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by Adam Doster
11:08am
Mon Aug 18, 2008
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Willie Horton Ad Man Slings More Mud

Barack Obama

An ad circulating online could be one of the nastiest slams against
Barack Obama yet to surface. Run by the conservative National Campaign
Fund, it attempts to blame the one-time Illinois state senator -- who
supported Chicago's handgun ban and denounced the state's ...

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by Josh Kalven
11:19am
Sun Aug 17, 2008
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Schock Warns Of Obama's "Level Of Socialism"

Barack Obama

One minute Aaron Schock's congressional campaign is likening the 18th District GOP candidate to Barack Obama, the next they're playing up the nominee's "socialist" leanings.  Bernard Schoenberg has the goods:

“If ever there was an election with consequences...

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by Josh Kalven
12:19pm
Fri Aug 15, 2008

The Nation Shouts Out Progress Illinois

White House '08

In his excellent new piece on Barack Obama's voter registration efforts, Nation D.C. editor Chris Hayes cites our feature article on how increased turnout among African-Americans, Latinos, and young people could shift the electoral map this year:

The website Progress ...

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by Josh Kalven
9:47am
Fri Aug 15, 2008

New Obama Ad Running In Indiana

Barack Obama

Check out the latest ad being run by the Obama campaign in Indiana...

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by Josh Kalven
10:28am
Wed Aug 13, 2008

That Pesky National Journal Ranking

Barack Obama

This is a bit old, but I want to address it anyway.  Call it a preventative measure.

At a press conference during the Democratic Leadership Council's (DLC) convention in Chicago in late June, Sun-Times columnist and WTTW co-host Carol Marin asked Mayor Richard Daley the ...

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by Adam Doster
12:59pm
Tue Aug 12, 2008

McCain, Republicans Looking To Purge Voter Rolls

Election Reform

Barack Obama's campaign is busy registering thousands of new voters
in hopes of broadening their political base to communities generally
underrepresented in electoral politics. Targeting potential Democratic
voters is self-serving, sure, but nobody would argue that ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
4:22pm
Mon Aug 11, 2008
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Daily Herald Calls McCain A "Relative Moderate"

White House '08

Despite evidence suggesting
no major fissure exists, the media is doing its best to keep the
conflict between ardent supporters of Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack
Obama in the news. Today in The Hill, for example, Bob Cusack reports on disenchanted Democrats who are ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:56am
Mon Aug 11, 2008

McCain's Puny Ground Game

Barack Obama

While polls make for fun tea leaves, we at Progress Illinois have been really interested in the ground game this election cycle. The media can bloviate all they want about
vice presidential picks or which ads are most effective, but elections
are usually won in the ...

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by Adam Doster
4:01pm
Fri Aug 8, 2008

Boehner On WLS: Dems "Worship At The Altar Of Radical Environmentalism"

Don Wade & Roma

There aren't two Americans more fond of the GOP's "Texas Tea Party" than the hosts of WLS' Don Wade & Roma. As the so-called "protest" trudges along, the broadcast duo continues to have House Republicans on their show, thanking the representatives ...