Dionne: With Immigration Action, Obama Calls his Opponents’ Bluff

EJ Dionne, yesterday. That only a few [Republicans are interested in passing a comprehensive bill] is an obvious sign to the...

Obama Acts on Immigration

…from the president a little while ago: Right now, I want to tell you why I’m taking action on immigration....

Democrat Frerichs Wins Hard-Fought Illinois Treasurer’s Race

…from Wednesday’s Sun-Times.  Congratulations, Mike and team! Tom Cross concedes in treasurer’s race, giving Frerichs win More than two weeks...

Frerichs Ballot Counting Follow-up: Urgent Help Needed

Mike Frerichs still has a chance to win this race … if all the votes get counted.  Can you help see to...

Elizabeth Drew: Why the Republicans Won

Powerful – and frightening – piece from Elizabeth Drew in the NYRB.  She enumerates some problems we all knew about...

Obstructionism Triumphed, but Obama, Dems Still Fighting for Regular People

…from the DCCC: After Tuesday’s tough election, there’s a lot of talk about what happened, why, and what it means...

Post-Election Thoughts from NTDO Chair Dianne McGuire

…from NTDO Chair Dianne McGuire: Hi everyone…well, not the outcomes, for the most part, for which we hoped, but, let’s...

Here’s Where You Vote

Here’s another timely, practical pointer from Governor Quinn and his campaign: Steve, After a record number of people voted early, we’re...

EJ Dionne: Hope Over Cynicism

EJ Dionne had a nice piece in yesterday’s paper encouraging hope over cynicism.  Here are a few key sections (emphasis added): The...