The Chicago Sun-Times provides some insight with this story about Carol Moseley Braun’s dismal handling of her own finances. The story, "Moseley Braun’s financial angel" details her travails. Maybe she thought that the $15,561 in income in 2009, presumably from…

The cajoling, nagging or backroom dealing necessary to driveDanny Davis out of the Chicago mayoral race, leaving Carol Moseley Braun as the last major black candidate, signals the arrival — we’re told — of "political maturity" by African-American leaders.That’s what Chicago Sun-Times columnist and political…

UPDATE: Oops, I missed it. Rahm Emanuel has proposed something good for the city. (See UPDATE at bottom of post) While Rahm Emanuel is out raising campaign money from Hollywood pals for his run for Chicago mayor, another candidate, Gery Chico…

This is rich. The result of Tuesday’s election was precisely the same: To stop bad things from happening. Such things as more indebtedness, higher taxes, goofy bailout, government intrusion. And so forth.For two Getty Images photo by Mark Wilson /…

Chicago is renowned as a city where dead people and fictitious people often vote. Their cosmic, insatiable impulse to perform their civic duty overcomes the temporary impediment of burial or non-existence.
State Representative Deb Mell (D-40) is neither dead nor fictitious, but she cannot vote – an unfortunate happenstance which threatens to put her fledgling political career in the proverbial dumpster.
A candidate for public or party office need only fulfill three requirements: Have a pulse. Have a residence. And be a “qualified” – meaning registered – voter. The latter two must …

The Illinois Senate’s Republican minority, numbering just 22 of 59, gets no respect.
After 2000, Republicans had a 37-22 majority. Democrats controlled the 2001 remap. In four subsequent elections – 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008 – Democrats won 11 Republican-held seats, and lost just one.
With the Democrats’ current 37-22 super-majority, Republicans are wholly irrelevant. Even in overtime sessions, when a three-fifths majority (36) is necessary to pass bills or override a gubernatorial veto, Democrats have the votes.
Among big states, Republicans hold state senate majorities in Florida, Texas, Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania …

There are two gubernatorial races this off off year (2009): New Jersey and Virginia.  Republicans will obviously try to make these a referendum on President Obama and a harbinger of things to come.
I hadn’t intended to write anything on this subject, but having been in Virginia last week for several days I thought I’d like to weigh in.  Illinois was actually once part of Virginia, but that’s not the reason I’m writing this.
The Democratic Primary is next Tuesday, June 9 and I never thought I’d say this,  but I hope …

It’s a prospective “Battle of Titans.” It’s the past versus the future. It’s the 19th Ward Irish versus Chicago Hispanics. It’s Hynes versus Madigan.
And it’s Round Three in the blood feud between Cook County Assessor Jim Houlihan and Board of Review Commissioner Joe Berrios.
According to party sources, Berrios, who is also the county Democratic chairman, 31st Ward Democratic committeeman, and a powerful Hispanic in Chicago politics, is seriously contemplating a primary challenge to Houlihan in 2010.
Houlihan is a protégé of Tom Hynes, the former assessor and 19th Ward boss. Berrios …

On Saturday afternoon, in the midst of Chicago’s famous St. Patrick’s Day celebration with its tradition of turning of the Chicago River green, a cadre of concerned Republicans met to plan a way to capture the Congressional seat of Chicago’s 5th District, the one being vacated by Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
The candidate charged with this task is Rosanna Pulido and she only has about three weeks to do it. The special election for Emanuel’s seat is to be held as soon as April 7th.
Read more at Red State

Remember the old pop song lyric: “Everybody loves somebody sometime”? That, in a nutshell, explains the March 3 Democratic primary in the 5th congressional district.  I mistakenly said John Fritchey would likely win…but hey, I just wrote that to see if you were paying attention.  Back to the song title.
The “Big Four” – John Fritchey and Sara Feigenholtz, both state representatives, County Commissioner Mike Quigley, and Alderman Pat O’Connor (40th) – spent a combined $1,911,485, got a cumulative 37,467 votes, but didn’t generate much “love.” Quigley eked out a victory …