue Apr 22, 2008

Biggert And Kirk's Earmark Moratorium Backfires

Mark Kirk

It looks like Reps. Mark Kirk and Judy Biggert may have dug themselves into a pretty big hole. Not only is their plan to promote a voluntarily moratorium on Republican earmarks hollow, as we mentioned yesterday, but it "appears to have divided members of the House GOP ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
5:24pm
Mon Apr 21, 2008
1 comment

Emanuel: Suburban Populism Key In '08

Rahm Emanuel

Rahm Emanuel has gotten his fair share of criticism from the left blogosphere lately, ourselves included. But we're more than happy to give him some props when they're due. For instance, in a Politico op-ed today, he makes a succinct argument that Democratic-leaning ...

PI Original
by Mose Buchele
4:54pm
Mon Apr 21, 2008

Illinois Family Institute Touts Discredited Divorce Study

From the "Junk Science" Department: In a post today on the Illinois Review headlined "Family Breakdown Costs Illinois Taxpayers Nearly $2 Billion Annually," Illinois Family Institute executive director David E. Smith trumpeted the findings of a study which ...