'Are the Ministers Meddling?" blared the headline on a local cable TV talk show. An investigation into the controversial death of Michael Scott has morphed into a political opportunity for political opportunists.
He is terrified of waking the sleeping giant. Gov. Quinn is tiptoeing around African-American voters.
My friend Deborah Harrington called and left a message. Then another. And another. Sometimes she got a live body. Other times, a machine. One thing was consistent: No response.
It was simply astounding. The Oct. 22 press release left me speechless, and that takes some doing.
Republicans are landing in the most unlikely places. On the surface, Illinois' 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary is shaping up as business as usual. The candidates are slinging brickbats at each other over taxes, competence and corruption. The he-said, he-said debate over how to fix Illinois' broken budget, notorious political ethics and high taxes are the same tired running-in-place arguments we have heard for decades.
