Mark Kirk

Terror Fears Scarier Than Guantanamo Bay Suspects in the Heartland

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Hate Crimes Against Muslims, Violence Against Muslims, Valerie Kenney, Tinley Park Illinois, Thomson Illinois Prison, Islamophobia, Fort Hood, Mark Kirk, Guantanamo Bay, Backlash, Nidal Malik Hasan, Chicago News

I'm less scared of the possibility of an armed Islamic radical coming into my life than I am about the everyday bigots.

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Editorial Boards Slam GOP For Position On Gitmo Detainees

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Thomson Gitmo, Detainees Editorial Boards, Mark Kirk, Thomson Facility, Opeds, Editorial Boards Republicans, Gitmo, Politics News

The debate over whether to transfer terrorist detainees from Guantanamo Bay to a maximum-security facility in Thomson, Illinois, may burn white-hot in...

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Mark Kirk Gets Skittish About Possible Glenn Beck Endorsement (WATCH)

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

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U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk may or may not accept an endorsement from conservative talk show host Glenn Beck -- he won't say either way. After wo...

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Illinois Republican: We Would Be "Idiots" Not To Take Gitmo Detainees

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gitmo Illinois, Mark Kirk, Thomson Facility, Gitmo Prisoners, Guantanomo Detainees, Representative Jim Sacia Gitmo, Representative Jim Sacia Kirk, Representative Jim Sacia, Thomson Prisoners, Politics News

A Republican lawmaker in Illinois said his GOP colleagues would be "idiots" to kill a proposal to transfer terrorist suspects from the detention facil...

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Rachel Maddow, Lynn Sweet Discuss Hysteria Over Gitmo Detainees (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Fearmongering, Gitmo, Detention, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Mark Kirk, Rachel Maddow, Lynn Sweet, Media News

Mark Kirk, frantically making hay, has bought the domain name noterroristsinillinois.com, the thinking being that the other magical Gitmo-based supervillains must be kept elsewhere to keep their superpowers at bay.

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GOP Moves To Block Gitmo Detainees From Coming To Illinois Prison

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

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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Mark Kirk's Gitmo Flip Flop

Adam Blickstein | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo, President Obama, Mark Kirk, Politics News

Rep. Mark Kirk, fighting to be elected to Obama's former Senate seat, is leading a dangerous and counterproductive charge against the proper method of prosecution for 9/11 terrorism suspects.

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Thomson Prison In Illinois Is Leading Choice In Obama's Search For Stateside Gitmo

AP | TAMMY WEBBER | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: White House, Pat Quin, Pat Quinn, Guantanamo, Thomson Illinois, Obama, New Gitmo, Gitmo, Mark Kirk, Thompson Prison Facility, Jan Schakowsky, Thomson Prison, Chicago, Thomson Correctional Facility, Illinois, Gitmo Detainees, Cuba, Chicago News

CHICAGO — The Obama administration may buy a near-empty prison in rural northwestern Illinois to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay along with fede...

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NARAL: Mark Kirk No Longer Pro-Choice After Stupak Vote

Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Nancy Keenan, Naral Pro-Choice America, Mark Kirk, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Mark Kirk Abortion, Health Care, Chicago News

A leading abortion rights group delivered a rebuke to Republican U.S. Senate contender Mark Kirk today for supporting an amendment to the House-passed...

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Illinois Democrats Line Up Behind Health Care Bill

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Health Care Reform, Illinois Democrats, Alexi Giannoulias, Dan Lipinski, Mark Kirk, Health Care, Cheryle Jackson, Stupak Amendment, Mike Quigley, Jerry Costello, Schakowsky Stupak, Chicago News

There was no shortage of drama at the nation's Capitol Saturday as House Democrats narrowly passed their final version of the health care reform bill ...

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How Sarah Palin and Tea Partiers Are Blowing Up the GOP

Susan J. Demas | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dick Armey, Teabaggers, Ronald Reagan, Bill Owens, Charlie Crist, Palin, Mark Schauer, Mark Kirk, Rnc, Tea Partiers, Dede Scozzafava, Tim Walberg, Gun Rights, Tea Party, Minutemen, Wayne Gilchrest, Arlen Specter, Lincoln Chafee, Rush Limbaugh, Ny-23, Doug Hoffman, Ritght to Life, Barack Obama, Heather Wilson, Moderate Republicans, Carly Fiorina, Sarah Palin, Michael Steele, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Club for Growth, Tim Pawlenty, Glenn Beck, Republicans, Pat Toomey, Joe Schwarz, Chris Chocola, Politics News

When extremists are a (vocal) minority, reasonable Republicans and independents come out of the woodwork. And the spoils go to the Democrats, who look comparatively sane.

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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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Kirk Seeks Palin Endorsement One Year After Trashing Her

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk of Illinois is reportedly trying to get Sarah Plain to endorse his candidacy, which is not surprising considerin...

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Mark Kirk: I Expect To Face Giannoulias For Obama's Old Senate Seat

Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago

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North Shore Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk said today that he expects he and first-term Democratic state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias will face off a y...

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Big Field Of Republicans Look To Turn Around Party's Fortunes

Daily Herald | Joseph Ryan | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois GOP, Illinois Politics, Dan Proft, GOP Candidates, Mark Kirk, Gop, Jim Ryan, Bill Brady, Kirk Dillard, Judy Baar Topinka, Illinois Republican Party, Chicago News

Even as the economy sputters and calls for tax hikes ring across the state, few apparently want to challenge incumbents in their own political party....

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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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Patrick Hughes Bests Kirk In Conservative PAC Straw Poll

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Senate Race, Patrick Hughes Senate, Illinois Senate 2010, Mark Kirk, Patrick Hughes, Mark Kirk Senate, Chicago News

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Hughes came out the favored candidate in a straw poll conducted among members of a conservative PAC Thursday....

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Hoffman Challenges Senate Candidates To Five Debates, Full Financial Disclosure

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago

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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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GOP Senate Candidate Caught Overplaying Mike Ditka's Endorsement

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Senate Race, Illinois Senate 2010, Mark Kirk, Patrick Hughes, Senate Races, Patrick Hughes Mike Ditka, Mike Ditka, Chicago News

In a single day, a longshot Republican Senate candidate got caught trumpeting an endorsement he didn't have, then landing the endorsement after all. ...

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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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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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Mark Kirk Campaign Poll Has Him Ahead of Giannoulias In Senate Race

The Hill | Aaron Blake | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Alexi Giannoulias, Mark Kirk Senate Poll, Senate Races, Illinois Senate Race, Mark Kirk, Illinois Senate 2010, Patrick Hughes, Chicago News

Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) holds a seven-point lead over Alexi Giannoulias (D) and a wide lead over GOP primary opponents in his Senate campaign, accordi...

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GOP Senate Candidate Polls Readers On Iran Sanctions

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iran Sanctions, Kirk Iran, Kirk Polling Data, Mark Kirk, Kirk Senate Candidate, Illinois Senate 2010, Illinois Senate Race, Politics News

In a curious move that could provide fodder for critics, Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill) is polling members of his email list about their preferred position on...

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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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