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GOP Moves To Block Gitmo Detainees From Coming To Illinois Prison

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

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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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Kirk Slammed From Right And Left For Courting Sarah Palin

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

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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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Patrick Hughes Bests Kirk In Conservative PAC Straw Poll

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.30.2009 | Chicago

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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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GOP Senate Candidate Caught Overplaying Mike Ditka's Endorsement

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago

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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

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

The Hill | Aaron Blake | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

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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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Mark Kirk Reports Big Money Haul In Senate Race

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.05.2009 | Chicago

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Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk said Monday he has raised $1.6 million in the past three months and has $2.3 million in his campaign coffers in ...

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Ditka Endorses Hughes Over Kirk In Senate Race

Huffington Post | Posted 10.01.2009 | Chicago

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Da Coach isn't backing the favorite. Former Bears coach Mike Ditka, a longtime conservative who stumped with Sara Palin during the 2008 presidential ...

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Mark Kirk's Support Shaky Among Conservatives: Rival Poll

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.22.2009 | Chicago

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There are chinks in Mark Kirk's conservative armor, but are there enough to keep the Republican Congressman from winning his party's 2010 Senate nomin...

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