IL-14 Roundup
each race has a lens through which a political campaign can be viewed. in the il-03 race, the lens is the emergent scandal surrounding dan lipinski and whether any challenger can coalesce their social...
View ArticleBooman Tribune Open Seat Initiative: John Laesch (IL-14)
John Laesch is running for Congress in Illinois'14th District, a seat recently vacated by former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert. Laesch ran against Hastert in 2006 and received 40.25% of the...
View ArticleBREAKING:Blago sets Sp.Election:IL-14
It's on baby!The State of Illinois is reporting minutes ago that IL Gov. Rod Blagojevich has named February 5th as the date for the special primary for IL-14th Denny-vacated seat,and March 8 for the...
View ArticleIL-14: I Quit the Laesch Campaign Today UPDATE II
So I could say this: Planned Parenthood betrayed me and all the women of IL-14 yesterday. Some of you may remember this memorable DKos diaryby Planned Parenthood back in September, when their new...
View ArticleA Blatant Unabashed Diary Pimp
Please, go here and give the diary a recommend.No, I'm not pimping this diary. I'm burning my daily diary to pimp another diary that needs some attention. See, Kossacks have a chance to take on the...
View ArticleJohn Laesch - Courage Candidate
I urge you to read this diary which explains better than I can why John Laesch is a true courage candidate. It's that simple.So, why another diary on this when I was up at 1 am shoveling snow and...
View ArticleBill Foster files for the special in IL-14
Bill Foster will file 1,832 signatures this morning for the special election in IL-14. They like to point out that's after a week with two ice storms and 8 inches of snow. I like to point out that it's...
View ArticleCampaign Update: John Laesch IL-14
It’s official! John filed over 1700 ballot signatures this morning with the Illinois State Board of Elections in Springfield for the special election to fill the remainder of Denny Hastert’s term. The...
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A Parallel Peace Movement
A good friend recently invited me to attend an event in Chicago hosted by the Council of Islamic Organization of Greater Chicago (CIOGC). Following the tragic events of 9/11, many Muslim Americans...
View ArticleIL-14: Capitulation, “With Biometrics if Necessary”
So, a couple of weeks ago, I was in a public place, right here in St. Charles, Illinois, when I overheard a conversation that alarmed, but failed to surprise, me. The person doing most of the talking...
View ArticleI could lose it all...
And after reading nyceve’sdiary last night, I know where it's going... It started me thinking... I’d like to think there is hope...hope for a real dialogue in politics. A Herculean leap of faith I...
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Omnibus Gives Bush a Blank Check for War at the Expense of Science
Many of the Fermilab community who volunteer for John Laesch for Congress contacted our office On Tuesday, Dec. 18, to alert us of the devastating cuts to high energy physics that came in the House...
View ArticleIL-14 Roundup #2
like il-03, there are new endorsements that have been announced since the first post. john laesch has gotten the afl-cio endorsement [PDF], the endorsement of pdachicago, and the endorsement of the...
View ArticleChristmas, Politics and Poetry in “Two Americas”
This Holiday season was spent like most. My wife Jennifer and I spent Christmas day at both my parents’ house in Newark, IL, and her parents’ house in Plainfield, IL. On Dec. 26th, we spent the day...
View ArticleCampaign Update: John Laesch IL-14
Hi Everyone,Jennifer here, John’s wife and campaign manager.I wanted to take a moment today to sincerely thank all who have devoted their time and energy helping to get John elected, and to wish them...
View ArticleIL-14: Podunk,IL vs. the New Chicago Machine
Not long ago, I ran across this comment from a dedicated Foster volunteer and supporter: This will be unpopular... (0.00 / 0) ...but you know I'm going to say it anyway! I am much more interested in...
View ArticleI Voted
This past week I cast two absentee ballots for the upcoming Illinois Primary on 5 February 2008. I am confident I won't be the only one voting for a man named John that day. I understand there...
View ArticleIL-14: Foster named front-runner (again)
repeating the conventional wisdom in the chicagoland area, chicago public radio called scientist bill foster the democratic front runner in it's preview of the upcoming special election in...
View ArticleACTION NEEDED: Please Vote!
The first round of voting for the DFA Grassroots All-Star ends tomorrow. John Laesch is in the top 10 (number 7, to be exact) but we need to be in the top three to move on to the next round. The DFA...
View ArticleIL-14: John Laesch "most formidable" Democrat
First, I should say that I have taken over as Blog Team Coordinator for the John Laesch campaign. (Yes, again, for those who remember the 2006 cycle.) So, hi, again. ;)Our campaign got a great surprise...
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