In the housing-fueled economic meltdown. Bill Clinton's HUD Secretary and current NY AG Andrew Cuomo is suing Bank of America. What gall. WSJ . Prosecutor, Charge Thyself. Andrew Cuomo has more to answer for than does Bank of America. (Emphasis mine): HUD's Web visitors learn that in 1999 "Secretary Cuomo established new Affordable Housing Goals requiring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—two government...
And she has celebrity feminist Gloria Allred as her lawyer now . Who will Allred go after next? Maybe Alexi? Anyone else the machine Dems want to conveniently destroy? (T hey liked Blago when he was useful to them ) Hey, why do we need elections anyway. Just let someone like Tony Rezko appoint everyone. Related posts: Not Joining the Sanctimonious Dem Chorus , Illinois is Kryptonite to Superman Obama...
Rumors abound that the incompetent Gov. Pat Quinn is cooking up a deal with Dem House Speaker Iron Mike Madigan to push out the duly-elected but scandalous Dem Lt. Governor pick --latest, he stiffed his ex for child support while spending millions on his campaign-- and replace him with someone more air-freshened, and Chicago machine. (Like Quinn's losing Dem gubernatorial opponent Dan Hynes . Good...
This is pretty funny, Giannoulias calls for Cohen to step down Pot . Kettle . They're everywhere. Illinois Democrats . More. Jim Geraghty, Morning Jolt : So, just to clarify, seeking to turn the page on the era of Rod Blagojevich and Roland Burris, the Democrats' statewide candidates this year are Rod's two-time running mate, Tony Rezko's banker, and the psycho ex-boyfriend who's blackmailing Katee...
The National Republican Senatorial Committee has launched an attack ad on Democratic Senate candidate Alexis Giannoulias that links the Illinois state treasurer to convicted mobsters, disgraced ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich and convicted real estate developer Tony Rezko.
Now that the president's friend and basketball buddy Alexi Giannoulias is the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate seat in Illinois, here's the thing: Will Barack Obama feed Giannoulias the ball and do the hard work setting picks for him, or will the president stay out of the gym, cool, detached, without breaking a sweat over Illinois politics? Obama was burned by campaigning in Massachusetts last...
Democracy in America The Senate race in Illinois C.H. | CHICAGO The Democrats pick a candidate Images: IT'S official. Yesterday Alexi Giannoulias (pictured) won the Democratic primary in the race for Barack Obama's old Senate seat. How he will fare in November is another question. Mr Giannoulis is ambitious and energetic. As Illinois's treasurer, he has become a skilled retail politician. He has the...
Rep. Mark Kirk easily won yesterday's Republican Senate primary in Illinois. He has my support, and I welcome the opportunity to win "the People's Seat" in the Land of Lincoln this autumn. Kirk will be facing state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias. The Chicago Democrat limped to victory yesterday in his primary contest--questions about the money-losing Bright Star college savings progam his office...
Even though it's not the general election and primary voters could not split their ticket, Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk gets bigger numbers than Dem Chicago Machine candidate Alexi Giannoulias. RCP video Kirk speech . Given Giannoulias' family Broadway Bank scandal , his poor handling of the college savings Bright Start fund, the Granny Grifter case, and his past associations with mobster...
That didn’t take long. The National Republican Senate Committee already released an ad tying Democratic Senatorial Candidate Alexi Giannoulias to Rod Blagojevich, Tony Rezko, and the Chicago Mob. “He would make Tony Soprano Proud.” Via News Alert: They forgot Obama. The NRSC released the following statement already last night: U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Chairman of the National...
Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias has won the Illinois Democratic Senate Primary to fill Barack Obama's old seat. With 86% of precincts reporting, he leads Chicago Inspector General David Hoffman 39-34 and will face Republican Rep. Mark Kirk, the 57-19 victor of the Republican primary, in the General Election. Although Kirk ran hard to the right for the primaries, he is generally seen as...
FoxNews Carl Cameron is reporting from Chicago on Giannoulias and the Broadway Bank losses. Welcome to Chicago Carl. Alexi Giannoulias, who bankrolled Barack Obama early on....along with Tony Rezko ... who hasn't been sentenced yet by the way . He's been sitting in jail for over a year now.... ...and Blago's trial starts in June. A nice prelude to the election in the fall.
Above (left to right): Rod Blagojevich, Jesse Jackson Jr., Barack Obama, Antoin “Tony” Rezko. One year ago today, Rod Blagojevich became the first sitting Illinois governor to be impeached and booted out of office by the Illinois Senate for, among other things, allegedly trying to “sell to the highest bidder” the U.S. senate seat once held [...]
ON LOOSING FRIENDS This is something that has really gotten to me lately. How the heck do I keep friendly relations with those that support the willful destruction of our nation and who support what will cause untold misery for millions if they succeed? They smile. They love me. I love them. And yet....all the while they are doing their best to kill everything good and bring destruction. I tell myself...
Illinois State Treasurer and Dem Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias is facing new questions about his handling of the Bright Start college savings accounts. Chicago Daily Observer's Don Rose : “What may possibly be a major financial blunder followed by what is clearly a cover-up…” The facts are irrefutable. Crain's Greg Hinz: Giannoulias switches, will release docs on Bright Start...
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