Hating on “Obamacare,” Liking its Features

This has been a mystery to me for a long time, and here it comes up again: “Obamacare” polls poorly...

Mike Frerichs: Investing in Green Agriculture

Mike Frerichs is our candidate for Illinois State Treasurer (he’s currently a State Senator from Champaign).  I was interested to...

Senator Dick Durbin Bumper Stickers … and T-Shirts!

Our 2014 bumper stickers are here. Get yours today! Steve — Campaign bumper stickers don’t win elections. (Well, not on...

Happy Women’s Equality Day

…in my in-box just now, from Governor Quinn: Steve, Today is Women’s Equality Day — the anniversary of the ratification...

Health Care in Illinois

It’s simple. 500,000 more people in Illinois now have health care thanks to the leadership of Democrats like Governor Quinn...

EJ Dionne on the Character of Today’s Republican Party

I’m catching up on EJ Dionne’s recent columns – a task that’s always worth whatever time it takes.  If you’ve...

Tuesday Blue Note: How Bruce Rauner is costing Illinois millions of dollars

…from the Quinn campaign yesterday (I pasted it in here from the email and some of the formatting doesn’t transfer...

Precinct Committee Preparedness

NTDO Chair Dianne McGuire provides this superb write-up of last week’s meeting: The Naperville Township Democratic Organization hosted ten candidates...