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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 ...

PI Original
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 ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
11:54am
Mon Aug 4, 2008
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McCain's Rovian Turn

Race

Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. In fact, Mark Schmitt wrote in May
that it was the Republican's "single alternative." Now, after hiring a
cavalcade of Rove disciples, John McCain has finally descended into the
murky world of "identity politics.&...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
9:51am
Thu Jul 31, 2008

Obama To Tap DNC Attendees for Help

Barack Obama

Think that trip to Denver in August is going to be all fun and games? The Obama campaign says think again:

Those 75,000 Democrats who will pack a football stadium
for Barack Obama's convention speech won't be there just to whoop and
holler on television. They'...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:53am
Wed Jul 30, 2008
2 comments

Marin Hypes Obama's "Woman Problem"

Barack Obama

Yesterday, at a downtown luncheon headlined by Michelle Obama, NBC5's Carol Marin found a variety of women who strongly supported Barack
Obama for president. Even Paula Wolff, a longtime aide to GOP Gov. Jim
Thompson, expressed her support
for him, saying it was the first ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
3:10pm
Tue Jul 29, 2008

Longtime Illinois Republican Says She's Supporting Obama

White House '08

Reporting from Michelle Obama's event at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago yesterday, NBC5's Carol Marin interviewed one notable guest -- Paula Wolff, a longtime aide to GOP Gov. Jim Thompson. As her attendance at the event indicated, she is supporting Barack Obama's ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
9:37am
Tue Jul 29, 2008
4 comments

Obama Stands Up To Wage Theft

Labor

Following two damning GAO reports and the testimony of Chicago's own Kim Bobo, Barack Obama sent a letter
(pdf) Friday to U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao calling on her to
address her department's mishandling of overtime and minimum-wage
complaints and to ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
11:59am
Wed Jul 16, 2008

Obama Camp Calls Out NYT Article On Racial Trends

White House '08

In an article in today's New York Times, Adam Nagourney reported on new polling purportedly showing that racial attitudes remain unchanged by Barack Obama's
campaign and that the Illinois Senator is struggling to appeal to white
Americans. We even highlighted it in ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
12:00pm
Tue Jul 15, 2008

The New Yorker's Weak Satire

Barack Obama

Kossacks -- and later the Obama campaign -- erupted yesterday in response to this week's New Yorker cover, which features a cartoon depicting
Barack and Michelle Obama "as fist-bumping, flag-burning, bin
Laden-loving terrorists in the Oval Office." Both major ...