Thrust and Parry: Medical Marijuana

Mar. 4, 2009
Medical marijuana legislation passed its first hurdle Wednesday in Springfield. An Illinois House committee voted 4-to-3 to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes. You can read the full story here.

The 5th district elevator pitches

Mar. 2, 2009

Burris brings in the big guns

Feb. 25, 2009
The news broke yesterday that Burris won't resign, but the buried story here is that Burris has the support of longtime political consultant Delmarie Cobb. She was hired by Burris to help spin damage control.

Giannoulias Strongly Considering Senate Run

Feb. 20, 2009
IL State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias has joined the ranks of Illinois' politicians who have called for Roland Burris to step down. Our City Room Editor Sam Hudzik interviewed him today about this and his future political aspirations.

Burris' Donation Record

Feb. 18, 2009
Roland Burris today said that he didn't give one single dollar to Blagojevich. Well, that's not exactly true as Mike Rhee found on the IL State Board of Elections site. Here's a screen shot: and here's the audio from his City Club of Chicago appearance denying giving money to Blagojevich: link

Burris' "press conference"

Feb. 16, 2009
It's kind of a stretch to call Roland Burris' statement a press conference. He didn't take questions, he didn't give much new information and he didn't even talk for 90 seconds. Nonetheless, Mike Rhee and I were there. See, I took this photo:

Pols pay Lincoln props

Feb. 12, 2009

It pays to archive.

Feb. 3, 2009
I remembered that newly appointed RNC chairman Michael Steele was a speaker at the Republican National Convention. He was a guest at the IL delegation breakfast. He spoke for about 8 minutes and tried to rally the delegation behind John McCain and the new VP candidate Sarah Palin. Here's the full:

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