Illinois Chamber of Commerce leader considers running for governor
Rockford Register Star - Fri Sep 5, 2:30 pm EDTDoug Whitley, president and CEO of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, is considering a run for governor as a Republican in 2010.
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Obama Bounce Confirmed
The Trenton Times - Mon Sep 1, 6:24 pm EDT289996. "...Obama now leads 50%-43% among registered voters. In the USA TODAY poll taken Aug. 21-23, the Illinois senator held a four-point lead...
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Local Labor Leaders Speak Out About Labor Issues
WTVO - WQRF Rockford - Mon Sep 1, 7:38 pm EDT(Rockford, Illinois) In celebration of Labor Day, Rockford held its' annual Labor Day Parade. Many politicians used the parade to campaign for the November election in hopes of swaying voters.
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S.C. staff builds Obama bid
The State - Mon Sep 1, 12:01 pm EDTS.C. natives Rick Wade and Stacey Brayboy took a chance on long-shot presidential candidate Barack Obama about a year and a half ago. The Democratic political operatives agreed to work for the U.S. senator from Illinois and helped orchestrate his S.C. primary win. They mobilized hundreds of Palmetto State volunteers — in barber shops, hair salons and on college campuses — to turn out the vote, ...
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U of I plans appearance by John Edwards
Beloit Daily News - Mon Sep 1, 6:15 pm EDTURBANA, Ill. (AP) - Less than a month after John Edwards admitted having an extramarital affair, the University of Illinois says the two-time presidential candidate has agreed to speak on campus in October.
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Week in review
The Scranton Times-Tribune - Mon Sep 1, 3:43 am EDTMr. Biden’s neighborhood Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s selection of Scranton native Sen. Joe Biden continued to train the national spotlight on the Electric City, as a CNN news crew spent much of Sunday in the city’s Green Ridge section, seeking local reactions to the pick. The report, which aired early Sunday evening, included an interview with U.S. Sen. Bob Casey inside Hank’s Hoagies, a ...
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Jim Edgar on politics, the GOP convention
Belleville News-Democrat - Mon Sep 1, 4:04 am EDTNearly a decade out of office, former Republican Gov. Jim Edgar remains one of Illinois' most popular chief executives.
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Illinois convention delegates offer diversity of political experience
Daily Herald - Sun Aug 31, 1:21 am EDTWho are these folks you will see on your TV screens the next four days, the ones packed like so many sardines onto the convention center floor, holding aloft John McCain signs .
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Right thing to do -- or is it revenge?
Chicago Sun-Times - Sun Aug 31, 5:11 am EDTWhen Michael Frerichs won election to the Illinois Senate in 2006, he could have kept his job as Champaign County's auditor. But Frerichs quit the county post, largely because he didn't want voters in his Downstate district to perceive him as feasting at the public trough.
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Blagojevich's double dipping double standard
Chicago Sun-Times - Sun Aug 31, 5:02 am EDTWhen Michael Frerichs won election to the Illinois Senate in 2006, he could have kept his job as Champaign County's auditor. But Frerichs quit the county post, largely because he didn't want voters in his Downstate district to perceive him as feasting at the public trough. "In my part of the state, if I tried to have both jobs, I eventually would have neither job," the Democrat explained.
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Illinois: Obama Wins at Home
CQPolitics.com via Yahoo! News - Thu Aug 28, 11:39 am EDTIllinois as the "Land of Lincoln" is an obvious reference to the revered president who began his political career in Springfield and was elected in 1860 as the first president from the fledgling Republican Party.
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Illinois Chamber of Commerce leader considers running for governor
Rockford Register Star - Fri Sep 5, 2:30 pm EDTState budget plan aims to get something for nothing
The Galesburg Register-Mail - 8 minutes agoBlagojevich signs bills to help protect Illinois children from sex offenders
Bureau County Republican - Fri Sep 5, 2:36 pm EDTJohn Edwards cancels speech at University of Illinois
The Champaign News-Gazette - Fri Sep 5, 9:10 am EDTIllinois GOP legend gives delegation some straight talk
SouthtownStar - Fri Sep 5, 5:21 am EDTBlagojevich quickly ends makeup session
Herald & Review - Sun Sep 7, 1:14 am EDTWho will be the new stars in Illinois GOP?
Daily Herald - Fri Sep 5, 1:25 am EDTBrady's bunch: Can he stand out in crowded 2010 GOP primary pool?
The Pantagraph - Sun Sep 7, 4:22 am EDTArea candidate Schock could become youngest congressman
The Pantagraph - Sun Sep 7, 4:20 am EDTPeorian aims to be youngest congressman
The Courier News - Sun Sep 7, 5:24 am EDT
