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Rep. Mark Kirk, locked in the race of his life with Orange to Blue candidate Dan Seals , has already made several highly controversial statements about Democratic candidates this cycle, most notably this one (emphasis added): DON WADE: In fact, yesterday in a conference call, Barack Obama's advisers were asked, "If Osama bin Laden were caught, should he get to challenge his detention in U.S. courts?"...
In case you missed it, latest polling shows Rep. Mark Kirk looks strong in the 10th. Reid Wilson , RCP's Politics Nation. Kirk has high favorables, especially compared to his hapless Dem opponent. And it's no wonder--view this video on said Seals, among others:
AUSTIN -- Dan Seals, running for Congress in Illinois's 10th District, lost by just 6 points to GOP Rep. Mark Kirk in 2006, despite being outspent two-to-one. The DCCC failed to target this race until late in the game, forcing...
By Nathan L. Gonzales Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and business consultant Dan Seals (D) are gearing up for the most expensive House race in the Chicago area this cycle — and it may turn into the most expensive race in the country that doesn’t involve a self-funder. Both candidates are already trumpeting their second-quarter fundraising figures, even though they aren’t officially due to be released until...
This is going to be a bloody, nasty, wildly expensive race, and every single dollar is going to count . Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and business consultant Dan Seals (D) are gearing up for the most expensive House race in the Chicago area this cycle — and it may turn into the most expensive race in the country that doesn’t involve a self-funder. Even before the DCCC and NRCC get involved here, the fundraising...
Congressman Mark Kirk (R-10th) is on track to win again in November, raising a hefty $900,000 in the 2nd quarter alone, with his polling showing a 21 point lead over Seals. Energy is a key issue which Kirk has addressed, and Seals' buffoonery has obviously fallen flat. (Then there are Seals' obvious ties to the Chicago Machin e and Seals' lack of ties to the district .)
Northside (Chicago) DFA sent three of us up into the northern suburbs to canvass for Dan Seals, who came close to beating Mark Kirk in '06. He's running again, starting with the people he recruited and teh lessons he learned last time. Turns out that the campaign was holding a " United for Change " event before we went out. I'll talk more about that after the jump. the campaign provided us with a...
Good to see some real work getting done on the Hill: By a vote of 302-96 last week, the House of Representatives passed the Captive Primate Safety Act, a bold step on the road to outlawing pet monkeys. The House bill boasts 26 co-sponsors, including three from Illinois, Republican Mark Kirk and Democrats Jan Schakowsky and [...]
If Illinois's legislators can't reach an agreement over a capital spending bill by October, "Gov. Schwarzenegger in California, Gov. Rendell in Pennsylvania, Gov. Crist in Florida, Gov. Paterson in New York, all are ready to" try and take the $9 billion in federal matching funds set aside for Illinois, said 10th District Congressman Mark Kirk . That money has been waiting in the federal budget since...
The Do-Nothing Dems continue to feud in Illinois. Sun Times : Illinois would be a national "laughingstock" if state leaders keep feuding over how to finance a statewide construction program and blow an October deadline to get $9 billion in federal matching funds, Rep. Mark Kirk said Monday. [snip] The money has been in the federal budget waiting to go to Illinois since 2005. But Gov. Blagojevich, state...
Congressman Mark Kirk is, quite appropriately, flummoxed that the State Department has not used a new federal vetting process to screen three Palestin... . . .
They still hold you in contempt. Brilliant strategy, Mark Kirk and Team America . Abandon principles and try appealing to people who hate you. Please--do keep it up. If you scuttle yourselves , it makes our task almost effortless.
We've been following the latest treachery in the form of an "assault weapon" ban by Republican Mark Kirk . Here are some new observations: Sean says it's about registration , and we know where that leads to. You're not wrong, Sean, that's one of the results. What do you do if you're a "moderate republican" who attacks gun owners and they give you the response you deserve? Go crying to your democrat...
More Members of Congress have had their computers infiltrated by hackers within China than initially suspected, a lawmaker has revealed. Reps. Frank Wolf (R-Va.), Chris Smith (R-N.J.), and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) admitted to having data removed from their Capitol Hill computers last week, but Wolf says there are more. "I'm not at liberty to say who they are, but there are other members," said Wolf, ranking...
