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Re: Some things to discuss while I take a nap

anonno — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:47:05 -0000

Yeah, the guardian angel banks at Amalgamated and it'll come in with the final filing after the election...but the chumps have seen that before so they might have to go through the "buin-is-men" on this one or Brookins might catch on that he got had.

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chiatty — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:23:42 -0000

Let's just keep our eyes open and see if she has a guardian angel reach into a political account and help with that big loan to her campaign.

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anonno — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:03:43 -0000

Miller's right, because if you started looking under all those beds you'd find a lot of Skinny Sheahans and we all know who he really works for. OOOOOyee

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Darkhorse — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:39:54 -0000

Well said Rich!

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Rich Miller — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:25:58 -0000

Snidely, looking for the HDO under every Latino's bed is not what you should be doing. Think before you write, please.

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Darkhorse — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:20:50 -0000

Snidely- The HDO (or what is left of it) supported and helped Brookins. Your comment is ridiculous, a great woman lawyer can't get anywhere without help? She is as clean as they come. Say it with me: Madame State's Attorney!

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Snidely Whiplash — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:04:23 -0000

You don't get to be 3rd in line in the SA's office without political clout. Might the HDO be Alvarez' skeleton in the closet?

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chiatty — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:01:31 -0000

I don't know who did the media, but it was pretty basic stuff. Before her hubby kicked in 600K just ten days before the election, she didn't have much of a campaign at all. She was backed by one of Sheahan's sons and by a small group of state's attorneys, but she really didn't have much of an organized effort. She had a great poll taken in December that apparently convinced her and her husband to invest the money. She also had the great fortune to be in a race that was divided in such a way that she could be a threat despite being a total novice. The dilution of the black vote and the carving up of the white vote left her with a huge opportunity. Plain and simple, she got lucky, not that there's anything wrong with that! I wish her good luck in trying to retire the debt. That'll take a while, especially for an outsider.

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Mad as Hell — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:55:13 -0000

Curious-

It was Mike Sheahan's people. Sally Daly, Skinny Sheahan, and Paul O'Grady.

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Curious — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:27:37 -0000

Other than Pat Quinn, who else was involved in Anita Alvarez's campaign? Does anybody know who advised her, did her media, PR, etc?

She ran too good of a race to do this by herself.

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VanillaMan — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:10:45 -0000

"VM, the game is played by the rules on the ground, not the rules in your particular head."

It looks like I spun this so well Mark Penn decided to say the same thing!

Ha Ha!

I'd never vote for her, but I know how to scoop the poop with the pros, eh?

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Team Sleep — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:07:32 -0000

Seriously, Sango? The 18th CD is fairly conservative. Save for parts of Peoria and Pekin, it is definitely a Republican district.

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why so bitter — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:58:33 -0000

claypool gets 3rd biggest looser, houlihan 2nd, dick devine 1st place on the looser pol., endorsed milan (which made no sense in terms of timing &/or electability) alienating alvarez

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Six Degrees of Separation — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:57:52 -0000

Schock is too conservative for the district. A sensible moderate Democrat can beat him.

Ordinary people will look past ideology to an extent if a candidate has "it" (charm, charisma, exuberance, something that people seem to latch onto in a person). For better or worse, Schock seems to have "it" in the same way Obama attracts voters who have some ideological differences with him.

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Oakparker — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:45:07 -0000

Re Mary O'Connor. I don't know anything about her either. If you go to her web site, she looks like a genuine community activist. What a novel concept for ward committeemen.

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Sango Dem — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:41:15 -0000

Schock is too conservative for the district. A sensible moderate Democrat can beat him.

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Captain America — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:19:26 -0000

Good riddance to Ralph Caparelli. Jan Schakowsky mentioned to me Monday that Caparelli had her opponent on his palm cards. Obviously, Caparelli was out of touch with his constituents. Don't know anything about Mary O'Connor, the 41st Committeman victor, but way to go Mary!

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Rich Miller — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:10:27 -0000

I wrote the post late last night, and she wasn't ahead in that county.

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Thunder — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:07:58 -0000

Clinton won Franklin county. Get your facts straight before you print the news.

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Captain America — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:56:25 -0000

Peraica is totally toast. If he isn't weeping and ganshing his teeth, he should be. The Democratic Party will unite behind Anita Alvarez. I'd say Peraica was the biggest loser. I'm happy about her victory even though my first choice, Suffredin, lost.

I'm very pleased that Brookins ran fourth and that the organization candidate, Allan lost. I think the Defender endorsement of Tommy Brewer sent a strong signal to the African-American, that Brookins did not deserve their support b3ecause of his history of multiple civil legal problems.

I agree that Jim Houlihan was the biggest Democratic loser - the Democratic organization really delivered for Berrios and Moore. Houlihan can expect to be challenged next time he's up for reelection. I met a youg woman who was scammed by some Democratic organization trying to help Barrios. She wanted to help Obama, but was invited to come to a "North side Obama" headquarters" around Braodway and Hood. They handed her Obama- Barrios pass pieces. She didn't even knoa who Barrios was - they told her not to worry about it - she'd be helping Obama.

I was passing 49th Ward sample ballots with Obama at the top. After talikng to her for awhile I told her she had been scammed by people trying to help Barrios - there was no "Obama North Side Headquarters." She agreed with my assessment and decided to go dwontown and make calls from the Obama headquarters instead. RogersPark/the 49th Ward has a sizeable Latino population.

I don't think I agree that Claypool is a big loser. He got lots of chits from reform-oriented candidates who will supoort him if he makes anoother bid for Cook County Board President.

Kudos to Dark Horze for predicting the Alverez victory.

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Six Degrees of Separation — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:55:43 -0000

True Observer-

Between the Laeschies who won't show up at the polls, and the Lauzies that won't show up at the polls, it might be a draw.

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Six Degrees of Separation — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:53:41 -0000

Look at some of these mailers of big, hulking middle aged guys, and hand it your female friends or family members for their thoughts.

My advice for big, hulking, middle age white candidates is that they are photographed with a big smile, a bouquet of flowers, and a box of chocolates when they do those flyer photo shoots.

*Ducks to avoid flying object*

Seriously, you want to appear like the guy who works next to the single working mom at the Kroger, not like the landlord who's handing her the 30 day eviction notice.

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chiatty — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:32:56 -0000

I guess you could call Claypool a loser yesterday, but it's hard to fault him for trying to help out a friend. The more puzzling thing is trying to figure out why Suffredin (at 6'4" a BIG GUY) thought that acting and sounding like a tough prosecutor at the same time that you trumpet the support of a liberal weenie like Claypool was a solid strategy to get elected State's Attorney.

Bottom line: the voters almost got it right; they elected a prosecutor, not a politician. The politicians were in it for a power play, pure and simple. The voters just voted in the wrong prosecutor. Alvarez has done just about next to nothing in her 20 years in the office, other than winning the Girl X case. She is an appealing figure in her commercials, but people in the know will tell you that she disappeared when the heat was on and didn't really get much accomplished as chief deputy.

That said, she'll be much better than Tom Allen, not that that's much of a standard.

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Darkhorse — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:00:03 -0000

Thanks Chiatty. Like I said, I better go play the lotto now!

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A 9th CD Democrat — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:33:55 -0000

Lincoln Square Bum at 9:40 a.m. is correct - the only one of Forrest's endorsed candidates who won is Diana Kenworthy who won a judicial subcircuit race - pretty lame from my viewpoint.

And Joe in the Know at 10:04 a.m. is right - Houlihan joins Claypool as a big, big loser last night - just think what a difference they could have made for Suffredin had they focused all their efforts and money on the SA race instead of a race against Berrios that never had any chance of success