Suddenly, Hynes is a contender

By Rich Miller

With the primary election just around the corner, just about everybody I know has asked me who I think will win the various races.I try to avoid making win/loss predictions, and this campaign season i

Politics - Rich Miller | Thursday, January 21,2010

Quinn’s State of the State lacks the “real meat”

Governor offers no plans for economic turn-around

By Rich Miller

“The Governor, at the beginning of each annual session of the General Assembly and at the close of his term of office, shall report to the General Assembly on the condition of the State and reco

Politics - Rich Miller | Thursday, January 14,2010

Should Quinn be held accountable for botched early prison release program?

By Rich Miller

Gov. Pat Quinn was quoted by the Associated Press last week as saying he's answered all questions about his administration's controversial, secret and completely botched early prison release program

Politics - Rich Miller | Thursday, January 7,2010

New polls look good for Jim Ryan

By Rich Miller

According to two recent polls taken by Rasmussen Reports and one by the Chicago Tribune, Gov. Pat Quinn has a detectable and significant problem with women voters, but a new development in the campaig

Politics - Rich Miller | Wednesday, December 23,2009

Speaker Madigan likes to share the pain

By Rich Miller

For years, reporters and pundits have said that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan preferred Republican governors because Madigan wanted to be the state’s most powerful Democrat.There is som

Politics - Rich Miller | Thursday, December 17,2009

Hynes looks like a fussbudget, denying loan to ‘little people’

By Rich Miller

Last week we all celebrated — or bemoaned — the first anniversary of Rod Blagojevich’s arrest. After Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office, I, like most others, thought t

Politics - Rich Miller | Thursday, December 10,2009

A better campaigner than he is a governor

By Rich Miller

For the past several weeks, I’ve been confiding to friends that I think Gov. Pat Quinn has turned out to be a much better campaigner than anyone expected, and a much worse governor than everyone

Politics - Rich Miller | Thursday, December 3,2009

McKenna’s latest “hair” ad is clever, but false

By Rich Miller

Four years ago during the last Republican gubernatorial primary, dairy magnate Jim Oberweis was sharply and widely criticized for running false newspaper headlines in his TV ads. Now, it’s happe

Politics - Rich Miller | Wednesday, November 25,2009

Hynes hasn’t beat up Quinn yet

By Rich Miller

The original hope by Dan Hynes’ Democratic gubernatorial campaign was that they could outspend and beat up Pat Quinn on TV by Thanksgiving to the point where the governor was vulnerable in the F

Politics - Rich Miller | Thursday, November 19,2009

Quinn will do whatever it takes to win

By Rich Miller

If you ever wondered whether Gov. Pat Quinn would do whatever it takes to win re-election, all you need to do is look at his latest TV ad. The spot is perhaps the most misleading TV advertisemen