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Clout Gate. I'm coining the term here and now. I can't think of any better reason than clout to explain why an Illinois governor elected on an anti-corruption platform and ending up under long-term federal investigation would think he could get away with disgraceful deeds the likes of which got Rod
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Last night on CNN, Campbell Brown nailed John McCain's campaign advisers to the cross, damned near literally. In her 'Cutting Through the Bull' segment, she made one thing clear to GOP aides who have been set on publicly humiliating ex-Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin ever since Barack Obama's hi
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As thrilled as the world was to learn that America elected its first black President on Tuesday night, the reaction to the news by revelers at Grant Park was transcendent. Here's what you didn't see on TV: a quarter of a million people spontaneously counting down in unison while awaiting the West Co
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9:59:50 p.m. CST. CNN warns of special announcement. A quarter million people spontaneously count down in unison, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Dum-dum-da-dum. CNN Breaking News, Chicago gives Barack Obama to America as its first black President. One tiny second of pause between announcement and
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I admit it. I feel like Charlie about to have an audience with Willie Wonka. Today I got the email that thousands in this city were hoping for: my non-transferable ticket for me and a guest to attend Barack Obama's Grant Park election night rally.
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During Election 2006, I had the good fortune to participate in 7 Days @ Minimum Wage, a video diary of working Americans struggling to keep their families afloat on minimum-wage pay. I interviewed Jessica, a single mom in Chicago. Her searing answers and barely contained sorrow made her, much to my
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Here's an amazing ad which speaks beautifully and mercilessly for itself. It's why I early voted for Barack Obama. And why you should vote for him, too.
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They say there are two sides to every story. I give you my interpretation of the inner voice inside Sarah Palin's head during her GOP vice-presidential nomination acceptance speech. With tongue stuck firmly in cheek.
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Oh, what an agida-inducing weekend that was. That's my excuse, anyway, for the tardiness of my Cincinnati trip report and Brendan Reilly interview. Every time I tried to finish writing them, another one of my friends was either dumping their boyfriend, being dumped themselves, or calling me after be
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As reported in today's Chicago Tribune, this week, downtown Chicago's Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies bowed to pressure from Jewish United Fund (JUF)/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago president Steven Nasatir and closed its multimedia exhibition on Holy Land boundaries, 'Imaginary Coordi
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Anyone who's followed Cook County politics since Todd Stroger took the reins of the most powerful county in Illinois from his formerly ailing (finally deceased) father knows that Stroger-fils doesn't have the greatest grasp on the realities of his job. But, hey, he's the President.
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The Chicago Reporter reveals that the Chicago Housing Authority 'Plan for Transformation' may have helped disenfranchise thousands of Windy City public-housing voters. And the CHA is taking no responsibility for the problem.