Updated: First contact is made with campaign staff of Lincoln 1864

Oct. 16, 2012
A new website Lincoln 1864 implores voters to support the Abraham Lincoln-Andrew Johnson campaign for the White House. Too bad they've been dead for over a hundred years.

Ricketts family caught up in ad controversy

May. 17, 2012
The patriarch of the family that owns the Chicago Cubs is caught up in the middle of a political controversy over a proposed ad that links President Barack Obama to inflammatory remarks made by Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

Ricketts won't air Obama-Wright campaign ads

May. 17, 2012
UPDATED: 5/17/2012 12:55 p.m.The billionaire said to be weighing a proposal to resurrect incendiary comments by President Barack Obama's former pastor shelved the idea Thursday after Obama and Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney denounced the tactic.An aide to Joe Ricketts, f