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Blago Should Still Appoint Diane Nash

Everything has played out as anyone could have seen. People have been treating the Blago situation with a wing and a prayer, not with tough Illinois political savvy. This is the last time I will post my unheeded suggestion. Blago should appoint Diane Nash to fill the seat that is now empty. Diane Nash is […]

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PPP Poll: Dems in Illinois Could Lose Burris Seat in ’10

GO TO PUBLIC POLICY POLLING FOR THEIR ANALYSIS OF ILLINOIS US SENATE 2010 I am pretty sure things can be righted in Illinois without ceding what should be a Democratic Senate seat to the Republicans. But then again, Democrats would have solved this by appointing Diane Nash instead of Burris. Maybe Jon Stewart should move […]

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Barack Joins Burris Mega-Waffle

What is THAT? That would be the nice chorus of backtracking in progress. If I have had any criticism of the transition, it is that victory could have been snatched from the jaws of confused self-righteousness by first acknowledging Blago’s right to be Governor until proved guilty whenever Fitzgerald figures he might have a case […]

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