Politics - Rich Miller | Thursday, December 17,2009

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

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

Politics - Rich Miller | Thursday, November 12,2009

Republicans catch ‘tea party fever’

By Rich Miller

“Tea party fever” is to the Republican Party what the H1N1 Flu is to the general populace. It’s spreading fast and it’s potentially dangerous.Establishment Republican politicia

Politics - Rich Miller | Thursday, November 5,2009

Reformers capitulate on campaign finance

By Rich Miller

A few weeks ago, I asked a top Republican what his party’s plan was in the ongoing war over campaign finance reform. “We are not for some sham ethics bill,” the official said, then a

Politics - Rich Miller | Thursday, October 29,2009

Polls show half of voters disapprove of Quinn’s performance

By Rich Miller

For the first time since taking office, a new Rasmussen Reports poll of Illinoisans shows that more than half of all voters disapprove of Gov. Pat Quinn’s performance in office.

Politics - Rich Miller | Thursday, October 22,2009

Hoffman in the hunt; Dillard gets a bounce

By Rich Miller

Underdog Democratic U.S. Senate candidate David Hoffman has a new poll which purports to show that he’s in the hunt, but the camp of Democratic primary rival Alexi Giannoulias says there’s no way the poll is accurate.

Politics - Rich Miller | Thursday, October 15,2009

Something to Stu over if Jim Ryan runs for governor

By Rich Miller

You may have read the news by now that former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan is seriously considering another run for governor.