From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Gov. Blagojevich today is expected to name former state Comptroller and Attorney General Roland Burris to Illinois’ vacant U.S. Senate seat, a knowledgeable source said this morning. Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White said he intends to block Gov. Blagojevich’s appointment of Roland Burris as U.S. Senator. As secretary of state, White [...]

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I just talked to an friend from college who works for the Republicans in the State Senate.  I’ve thought about him a lot since the election.  He works for their central staff and I figure that with Malcolm Smith and the gang that couldn’t shoot straight about to take over, he would be out of [...]

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Ya know, Caroline Kennedy might be, ya know, a bad choice, ya know for the, ya know, Senate.  Take a look, ya know, at this video, ya know.

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Friends, Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin is now an official Grandmother.  Yesterday, her 18 year old daughter gave birth to a 7 pound, four ounce baby boy.  He was named Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston, and born in Palmer, Alaska.  The father is 18 year old Levi Johnston, who is an apprentice electrician and former Wasilla High [...]

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Hold on to your hats — but fellow school board members are accussing Assemblyman David Gantt’s hand picked school board member, and Democratic Party double dipper Cynthia Elliott (she works at Baden Street Settlement House), of playing politics with the education of poor African-American students.
What makes this even more shocking is that it was covered by [...]

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Friends, I was in Washington, DC last week and got to talking with a fellow who deals with State Legislatures in the North.  It was brought up that I was a New Yorker so the topic of our valiant state senate came up.  This gentleman told me that he has seen some crazy things over [...]

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