Archive for December, 2008

THE HILL: “Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s appointment to President-elect Obama’s Senate seat ha…

THE HILL: “Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s appointment to President-elect Obama’s Senate seat has prompted a flurry of legal questions about the Senate’s ability to block it.

Degrees of Separation? Not in Illinois Politics.

President-elect Barack Obama spent yesterday afternoon in Honolulu, going to the zoo with his daughters and visiting his high school campus.

Ill. Gov. Blagojevich Makes Senate Pick Over Democrats’ Objections

Brushing aside the objections of Democratic leaders, embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich selected former state attorney general Roland W.

Two Lessons From 2008

We learned two things about our politics and our economy in 2008.

Obama: America’s ‘First Online Social Networking President’

“Fired up, ready to go — that was the campaign slogan,” says a beaming Ernest E. Johnson on a recent Saturday.