Chicago Daily Observer

Back in January, the Daily Herald asked serious questions about the ethics of Illinois’ 10th District Congressional candidate, Dan Seals. Seals was representing himself as a Northwestern University professor when the truth was that he was hired as a lecturer for a one-night-per-week class for the spring quarter in the school of continuing studies. When confronted, Seals cavalierly said that was because he didn’t know the difference, but failed to revise his literature. Seals, who lives in the district in which Northwestern in located but not in the district in which he is running, and who appears to have no civic or religious ties to the community which he seeks to represent, is a newcomer to the North Shore area. For these reasons, it is likely that at the time “Professor-gate” first emerged, he was unaware of the deep emotions locals feel when the topic of Northwestern University is raised. ... Read More...

10th Congressional District Dem candidate Dan Seals likes to draw as many comparisons between Barack Obama and himself as possible. Who would have guessed that this goes as far as claiming to be a professor when he is not?

Turns out that our Illinois junior senator was billed as a law professor at University of Chicago when he was actually only a lecturer, according to Obama fan and frequent cheerleader/apologist Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times. See her article here. Sweet actually seems to imply that it was U of C’s fault, not Obama’s, for claiming he was a law professor, when he only taught part-time and clearly never held the title of “professor of law.” But, Obama himself has claimed that title in the past, and is only now being held accountable.

It will be remembered as Black Tuesday. Or the Big Black Blowout. In the Feb. 5, 2008 Democratic primary, black candidates will be nominated for three Cook county offices (state’s attorney, recorder, and clerk of circuit court), two appellate court vacancies, and Barack Obama will win the state’s presidential primary.
Here’s an analysis of the Obama-Clinton race and the Board of Review (2nd District), plus predictions by Chicago Daily Observer editorial board chairman Tom Roeser and political analyst Russ Stewart on Roeser’s WLS show concerning a multitude of Chicago, Cook County, and congressional races.
President (Democratic): black Democrats excelled in the 1983, 1992, 2000 and 2004 primaries. In 2008, it’s a replication of 1992 and 2004. Black turnout in Chicago and Cook County will be huge. Obama wins, but by how much?
In the 1992 U.S. Senate primary, black recorder Carol Moseley Braun got 409,574 votes ... Read More...