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GOP Moves To Block Gitmo Detainees From Coming To Illinois Prison

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Thomson Correctional Center, Gitmo Detainees, Pat Quinn, Guantanamo Detainees, Dick Durbin, Gitmo Detainees Illinois, Guantanamo, Thomson-Illinois, Thomson Prison Video, Mark Kirk Gitmo, Video, Aaron Schock, Dan Proft, Don Manzullo, Mark Kirk, Dan Hynes, Thomson Prison, Mark Kirk Thomson, Andy McKenna, David Hoffman, Patrick Hughes, Tom Cross, Jerry Hebeler, Gitmo Illinois, Chicago News

A plan to transfer prisoners currently held at Guantanamo Bay to a nearly deserted Illinois jail is sharply dividing the state's politicians, with Dem...

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Jacob Meister, Long Shot Dem Senate Candidate, Rips Higher Profile Rivals

Lee Newspapers | MIKE RIOPELL | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Senate 2010, Cheryle Jackson, Senate Races, Jacob Meister, Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Senate Race, David Hoffman, Chicago News

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Jacob Meister criticized his opponents Thursday for being political insiders....

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The Big Confusion: "Moderates" and "Independents" Are Not the Same Thing

John Zogby | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dede Scozzafava, Moderates, David Brooks, Public Opinion Polls, Independent Voters, Public Opinion, Ny-23, Democrats, David Hoffman, Republicans, Politics News
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In a recent New York Times piece, David Brooks divided the electorate into liberals, conservatives and independents. This view mistakes a lack of party affiliation for ideological innocence.

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Gutierrez Endorsing Giannoulias For Obama's Old Senate Seat

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Alexi Giannoulias, Senate Races, Illinois Senate Race, Illinois Senate 2010, Luis Gutierrez, David Hoffman, Chicago News

Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is set to receive the endorsement today of Illinois' highest-ranking Hispanic elected official, U.S. Rep. L...

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Kirk Slammed From Right And Left For Courting Sarah Palin

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Senate Race, Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Senate 2010, Cheryle Jackson, Mark Kirk, David Hoffman, Sarah Palin, Mark Kirk Sarah Palin, Patrick Hughes, Kirk Palin, Senate Races, Chicago News

When word broke that self-described moderate Republican Mark Kirk was angling for kind words from Sarah Palin for his U.S. Senate bid, the response fr...

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Chicago Sued By Own Inspector General

NBC Chicago/Sun-Times | Carol Marin | Posted 11.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Inspector General, Mary E. Hodge, Mayor Daley, Mara Georges, David Hoffman, Chicago Law Department, Daley Sued, Chicago News

NBC5 and the Chicago Sun-Times have learned the city Inspector General's Office is taking the Daley administration to court after issuing a subpoena l...

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Jason Linkins

The State Of Your Post-Election Media Memes

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Chris Christie, Jon Corzine, Media Criticism, Michael Bloomberg, Bill Owens, Election 2009, Bob Mcdonnell, Ny-23, Election Results, David Hoffman, Tea Party, 2009, Barack Obama, John Garamendi, Creigh Deeds, Media News

If you missed out on last night's election, well, don't you know that you missed out on the most important off-off-year election in our lives? It's t...

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Giannoulias Pulls Ahead Of Kirk In New Poll From Campaign

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Senate Race, Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Senate 2010, Mark Kirk, David Hoffman, David Axelrod, Senate Races, Chicago News

Democrat Alexi Giannoulias has pulled slightly ahead of Republican Mark Kirk in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup in the race for Illinois' soon-to-...

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GOP Identity Crisis Finds New Home: Upstate New York

McClatchy | Steven Thomma | Posted 10.31.2009 | New York

Read More: House of Representatives, Congressional Races, House Races, Dede Scozzafava, Republican-Identity-Crisis, Gop, Gop Identity Crisis, David Hoffman, New York, New York Races, Palin, Republicans, New York News

A special election for an open seat in the U.S House of Representatives has turned into a high-profile proxy war over how the party should come back f...

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David Hoffman Meets With David Axelrod At White House

HuffingtonPost.com | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Hoffman White House, Illinois Senate Race, David Hoffman Senate, Illinois Senate 2010, David Hoffman, David Axelrod, Chicago News

President Obama's senior adviser David Axelrod sat down on Thursday for a strategy session with one of the four Democrats running for the president's ...

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Alexi Giannoulias Rips David Hoffman For Fundraiser With Federal Prosecutors

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Alexi Giannoulias, Alexi Giannoulias Senate, Illinois Senate Race, David Hoffman Senate, Illinois Senate 2010, David Hoffman, Cheryle Jackson, Cheryle Jackson Senate, Chicago News

The mud has started to fly in the race for Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat. Just hours after Democratic candidate David Hoffman challenged riv...

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Hoffman Challenges Senate Candidates To Five Debates, Full Financial Disclosure

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: David Hoffman Senate, Alexi Giannoulias, Cheryle Jackson, Illinois Senate 2010, Mark Kirk, Illinois Senate Seat, Illinois Senate Race, David Hoffman, Chicago News

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate David Hoffman is challenging his primary rivals to match the standard of transparency Barack Obama set during his cam...

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Race For Obama's Former Senate Seat A Dead Heat In Recent Poll

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Senate 2010, Mark Kirk, Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Senate Race, Cheryle Jackson, Rasmussen Poll, Senate Races, David Hoffman, Jacob Meister, Patrick Hughes, Chicago News

Democrat Alexi Giannoulias has closed a narrow gap with Republican Mark Kirk in a hypothetical showdown between the current frontrunners for President...

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Democratic Senate Candidates Blast Kirk Over Health Care Comment

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Health Care Reform, Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Senate Race, Illinois Senate 2010, David Hoffman, Mark Kirk, Obama Health Care Reform, Senate Races, Kirk Health Care, Chicago News

Three Democratic U.S. Senate candidates jumped all over Republican rival Mark Kirk Tuesday after the North Shore congressmen said voting for the Obama...

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Hoffman Releases Tax Returns, Dares Giannoulias To Follow

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Senate Race, Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Senate 2010, David Hoffman, Senate Races, Broadway Bank, Hoffman Tax Returns, Giannoulias Tax Returns, Chicago News

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate David Hoffman released his last five end-of-year federal income tax returns Thursday and pointedly called on frontrun...

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Dan Hynes' Tax Plan Would Shield Illinois Legislature, Governor From Tax Hike and Other Campaign News

David Ormsby | Posted 10.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Income Tax Increase, Bridget Gainer, Debbie Halvorson, United Republican Fund, Chicago News, Pat Quinn, CTA Fare Hike, Robin Kelly, Terry Peterson, Illinois Politics, Michelle Malkin, Richard Daley, Cta, Dan Hynes, Todd Connor, Julie Hamos, David Hoffman, 2010 Illinois Democratic Primary, Sara Feigenholtz, Jeff Smith, Chicago News
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If Hynes ultimately were to become governor and enact his plan, the entire Illinois governing class would be exempt from an Illinois income tax increase. Oops.

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Most Democrats Undecided In Illinois Senate Primary: Hoffman Poll

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Senate Race, Cheryle Jackson, David Hoffman, David Hoffman Poll, Illinois Senate 2010, Chicago News

Most Illinois Democrats have yet to make up their mind whom they intend to vote for in the 2010 U.S. Senate primary, a new poll finds. The survey of ...

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Cheryle Jackson Behind Rival Democrats In Senate Money Hunt

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Senate Race, Alexi Giannoulias, Mark Kirk, Cheryle Jackson, David Hoffman, Illinois Senate 2010, Cheryle Jackson Fundraising, Senate Races, Chicago News

Democrat Cheryle Robinson Jackson raised $355,000 in the latest fund-raising period toward her run for President Obama's former Senate seat, her campa...

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Joe Ferguson, Federal Prosecutor, Picked As New Inspector General

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN AND NATASHA KORECKI | Posted 10.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Inspector General, Joe Ferguson Inspector General, Joe Ferguson, Mayor Daley, David Hoffman, Chicago News

Mayor Daley has chosen another seasoned federal prosecutor to serve as Chicago's new corruption-fighting inspector general, City Hall sources said Thu...

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Giannoulias Trails Kirk In Latest Fundraising But Leads Overall Senate Money Race

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cheryle Jackson, Mark Kirk, Illinois Senate 2010, Jacob Meister, Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Senate Race, David Hoffman, Senate Races, Giannoulias Fundraising, Chicago News

State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias reported Tuesday his campaign raised $1.1 million in the third quarter of 2009 and has $2.4 million on hand in the r...

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David Hoffman Reports Raising $900,000 For Senate Run

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Alexi Giannoulias, Mark Kirk, Cheryle Jackson, David Hoffman, Illinois Senate 2010, David Hoffman Fundraising, Senate Races, Illinois Senate Race, Chicago News

Democratic Senate candidate David Hoffman reported Monday that he has raised $905,137 in the month since announcing his candidacy for the seat current...

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Abner Mikva Endorses David Hoffman For Obama's Old Senate Seat

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Senate Race, David Hoffman Senate, Abner Mikva, David Hoffman, Senate Races, Illinois Senate 2010, Chicago News

Former Chicago inspector general David Hoffman picked up the endorsement of a venerable former judge and unveiled a transparency platform Tuesday in h...

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Giannoulias Gets Big SEIU Endorsement, Shot From Rival Hoffman

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 09.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Senate Race, David Hoffman, Illinois Senate 2010, Dan O'neil, Seiu, Senate Races, Giannoulias SEIU, Jeff Schoenberg, Cheryle Jackson, Chicago News

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias earned the endorsement of one of the state's largest unions Thursday, and a shot from a rival in re...

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Cheryle Jackson Lands National Endorsement After Making Senate Bid Official (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mark Kirk, Cheryle Jackson, Cheryle Jackson Senate, Jacob Meister, Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Senate Race, David Hoffman, Cheryle Robinson Jackson, Illinois Senate 2010, Senate Races, Emily's List, Chicago News

Cheryle Robinson Jackson earned the endorsement of a powerful women's political group Thursday, just one day after officially launching her campaign f...

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Democrats Endorse Quinn For Governor, Giannoulias For Senate

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cheryle Jackson, Illinois Senate 2010, Dan Hynes, Pat Quinn, Jacob Meister, Senate Races, Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Governor Race, Illinois Senate Race, Quinn Slating, David Hoffman, Chicago News

Gov. Quinn won the endorsement Friday of the Cook County Democratic Party. Challenger Dan Hynes -- who almost succeeded in getting the party not to e...

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