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On Wednesday morning, a few hours before President Barack Obama’s speech to Congress on health care reform, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that indirectly explains why the issue has become so controversial.
The case, Citizens…
Reform might end scenes like this: Rod Blagojevich after his arrest on Dec. 9. (Photo by Darren Hauck/Getty Images North America)
Illinois lawmakers now have 33 days to put up or shut up. On Tuesday, the Illinois Reform Commission submitted…
Not that its products are unsafe, but the Acme Co. would find it easy to make friends in the Missouri Legislature.
Regarding the revelation that FBI agents have been poking around the Missouri Capitol, looking into alleged “pay-to-play” schemes involving state…
Time to downsize campaign cash.
Wafting over the impeachment and removal from office last week of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was the faint odor of hypocrisy. With his brazen and profane greed, the now-former governor may have exposed Illinois’ culture of…
Last Saturday, the day after Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt signed Senate Bill 1038, which repeals the limits on campaign contribution to state political candidates, we pulled up behind a car on Chippewa Street and noticed a bumper sticker that read: “We…
Pretty much everyone — myself included — has been in agreement that Barack Obama will far out-raise and outspend John McCain during the general election. Considering Obama has proven himself a fundraising machine, shattering records by accumulating more than $280 million during…
Spending in this year’s presidential election cycle by all campaigns and affiliates has already surpassed $900 million - that’s more than double the total spent in the 2000 primaries ($430 million), the last time both parties had competitive primary races.
This New York Times graphic breaks…
Barack Obama sparked considerable controversy in recent weeks when he announced that he would not commit to public financing for the general election campaign, despite his earlier pledge to do so. This makes Obama’s the first completely privately-financed general election campaign since the…
The federal bribery conviction of Antoin “Tony” Rezko on Wednesday left a single question on the minds of Illinois politicians: Who’s next?
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald appears to be climbing the investigative ladder, nailing defendants one by one, then offering lighter…
