http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com Living and breathing in the Second City Tue, 13 May 2008 12:53:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A reader emails his thoughts on Barack Obama and the race debate: Here has been my concern about Barack Obama’s candidacy, which rests on his promise to not throw his race (and the history of American racism) in the faces of white voters: it is now okay to talk about race ... http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2008/05/13/reader-mail-the-race-debate/ The Tribune is sponsoring a search for the worst album cover ever. This sounds awfully similar to a chain email that went around last summer. In fact, many of the album covers are the same. They must be getting pretty desperate for attention over there. And if it isn’t a travesty ... http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2008/05/12/most-unoriginal-contest-ever-worst-album-covers/ Steve Chapman’s column yesterday examines why the general election might be tough on John McCain. The president’s disapproval numbers are at a historical low, since the Gallup poll began decades ago. Combine this with an unpopular war and a rough economy and you have all the necessary conditions for a ... http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2008/05/12/inside-the-numbers-why-mccain-isn%e2%80%99t-facing-a-storm/ This could be really outstanding, so long as there are more constitutionalists there than knee-jerk peaceniks. http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2008/05/09/r3volution-march-july-12/ Whether or not you like McCain, he is the only thing that can save the Republican “brand.” He will win in the fall and reinvigorate the party by returning fiscal discipline to Washington. Thoughts? http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2008/05/09/bold-prediction-mccain-remakes-the-gop/ John Hawkins polled “right wing” bloggers and came up with the following list. #25) Mark Levin: 6 #21) Hugh Hewitt: 7 #21) George Will: 7 #21) John Roberts: 7 #21) Ronald Reagan: 7 #20) Victor David Hanson: 8 #19) Antonin Scalia: 9 #18) John McCain: 10 #14) Glenn Beck: 11 #14) George W. Bush: 11 #14) Glenn Reynolds: 11 #14) Matt ... http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2008/05/09/25-most-influential-right-wingers/ I didn’t realize Rich Miller was pro-Con Con! That’s terrific. He criticized Dawn Clark Netsch yesterday for being afraid of the debate. Kudos. For those of you not up to speed on Illinois’ Constitutional Convention, check out the Illinois Citizens Coalition and Illinois Issues. http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2008/05/09/rich-miller-supports-illinois-constitutional-convention/ NOOOOOOOOO! Oh Wait … whewww! He’s in North Carolina. That was close. http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2008/05/08/alan-keyes-gets-a-couple-votes/ To be honest, I don’t know anything about Mike Gravel. But I gotta give the guy credit for this: http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2008/05/08/mike-gravel-give-him-credit/ It looks like Jim Oberweis’ chances of beating Bill Foster in the 14th District just got a little slimmer. From the Beacon News: Libertarian Dan Druck announced Monday that he is planning to run if he can get the required number of signatures to be on the ballot. If he does, Druck ... http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2008/05/07/libertarian-to-run-against-jim-oberweis/