GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - January 3, 2009
Articles of interest to Illinois Republicans recently posted by ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Crain's Chicago Business, Daily Herald, Suburban Chicago News, Suburban Life, Pioneer Local, Southtown Star, Rockford Register Star, Bloomington Pantagraph, Peoria Journal Star, Springfield State Journal Register, Belleville News Democrat, Southern Illinoisan, Illinois Review, Public Affairs, Champion News, Illinois Family Institute, Americans For Truth, Chicago Daily Observer, Tom Roeser, Capitalfax, etc.
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ABC7
-- Illinois lawmakers to meet in special session - Ben Bradley
-- Illinois lawmakers to meet in special session - Ben Bradley
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6582813
-- Emanuel resigns from House
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6582928
-- Emanuel resigns from House
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6582928
NBC5
-- Blagojevich Loses Federal Security Information Clearance
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Blagojevich-Stripped-of-Access-to-Federal-Security-Information.html
-- Ding! New Round in Blago Impeachment Fight House moves up vote plans to next week
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/New-Year-May-Bring-Blago-Impeachment.html
-- Blagojevich Loses Federal Security Information Clearance
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Blagojevich-Stripped-of-Access-to-Federal-Security-Information.html
-- Ding! New Round in Blago Impeachment Fight House moves up vote plans to next week
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/New-Year-May-Bring-Blago-Impeachment.html
CBS2
-- Blockade Expected For Burris In Washington Senate Sergeant At Arms Says He Doesn't Expect Trouble
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/blagojevich.burris.washington.2.898858.html
-- Blockade Expected For Burris In Washington Senate Sergeant At Arms Says He Doesn't Expect Trouble
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/blagojevich.burris.washington.2.898858.html
-- Rush, Activists Turn Heat Up For Burris - Mike Parker
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/Burris.Senate.seat.2.899085.html
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/Burris.Senate.seat.2.899085.html
-- Illinois House May Be Expediting Impeachment State House Changes Schedule
http://cbs2chicago.com/governor/blagojevich.impeachment.timeline.2.898909.html
http://cbs2chicago.com/governor/blagojevich.impeachment.timeline.2.898909.html
-- Illinois Gov.'s Pick To Face Friction In Senate - AP
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/senate.roland.burris.2.899039.html
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/senate.roland.burris.2.899039.html
-- CBS2 PROMOTES OBAMA: "The Saltzman family feels a special connection to the president-elect. Allen Saltzman claims he predicted the Obama run for the White House after meeting him at a parade in Wheaton during Obama's campaign for U.S. Senate. 'I just kind of said to myself, that guy should run for President and I kind of said to myself he would do well if he ever gave it a shot, and here we are today,' Saltzman said."
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/Obama.Hyde.Park.2.899153.html
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/Obama.Hyde.Park.2.899153.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- Reid pressured Blagojevich not to appoint Jackson Jr. to Obama’s U.S. Senate seat - Natasha Korecki, Chris Fusco, Lynn Sweet
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1360191,harry-reid-blagojevich-jesse-jackson-010209.article
-- Reid pressured Blagojevich not to appoint Jackson Jr. to Obama’s U.S. Senate seat - Natasha Korecki, Chris Fusco, Lynn Sweet
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1360191,harry-reid-blagojevich-jesse-jackson-010209.article
-- FRONT PAGE: Blagojevich stripped of access to classified federal security information - Frank Main
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1360091,blagojevich-department-of-homeland-security-010309.article
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1360091,blagojevich-department-of-homeland-security-010309.article
-- Roland Burris tells Lynn Sweet: 'We are the senator' No circus? Says he'll try to avoid a scene when he shows up to claim seat - Lynn Sweet
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/1360535,CST-NWS-sweet04.article
-- Obama, Blago flip sides of Bizarro plotline - Carol Marin
http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1360142,CST-EDT-carol04.article
-- Reid's stand on Burris ignores rule of law - Jane Hamsher
http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/1360164,CST-EDT-open04a.article
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/1360535,CST-NWS-sweet04.article
-- Obama, Blago flip sides of Bizarro plotline - Carol Marin
http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1360142,CST-EDT-carol04.article
-- Reid's stand on Burris ignores rule of law - Jane Hamsher
http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/1360164,CST-EDT-open04a.article
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- The race is on Madigan picks up pace of impeachment hearings even as Blagojevich pushes to get Burris seated - Ray Long and John Chase
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-blagojevich-burris-impeach-0jan03,0,5737617.story
-- Auto industry girds for more sales gloom - Dan Strumpf
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sat-auto-forecast-jan03,0,3695583.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-blagojevich-burris-impeach-0jan03,0,5737617.story
-- Auto industry girds for more sales gloom - Dan Strumpf
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sat-auto-forecast-jan03,0,3695583.story
-- Chicago GOP markets self as the anti-Blago party - Andrew Zajac
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/01/chicago_gop_markets_self_as_th.html
(THE POSTING: It's the Chicago way. Use the suffering of others to advance yourself. This time it's the Chicago Republican Party -- yes, there is one -- seeking to capitalize on the misfortune of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is accused of trying to peddle Barack Obama's former Senate seat to the highest bidder. The local party sent out an email invite recently to "join the party for the post-Blagojevich era." But, being Republicans, they can't help themselves. This isn't an all-comers call, though you'd think the local Republicans, who hold exactly one of 50 seats on the city council, would take help from wherever they could get it. The Chicago Republican Party, the entire Illinois Republican apparatus, for that matter, truly has been the Grand Old Party, with emphasis on the "old." Rich, but over 50, overwhelmingly white and politically inept. "Diversity", in 2004 at least, meant importing black arch-conservative Alan Keyes from Maryland as a sacrificial lamb because the Party of Lincoln could not find a serviceable indigenous candidate of any color to put up against Barack Obama for U.S. Senate. This after the great young hope of the GOP, Jack Ryan found himself sidelined by an unfortunate scandal involving allegations that he aspired to sex in public with his wife at the time, the actress Jeri Ryan. So you'd think Chicago Republicans would recognize a need to grow the base, and give them credit, their invitation reflects a knowledge of the need to get younger. It has the styling of a vodka ad aimed at twenty-something singles. It features a comely model with fan-blown hair and a flag, promises of advance notice on celebrity appearances and opportunity to "network with other professionals." No Stoli discounts, however. (Technical difficulties won't permit us to copy the invite directly into The Swamp. But you can get a taste of what party supporters are trying to do by clicking here.) The trouble is there's nothing here for beer drinkers or blue collars, who may also be looking for alternatives to machine Democrats. The city is more than 60 percent black and Hispanic and the well-scrubbed faces in the photos are all on the light-skinned side. See, it's hard to break out of the Chicago way of doing politics. What's the expression? We don't want nobody nobody sent.)
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/01/chicago_gop_markets_self_as_th.html
(THE POSTING: It's the Chicago way. Use the suffering of others to advance yourself. This time it's the Chicago Republican Party -- yes, there is one -- seeking to capitalize on the misfortune of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is accused of trying to peddle Barack Obama's former Senate seat to the highest bidder. The local party sent out an email invite recently to "join the party for the post-Blagojevich era." But, being Republicans, they can't help themselves. This isn't an all-comers call, though you'd think the local Republicans, who hold exactly one of 50 seats on the city council, would take help from wherever they could get it. The Chicago Republican Party, the entire Illinois Republican apparatus, for that matter, truly has been the Grand Old Party, with emphasis on the "old." Rich, but over 50, overwhelmingly white and politically inept. "Diversity", in 2004 at least, meant importing black arch-conservative Alan Keyes from Maryland as a sacrificial lamb because the Party of Lincoln could not find a serviceable indigenous candidate of any color to put up against Barack Obama for U.S. Senate. This after the great young hope of the GOP, Jack Ryan found himself sidelined by an unfortunate scandal involving allegations that he aspired to sex in public with his wife at the time, the actress Jeri Ryan. So you'd think Chicago Republicans would recognize a need to grow the base, and give them credit, their invitation reflects a knowledge of the need to get younger. It has the styling of a vodka ad aimed at twenty-something singles. It features a comely model with fan-blown hair and a flag, promises of advance notice on celebrity appearances and opportunity to "network with other professionals." No Stoli discounts, however. (Technical difficulties won't permit us to copy the invite directly into The Swamp. But you can get a taste of what party supporters are trying to do by clicking here.) The trouble is there's nothing here for beer drinkers or blue collars, who may also be looking for alternatives to machine Democrats. The city is more than 60 percent black and Hispanic and the well-scrubbed faces in the photos are all on the light-skinned side. See, it's hard to break out of the Chicago way of doing politics. What's the expression? We don't want nobody nobody sent.)
DAILY HERALD
-- House pushes up Blago impeachment hearings - Rob Olmstead
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=261810
-- Addison Township pols get nice deal - Bob Peickert, Chairman, Democratic Party of DuPage County, Elmhurst
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=261355&src=
(THE LETTER: The attack on Rita Gonzalez by Pat Durante in his Dec. 21 letter to the editor missed the mark. Gonzalez won the county board seat in District 1 over Yolanda Campuzano for one reason - the voters wanted change. Gonzalez is an 11-time award winner for her work with communities and minorities. Now the county board is trying to hire Campuzano as Ethnic Outreach Coordinator, for $50,000 a year, which just happens to be what she earned as a board member. However, let's talk about important matters in Addison Township, Pat's backyard. On Oct. 8, officials of Addison Township gave themselves hefty raises. The supervisor, Kathryn Cermak-Durante, Pat's wife, now earns $58,000 a year. In 2001, the supervisor made $29,000. A 100 percent pay raise over 7 years or 14.3 percent a year. Best part about the job is that it doesn't require Mrs. Durante to spend one minute in the office or to do anything else other than attend one meeting a month that lasts about 10 minutes. (The clerk no longer notes the ending time of the meetings in the minutes.) Here are the other salaries: Town Clerk Pam Moretti now makes $22,500, compared to $7,500 in 2001, a whopping 200 percent raise or 28.6 percent a year; the assessor's salary went from $58,750 to $98,000, and the highway commissioner from $51,750 to $79,000. These figures do not include a very attractive benefits package including paid health insurance. All of this money spent on salaries for officials and little for the residents. The food pantry is shut down, services have been scaled back, no elected official is in the office except by appointment and there's little of that. The place is run by clerks. Maybe it's time for change in Addison Township as well.)
-- House pushes up Blago impeachment hearings - Rob Olmstead
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=261810
-- Addison Township pols get nice deal - Bob Peickert, Chairman, Democratic Party of DuPage County, Elmhurst
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=261355&src=
(THE LETTER: The attack on Rita Gonzalez by Pat Durante in his Dec. 21 letter to the editor missed the mark. Gonzalez won the county board seat in District 1 over Yolanda Campuzano for one reason - the voters wanted change. Gonzalez is an 11-time award winner for her work with communities and minorities. Now the county board is trying to hire Campuzano as Ethnic Outreach Coordinator, for $50,000 a year, which just happens to be what she earned as a board member. However, let's talk about important matters in Addison Township, Pat's backyard. On Oct. 8, officials of Addison Township gave themselves hefty raises. The supervisor, Kathryn Cermak-Durante, Pat's wife, now earns $58,000 a year. In 2001, the supervisor made $29,000. A 100 percent pay raise over 7 years or 14.3 percent a year. Best part about the job is that it doesn't require Mrs. Durante to spend one minute in the office or to do anything else other than attend one meeting a month that lasts about 10 minutes. (The clerk no longer notes the ending time of the meetings in the minutes.) Here are the other salaries: Town Clerk Pam Moretti now makes $22,500, compared to $7,500 in 2001, a whopping 200 percent raise or 28.6 percent a year; the assessor's salary went from $58,750 to $98,000, and the highway commissioner from $51,750 to $79,000. These figures do not include a very attractive benefits package including paid health insurance. All of this money spent on salaries for officials and little for the residents. The food pantry is shut down, services have been scaled back, no elected official is in the office except by appointment and there's little of that. The place is run by clerks. Maybe it's time for change in Addison Township as well.)
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: George Ryan promoter Walt Zlotow of Glen Ellyn demonizes and denigrate everyone who does not promote George Ryan
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=261359&src=
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE Karen Wagner of Rolling Meadows demonizes and denigrates Republicans, Democrats, etc.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=261593&src=
-- Give the money to the people - Louis Clarizio Jr., Schaumburg
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=261598&src=
(THE LETTER: G.M., Chrysler and Ford have inventories that must be sold before they have any chance for profitability. Give anyone buying a car a check from the treasury. This would bring an influx of cash to the car companies, get the old cars off the road, help pollution problem. Unless we reduce the inventory of cars already built, why build more cars? Give the money to the Americans ready to help our recession.)
-- Cash-poor states eager for a piece of Obama plan - AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=261929
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=261359&src=
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE Karen Wagner of Rolling Meadows demonizes and denigrates Republicans, Democrats, etc.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=261593&src=
-- Give the money to the people - Louis Clarizio Jr., Schaumburg
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=261598&src=
(THE LETTER: G.M., Chrysler and Ford have inventories that must be sold before they have any chance for profitability. Give anyone buying a car a check from the treasury. This would bring an influx of cash to the car companies, get the old cars off the road, help pollution problem. Unless we reduce the inventory of cars already built, why build more cars? Give the money to the Americans ready to help our recession.)
-- Cash-poor states eager for a piece of Obama plan - AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=261929
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- House to meet Wednesday, may vote on impeachment Thursday - Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/blagojevich/x512371635/House-impeachment-committee-reconvenes-Tuesday
http://www.sj-r.com/blagojevich/x512371635/House-impeachment-committee-reconvenes-Tuesday
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
-- Blagojevich impeachment vote could come Thursday - Kurt Erickson
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2009/01/02/news/doc495e77b59b1b3175325804.txt
-- Blagojevich impeachment vote could come Thursday - Kurt Erickson
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2009/01/02/news/doc495e77b59b1b3175325804.txt
-- Cloud of scandal not disrupting ethics training in state - Kurt Erickson
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2009/01/02/news/doc495e78287bd5d214891651.txt
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2009/01/02/news/doc495e78287bd5d214891651.txt
LAKE COUNTY NEWS SUN
-- Bringing D.C. to Lake County Black Chamber and Democrats plan Obama inauguration fetes - Ryan Pagelow
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/1360138,5_1_WA03_OBAMA_S1.article
-- Bringing D.C. to Lake County Black Chamber and Democrats plan Obama inauguration fetes - Ryan Pagelow
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/1360138,5_1_WA03_OBAMA_S1.article
GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
-- Lawmakers see opportunity to push ethics legislation - Adriana Colindres
http://www.galesburg.com/news/news_state/x2094349259/Lawmakers-see-opportunity-to-push-ethics-legislation
-- Lawmakers see opportunity to push ethics legislation - Adriana Colindres
http://www.galesburg.com/news/news_state/x2094349259/Lawmakers-see-opportunity-to-push-ethics-legislation
KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
-- Top prosecutor will attack any target of corruption Illinois voters would be fortunate if Barack Obama leaves the corruption-fighting prosecutors' office intact. - Editorial
http://www.daily-journal.com/archives/dj/display.php?id=433299
-- Top prosecutor will attack any target of corruption Illinois voters would be fortunate if Barack Obama leaves the corruption-fighting prosecutors' office intact. - Editorial
http://www.daily-journal.com/archives/dj/display.php?id=433299
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
-- Illinois Republicans Seek Return To Power - Cheryl Corley
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98698270&ft=1&f=1001
-- Illinois Republicans Seek Return To Power - Cheryl Corley
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98698270&ft=1&f=1001
ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- IL GOP leaders continue to urge special election - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2009/01/il-gop-leaders-continue-to-urge-special-election.html
-- IL GOP leaders continue to urge special election - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2009/01/il-gop-leaders-continue-to-urge-special-election.html
-- Top 10 Conservative IL House members - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2009/01/top-10-conservative-il-house-members.html
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2009/01/top-10-conservative-il-house-members.html
-- Top 10 IL Reformers in 2008 - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2009/01/top-10-il-reformers-in-2008.html
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2009/01/top-10-il-reformers-in-2008.html
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
-- Have you no shame, Rod Blagojevich, Roland Burris, Speaker Mike Madigan, Mayor Daley and President-Elect Obama? - Jeff Berkowitz
http://jeffberkowitz.blogspot.com/2009/01/have-you-no-shame-rod-roland-burris.html
-- Have you no shame, Rod Blagojevich, Roland Burris, Speaker Mike Madigan, Mayor Daley and President-Elect Obama? - Jeff Berkowitz
http://jeffberkowitz.blogspot.com/2009/01/have-you-no-shame-rod-roland-burris.html
CAPITALFAX
-- Impeachment accelerating in 2009 - Bethany Jaeger
http://capitalfax.blogspot.com/2009/01/jump-start-to-2009.html
-- Impeachment accelerating in 2009 - Bethany Jaeger
http://capitalfax.blogspot.com/2009/01/jump-start-to-2009.html
-- House returns Wednesday - Rich Miller
http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2009/01/02/house-returns-to-town-wednesday-may-begin-impeachment-proceedings-this-week/
http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2009/01/02/house-returns-to-town-wednesday-may-begin-impeachment-proceedings-this-week/
RED STATE
-- Phyllis Schlafly endorsing Ken Blackwell for RNC Chairman. - Moe Lane
http://www.redstate.com/redhot/2009/01/02/phyllis-schlafly-endorsing-ken-blackwell/
-- Phyllis Schlafly endorsing Ken Blackwell for RNC Chairman. - Moe Lane
http://www.redstate.com/redhot/2009/01/02/phyllis-schlafly-endorsing-ken-blackwell/
NATIONAL REVIEW
-- Devil in Illinois Blago’s revenge. - Rich Lowry
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDlmY2MwYWVmYjVkMjdjYWQ0YWNmZDcwOTliM2ExNDk=
-- Devil in Illinois Blago’s revenge. - Rich Lowry
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDlmY2MwYWVmYjVkMjdjYWQ0YWNmZDcwOTliM2ExNDk=
FOX NEWS CHANNEL
-- 'Special Report' Panel on Race and the Blagojevich Scandal
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475245,00.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475245,00.html
BLOOMBERG
-- Senate Democrats Prepared to Block Blagojevich’s Pick - Brian Faler
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aFn9L.XZsOsE&refer=home
-- Senate Democrats Prepared to Block Blagojevich’s Pick - Brian Faler
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aFn9L.XZsOsE&refer=home
WALL STREET JOURNAL
-- Harry Reid v. the Constitution If Roland Burris isn't fit for the Senate, how is Chris Dodd? - Editorial
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123094461932550595.html
-- Harry Reid v. the Constitution If Roland Burris isn't fit for the Senate, how is Chris Dodd? - Editorial
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123094461932550595.html
-- Burris Wages Court Fight For Obama's Senate Seat - David Kesmodel and Douglas Belkin
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123092933391149831.html
-- FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: The Trials of the Auto Dealer Long a Road to Wealth in Towns Across America, Selling Cars Has Turned Into a Struggle to Survive, Not Always Successful - Kate Linebaugh
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122969965719421799.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123092933391149831.html
-- FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: The Trials of the Auto Dealer Long a Road to Wealth in Towns Across America, Selling Cars Has Turned Into a Struggle to Survive, Not Always Successful - Kate Linebaugh
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122969965719421799.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
-- Burris to be given few privileges - Laurie Kellman
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gUvQkRopntRBnfYyaz06sD89bwnQD95F8NBO0
-- Burris to be given few privileges - Laurie Kellman
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gUvQkRopntRBnfYyaz06sD89bwnQD95F8NBO0
-- Democrats plan cool reception for Senate appointee - Laurie Kellman
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gUvQkRopntRBnfYyaz06sD89bwnQD95FISOO0
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gUvQkRopntRBnfYyaz06sD89bwnQD95FISOO0
ABC NEWS
-- Illinois House Faces Possible Blago Impeachment Vote Next Week
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/01/illinois-house.html
-- Illinois House Faces Possible Blago Impeachment Vote Next Week
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/01/illinois-house.html
DETROIT NEWS
-- Contest for RNC chairman symbolizes challenges facing a party at crossroads - Perry Bacon Jr.
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090102/POLITICS/901020399
-- Contest for RNC chairman symbolizes challenges facing a party at crossroads - Perry Bacon Jr.
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090102/POLITICS/901020399
LOS ANGELES TIMES
-- JUNE 27, 2004 FLASHBACK: Shaken again, Illinois GOP forced to control damage - John Chase and Rick Pearson
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/chi-0406270260jun27,1,7991981,full.story
-- JUNE 27, 2004 FLASHBACK: Shaken again, Illinois GOP forced to control damage - John Chase and Rick Pearson
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/chi-0406270260jun27,1,7991981,full.story
-- Effort to oust Blagojevich is on the fast track Roland Burris will be invited to testify before the Illinois state House impeachment panel Wednesday about his Senate appointment. - Ray Long and John Chase
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-blagojevich3-2009jan03,0,5613310.story
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-blagojevich3-2009jan03,0,5613310.story
NEW YORK TIMES
-- Lawmakers in Illinois Look to Vote on Governor - Monica Davey and Carl Hulse
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/us/politics/03illinois.html
-- Lawmakers in Illinois Look to Vote on Governor - Monica Davey and Carl Hulse
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/us/politics/03illinois.html
-- Will the Real Senate Please Be Seated - Carl Hulse
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/us/politics/03hulseweb.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/us/politics/03hulseweb.html
-- G.M.’s Secret Success - William J. Holstein
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/opinion/03holstein.html?scp=1&sq=holstein&st=cse
(THE ARTICLE: WITH billions of federal dollars flowing to General Motors, and with the incoming administration likely to discover that still more assistance is required, we can expect renewed calls for G.M.’s chief executive, Rick Wagoner, to lose his job as the price of failure. This view presupposes that Mr. Wagoner has not been willing to bring G.M. into line with the new global reality, that he has not designed cars Americans want to buy and that the company is a “dinosaur,” to quote Senator Richard C. Shelby, Republican of Alabama. In reality, Mr. Wagoner has presided over the most sweeping transformation of G.M. since the 1920s. He has reversed management’s long practice of meekly going along with the demands of the United Auto Workers, notably with a deal to transfer health care costs to a union-controlled trust over the next two years. During his tenure, as president, then as chief executive, Mr. Wagoner also put in place a previously unthinkable two-tier wage system to reduce the company’s average cost per worker; halved the company’s unionized work force in the United States through layoffs and plant closures; spun off Delphi Corporation, its largest parts supplier; and sold controlling interest of GMAC, its financing arm. A decade ago, suggesting that Mr. Wagoner attempt these restructuring goals would have been ridiculed as unrealistic. But these moves have largely succeeded and by 2010 should strip $5,000 from the cost of every G.M. vehicle. The company has made enormous strides in imitating and improving upon Toyota’s lean manufacturing system. At G.M. plants, gone are the mass assembly techniques pioneered by Henry Ford. Instead, workers are organized in small Japanese-style teams and encouraged to make sure problems are fixed on the spot rather than passed down the line. The quality gap between G.M. and Toyota has been closed. Mr. Wagoner has allowed his designers to recapture car design leadership with products like the Cadillac CTS, the Saturn Aura, the new Chevrolet Malibu and the revived and visually dazzling Camaro. The cliché that G.M. makes only gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles is years out of date. On the innovation front, Mr. Wagoner was responsible for introducing OnStar, the onboard communications and navigation system, and he has made a huge commitment to lithium-ion batteries, which will power the Chevrolet Volt, an extended-range electric vehicle. If the Obama administration wants to create new “green” industries here in the United States, these batteries represent a potential $150-billion-a-year opportunity. Lastly, Mr. Wagoner has globalized G.M. to a degree that it never has been before. The company’s strong position in China has helped support the difficult turnaround effort in North America. Before the financial crisis tanked American automotive sales, Mr. Wagoner had almost guided the country’s largest industrial company into a new era, demonstrating great resilience in the face of intense global competition. Making him a scapegoat might be politically expedient but it ignores the very tangible progress he has achieved. William J. Holstein is the author of the forthcoming “Why G.M. Matters: Inside the Race to Transform an American Icon.”)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/opinion/03holstein.html?scp=1&sq=holstein&st=cse
(THE ARTICLE: WITH billions of federal dollars flowing to General Motors, and with the incoming administration likely to discover that still more assistance is required, we can expect renewed calls for G.M.’s chief executive, Rick Wagoner, to lose his job as the price of failure. This view presupposes that Mr. Wagoner has not been willing to bring G.M. into line with the new global reality, that he has not designed cars Americans want to buy and that the company is a “dinosaur,” to quote Senator Richard C. Shelby, Republican of Alabama. In reality, Mr. Wagoner has presided over the most sweeping transformation of G.M. since the 1920s. He has reversed management’s long practice of meekly going along with the demands of the United Auto Workers, notably with a deal to transfer health care costs to a union-controlled trust over the next two years. During his tenure, as president, then as chief executive, Mr. Wagoner also put in place a previously unthinkable two-tier wage system to reduce the company’s average cost per worker; halved the company’s unionized work force in the United States through layoffs and plant closures; spun off Delphi Corporation, its largest parts supplier; and sold controlling interest of GMAC, its financing arm. A decade ago, suggesting that Mr. Wagoner attempt these restructuring goals would have been ridiculed as unrealistic. But these moves have largely succeeded and by 2010 should strip $5,000 from the cost of every G.M. vehicle. The company has made enormous strides in imitating and improving upon Toyota’s lean manufacturing system. At G.M. plants, gone are the mass assembly techniques pioneered by Henry Ford. Instead, workers are organized in small Japanese-style teams and encouraged to make sure problems are fixed on the spot rather than passed down the line. The quality gap between G.M. and Toyota has been closed. Mr. Wagoner has allowed his designers to recapture car design leadership with products like the Cadillac CTS, the Saturn Aura, the new Chevrolet Malibu and the revived and visually dazzling Camaro. The cliché that G.M. makes only gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles is years out of date. On the innovation front, Mr. Wagoner was responsible for introducing OnStar, the onboard communications and navigation system, and he has made a huge commitment to lithium-ion batteries, which will power the Chevrolet Volt, an extended-range electric vehicle. If the Obama administration wants to create new “green” industries here in the United States, these batteries represent a potential $150-billion-a-year opportunity. Lastly, Mr. Wagoner has globalized G.M. to a degree that it never has been before. The company’s strong position in China has helped support the difficult turnaround effort in North America. Before the financial crisis tanked American automotive sales, Mr. Wagoner had almost guided the country’s largest industrial company into a new era, demonstrating great resilience in the face of intense global competition. Making him a scapegoat might be politically expedient but it ignores the very tangible progress he has achieved. William J. Holstein is the author of the forthcoming “Why G.M. Matters: Inside the Race to Transform an American Icon.”)
WASHINGTON POST
-- Six Vying To Become The Next RNC Chair Party Has Much At Stake in Choice - Perry Bacon
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/02/AR2009010202377.html?hpid=topnews
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/02/AR2009010202377.html?hpid=topnews
-- As 111th Senate Is Set to Begin, Four Seats Still Up in Air - Paul Kane
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/02/AR2009010202278.html?hpid=moreheadlines
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/02/AR2009010202278.html?hpid=moreheadlines
TOLEDO BLADE
-- Outfoxed by Hot Rod - Jack Kelly
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090103/COLUMNIST14/901030334
-- Outfoxed by Hot Rod - Jack Kelly
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090103/COLUMNIST14/901030334
TIME MAGAZINE
-- Blagojevich v. The Senate: Going To The Mat - Karen Tumulty
http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/01/02/blagojevich-v-the-senate-going-to-the-mat/
-- Blagojevich v. The Senate: Going To The Mat - Karen Tumulty
http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/01/02/blagojevich-v-the-senate-going-to-the-mat/
GUARDIAN
-- Chicago to take over at the White House Bush brought Texas to Washington, now Obama brings the Windy City - Ewen MacAskill
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/03/obama-white-house-barackobama
-- Chicago to take over at the White House Bush brought Texas to Washington, now Obama brings the Windy City - Ewen MacAskill
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/03/obama-white-house-barackobama
NEOCON LATINA
-- New Book by Ayers and Dohrn: "Race Course Against White Supremacy"
http://neoconlatina.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-book-by-ayers-and-dohrn-race-course.html
-- New Book by Ayers and Dohrn: "Race Course Against White Supremacy"
http://neoconlatina.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-book-by-ayers-and-dohrn-race-course.html
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