Rezko Sentencing Delayed
The sentencing of convicted political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko has been delayed for more than a month by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge ...
The sentencing of convicted political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko has been delayed for more than a month by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge ...
Andy Ostroy | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics
It's unconscionable that Rangle would amass a 50% discounted rent-stabilized fiefdom when his constituents are put on the street for failing to meet much less stringent requirements.
Linda Hansen | Posted 06.19.2008 | Home
Lindsey Graham wants to be a kinder gentler right-winger. Really he does. He doesn't want to talk about which church Obama attends, he says, and, as we say down here in the Deep South, "That's mighty white of him."
Huffington Post | Adam Rose | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media
Hillary Clinton's willingness to concede the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama dominated the front page today in newspapers nationwide, but news t...
AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics
CHICAGO — A prominent fundraiser for Sen. Barack Obama and Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted of fraud, money laundering and bribery Wednesday a...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics
More bombshells were lobbed in the Antoin "Tony" Rezko trial even before the jury was seated this morning and they involved a purported attempt to pul...
Andy Ostroy | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics
With a win in PA, Clinton's question to the superdelegates will be, "Are you better off with me or Obama against the Ruthless Republican Attack Machine." This Realisticrat already knows the answer.
Chicago Sun Times | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics
When Iraqi-born billionaire Nadhmi Auchi attended an April 3, 2004 reception for himself at Tony Rezko's home White House hopeful Barack Obama, and hi...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics
In an open memo which got almost no media play last December, Karl Rove spit out six things Obama should do to zap Clinton. Obama has followed the script to the letter.
Joseph C. Wilson | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics
Much of the reaction to Sen. Clinton's 3 a.m. ad is from people who have never been involved in foreign policy and certainly never had to field such a call in a crisis situation.
Trey Ellis | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics
Obama's willingness to cowboy up and face all the accusations at the same time has been breathtaking in its transparency.
Nathaniel Bach | Posted 03.18.2008 | Home
Hillary Clinton has adopted the role of the erstwhile Republican candidate, Mike Huckabee. She has nothing to lose by continuing her campaign and hoping that Obama makes a severe-enough misstep to effectively remove him from contention.
Huffington Post | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics
Obama will appear tonight in an interview for PBS. When asked about his connection with indicted fundraiser Tony Rezko, he offers a novel explanation...
Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics
It's well past time for Hillary Clinton to be as "vetted" as she claims to already be -- and to have this vetting done now by Democratic voters rather than later by GOP hit squads. Read More Arianna Huffington: Bill O'Reilly Needs to Enroll in "Understanding the Internet 101" I find it laughable to be lectured on hate speech by O'Reilly, who spews hate as readily as he breathes. It's his lifeblood. Read More Why I Am Grateful that Rush Limbaugh Attacked Me This Week It's one thing to have the likes of Rush Limbaugh blatantly politicizing terrorism -- he is, after all, little more than a toxic curiosity. But we need to have a very different standard when it comes to members of Congress. Read More
Huffington Post | Posted 03.16.2008 | Politics
The Chicago Tribune reports that Barack Obama's is pushing this week for greater transparency in his campaign as part of a plan to launch a head-on at...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 03.16.2008 | Politics
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama waited 16 months to attempt the exorcism. But when he finally sat down with the Tribune editorial board Friday, Obama offered a...
AP | David Jackson | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics
CHICAGO — Presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday that he got more political money from indicted Chicago businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics
As the trial of embattled Illinois political insider Tony Rezko creates headaches for Sen. Barack Obama, the legal fate of Sen. Hillary Clinton's famo...
Tony Sachs | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics
I feel a little bad getting my jollies at the expense of Gov. Spitzer, but... actually, no I don't. The guy's entire basis for running was that he was Mr. Integrity.
Daily Chronicle | Mike Robinson | Posted 03.10.2008 | Politics
Sen. Barack Obama was among eight state officials and others consulted about who should be appointed to a state board that later became involved in wh...
Daily Kos | First Amendment | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics
The vetting of the Clinton's is just beginning. This was a risky strategy by the Clinton's in the first place, because the boomerang effect will expos...
Tom Hayden | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics
It is becoming increasingly questionable whether Obama can succeed at his lofty visionary level without sharpening a principled policy difference with Clinton that really matters to voters.
Margaret Carlson | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics
McCain's challenge is to continue acting "humbled'' and "honored'' to have won and to resist any straight talk regarding his feelings for his own party and almost every elected official in it.
Sun Times | Mark Brown | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics
Even I'm a little leery of writing another Barack Obama-Tony Rezko column at this point. After Hillary Clinton's resurgence in Tuesday's primaries, t...
chicago sun-times | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics
From the Chicago-Sun Times: It was a low-key start to what could be an explosive trial that's expected to highlight Rezko's influence in Gov. Blagoje...
In a candid interview via satellite from China, Olympic...
Update: Keith Olbermann had Rachel Maddow on "Countdown" Tuesday night to celebrate...
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"How honest are we if we tell the truth most of the time &...
Obama's been to Hawaii. We're moving...
I've read the comments. I know what some of you think. Yawn. It's not a story. He's not...
LOS ANGELES — Barack Obama is getting praise from Nashville, courtesy of one...
The New York Times' Kit Seelye is backing up NBC's Andrea Mitchell, who reported on...
Michael Phelps, Michael Phelps, Michael Phelps. With all the play his name gets right now,...
NEW YORK — The suspense didn't quite compare to the identity of "Deep Throat,"...
As much as I dreaded turning 30, believe it or not I'm actually starting to...
Turning conventional neuroscience on its head, new research suggests the...
BURKE, N.Y. -- Everywhere that Janet and Ken Tacy...
Chicago Tribune | Jeff Coen | Posted 08.20.2008 | Chicago