In a sign that some truly awful publicity for her father may be hurting her possible gubernatorial bid, Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s poll numbers have plunged in the past several months. And Bill Daley has considerably improved his standing since he announced his candidacy. Back in January, a We Ask America poll had Ms. Madigan […]
House Speaker Michael Madigan
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Gay marriage bill failure and the Black Caucus
There’s more than enough blame to go around regarding the failure of the gay marriage bill during the final days of the General Assembly’s spring session, which ended May 31. Gov. Pat Quinn knew that African-American House members were reluctant to support the bill, mainly because of pressure from their churches. So, why did he […]
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Pension reform problems linger
House Speaker Michael Madigan was hoping last Thursday to avoid the same results as the previous week when he presented some new pension reform ideas. The previous week, one of his pension reform proposals received just one vote – his own. None of his other pension amendments received more than five votes. That wasn’t supposed […]
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Polls blind to state representatives’ shenanigans
I have two poll results to tell you about today. One is about an alleged criminal; the other is about a proven liar. Expelled state Rep. Derrick Smith (D-Chicago) is leading his only opponent by 38 points and is close to the 50 percent he’ll need to reclaim his seat. According to a poll of […]
