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Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

John 3:16 — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 18:52:41 -0000

The Jesse White ad for Mangieri has been running for more than two weeks -- and you can see what great effect it has had.

And Mangieri used DPI money to buy all of 25 radio ads! WOW! ! ! Give me a break with "all the air out of Alexander's Army." Even DPI's polls still show Giannoulias with a sizeable lead.

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

HeKnowsBarack — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 10:32:03 -0000

Looks like the buckets of bad news have let all the air out of Alexander's Army. Just heard the Mangieri radio with Jesse White and the Tribune endorsement. Looks like the media caught to Alexander in the nick of time.

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

The Conservative — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 08:40:31 -0000

This is so easy, I already voted for the only candidate that can beat Blago in the fall, Bill Brady, Steve is the best qualified candidate for LT. Governor, Joe is a good man but has to many distractions and they would make a very strong team and a great geographic team as well. This would be the winning team. A vote for NObie is a waist, he cannot win, his ethics problems will cause him problems in the fall with the base should he win now. Hey perhaps another office might appeal to him in the future.He now knows how this works, perhaps he can change positions again and the next time be against guns.....

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

corvax — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:13:01 -0000

Eisendrath
Giannoulias

Claypool
Shore, Maragos, Powell

In my nw suburban state senate race, Kotowski

And all cook county dems should vote for Martha Mills for the Travis vacancy on the circuit court, a truly impressive woman who began her legal career doing voting and civil rights work in the dangerous south in the dangerous early 60's, the only court candidtae to be highly rated by the Chicago Council of Lawyers

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

anon — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:26:23 -0000

Blagojevich and Giannoulias

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

tough guy — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:24:17 -0000

I'll be voting for Blago as will about 67% of the Democrat primary voters. Mangieri for Treasurer.

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

Anon, — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:23:55 -0000

Don't want to change the subject:

But, I need to thank the town of Sesser and Mayor Ned Mitchell. Over 100 people have turned out for tonights fish fry and meet and greet with Edwin Eisendrath. Great Job Sesser!

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

The Ghost of Marty's Beard — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:16:44 -0000

Gidwitz & Rauschenberger

The only poll that counts is on Election Day. Gidwitz is clearly the most qualified and is the only candidate that actually put forth a detailed agenda to reform Illinois and bring jobs back to our state. He's been endorsed by the Chicago Tribune and the Southern Illinoisan. He can actually unite Republicans all over Illinois against Blago in the general.

Topinka - no plan, serious ethical problems, pay-to-play, can't differentiate herself from Blago and won't have the money to compete.

Oberweis - milkdud, enough said.

Brady - no real plan (sorry, his Contract for Illinois is all soundbite, no action), not ready for primetime.

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

Southern Illinois Democrat — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:15:59 -0000

EE
Mangieri
Stover (Congress to face Shimkus)
Srewart (App. Judge)

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

T.J. — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:02:05 -0000

I want to vote for Gidwitz but feel like he has no chance. Never liked Rauschenberger, though, so Birkett there.

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

Just Observing — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:25:56 -0000

I hope you Chicago Repubs pull a Dem ballot to vote for EE and Claypool -- Judy has it wrapped up, and we (Dems) desperately need your votes to ensure a Claypool victory and to weaken Blago. Please consider pulling a Dem ballot!!!

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

Silas - the assassin opus dei — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:09:46 -0000

Im voting for...

Blago - EE a lost cause

Pat Quinn

Eddie Garza - Sandoval must go

Tom Dart

Forrest Claypool

John Kelly - Lipinski lost my respect with what he did with his son

Dan Burke

Gionnoilas (sp?)

Ricardo Munoz - state central committeeman

Vote early and vote often!

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

NorthClarkStreet — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:57:07 -0000

Gov: EE because he went to the best private school on North Clark Street.

Tres: Knox County Paul, because Alexi went to the 2nd best private school on North Clark Street.

Cook Pres.: Stroger, because i'd like to see Houlihan as the next Board Pres. Claypool is a reformer in name only.

Sheriff: Dart, after years of being kicked to the curb by the other South Side Dynasties, the Darts' get finally will get their time in the sun.

MWRD: Deb Shore, because she deserves a driver and three staffers.

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

Paul Powell — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:43:30 -0000

EE: Because he is simply the best choice of the two. There is no comparison between RGod and EE when you look at credentials side by side. Anybody that could vote for RGod has got a great big void where their brain outta be (unless you have a big do nothing position or a contract) then I can see you voting for RGod. I think voters are going to end the "business as usual" come Tuesday. Alexi is another candidate that is not owned by the machine. I'll take my chance on new guys vs old hacks. We need to change things in this state so lets get started.

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

Big Hair — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:25:22 -0000

Mr. Ethics, I'm not sure there will be too many GOP crossover voters. They'll have their chance to vote against Blago. in the fall.

If Republicans want to vote AGAINST somebody, they already have Oberweis in their primary. It's worth staying with the Party just to cast a protest vote against him.

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

Shadrock — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:21:01 -0000

I'm with Beowulf - Gid and Steve. Naive reason - they're best qualified.

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

Mr. Ethics — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:19:57 -0000

I asked last week about the polls, do they count the crossovers taking Dem ballots to vote against Blago? I'm voting for EE because Rod's consolidation of agencies has been a disaster.

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

Randall Sherman — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:14:57 -0000

I took advantage of the early voting, and as Secretary/Treasurer of the Illinois Committee for Honest Government I proudly supported our endorsed candidates that were on the Democratic ballot for my precinct in Chicago's 49th Ward. (After all, since I signed those endorsement letters it wouldn't make much sense for me not to be consistant.)

The complete ICHG endorsement list can now be found as the first comment to the afternoon comments. But for those of you who are not sure who is on the ballot over by Loyola University (where my polling place is located), I personally voted for the following in the contested races:

Governor - Eisendrath (readers of this blog have had enough opportunities to know why I feel Rod must go).

Treasurer - Giannoulias.

State Central Committeeman (9th) - Patrick D. McDonough, the whitsle-blower in the Hired Trucks Scandal.

County Board President - Claypool (I have also previously said enough about the need to replace John Stroger).

Sheriff - Since the ICHG decided that it could not endorse any of the three candidates (and is totally opposed to the candidacy of Tom Dart), I took a pass on that race.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District - I proudly voted for FRANK AVILA (Punch 51), the ICHG's Legal Affairs Director and a Captain in the U.S. Army Reserves JAG Corps. I also voted for Boguslaw "Bogie" Stefanski.

Appellate Court Judge - I voted for Circuit Court Judge Kathleen G. Kennedy in the Hartigan vacancy race (Kennedy once worked as a Hearing Officer in Juvenile Court's Child Abuse and Neglect Section, where I currently work as a support staffer; a department that is underappreciated for the hard work the Hearing Officers have done over the years in reducing the backlog of cases in the system). In the race for the Hartman vacancy, I was glad to vote for former Chicago Bar Association President Joy Virginia Cunningham.

CIRCUIT COURT - Aurelia Marie Pucinski (Burr vacancy).
Michael J. Howlett, Jr. (Jaffe vacancy).
George I. Sarolas (Nudelman vacancy).
Thomas J. Byrne (Schiller vacancy).
Thomas Ã¢â‚¬Å“TJÃ¢â‚¬Â Loftus (Travis vacancy).

For many of the other offices, like Congress, State Senator and State Central Committeewoman, I wrote in names, even though those votes won't be counted. But to me, that's still better than voting for the likes of Jan Schakowsky (by the way, when will her husband be sentenced in federal court?) and Carol Ronen.

RANDALL SHERMAN
Secretary/Treasurer, Illinois Committee for Honest Government

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

anon — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:08:51 -0000

Tres. - Mangieri

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

todd — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 18:01:54 -0000

Will vote for Oberdude and Rauchy.

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

State worker AFSCME — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:56:57 -0000

Judy and Pat Quinn a perfect level headed match.
GO JUDY!

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

John 3:16 — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:35:39 -0000

Alexi

Claypool

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

Pete Granata — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:23:44 -0000

EE (protest) Mangieri Duckworth

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

The Colonel — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:03:28 -0000

The Milkman and Wegman (she reminds me of a conservative, female Paul Simon)

Dave McSweeney, Matt Murphy and Cary Collins.

By the way, I hope Claypool wins the Dem nomination because Peracia has embraced illegal immigration -- that makes him part of the problem not the solution.

Stick a fork in him, he's done... it's Claypool or no-vote in that race!

Re: Question of the day (what’s left of it, anyway)

Anon — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:53:55 -0000

Jon Zahm for Gov. Rev. Doug for LT Gov.