Articles filed under Political Figures
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How deep was Obama effect in suburban races?Nov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Look at suburban election results from one angle and the vaunted Barack Obama coattails appear to offer all the coverage of a political tube top. Time and again, incumbe...
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Suburban Republicans hope to lead Senate GOPNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - As part of a sweeping leadership change in the state Senate, suburban Republicans are angling to head their party's struggling minority as downstate Sen. Frank Watson ha...
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America has chance now to begin againNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Tuesday night, America arrived at the epiphany of its democracy. In the backdrop of a world in conflict with a domestic crisis at home, this country stands at the thres...
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Totals are in: Munson loses in 43rd House DistrictNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Ruth Munson, who on Tuesday lost the 43rd State Representative District seat she held since December 2002, said she has no regrets about her campaign and that she was hu...
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Election over, and the real work beginsNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Congratulations to all those people who voted Tuesday, especially to the young first-time voters. Exercising your right to vote is both patriotic and a major component ...
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Voters listened to the wrong voicesNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Well, (some in) America spoke. They listened to Obama's buddies, Joe ("Mark my words an international incident is going to happen" if Obama is elected) Biden, and to Je...
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An open letter to Barack ObamaNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Congratulations. Yours is a historic achievement which should dispel for time and eternity the fiction that America is a racist nation. Savor the headiness, because hea...
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Savoring Obama's victory with graceNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Barack Obama is the brand new president-elect of the United States of America. The challenges of his anticipated office have become increasingly more daunting since the...
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Obama administration could open doors for IllinoisansNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - On more than a few occasions, Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr. has joked that if his friend Barack Obama became president, he'd like to be ambassador to Ireland....
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With so much to do, no time for euphoria's hangoverNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - The crews from Streets & Sanitation spend Wednesday morning picking up the last remnants of the Election Night party in Grant Park. Journalists from around the world pac...