There seems to be a wee touch of shanty vs. lace-curtain Irish in the current battle between Pat Quinn and Dan Hynes. And their fight, though each insists it's not true, feels personal.
Where the heck are the women? Just look at the current list of candidates running for statewide office.
"Let the healthcare bill allow for one sterilization for everyone of these whacked out females who are so intent on killing babies . . . Then . . . if these Femme-a-Nazis want to have a child, they can rent one."
Barack Obama, the unapologetic pro-choice presidential candidate, needs to find his strong voice again on the issue now that he is president.
Grief and anger, like clouds of a coming storm, moved back and forth across the landscape of Mayor Daley's face in public appearances last week.
David Plouffe, Barack Obama's brilliant, wonky campaign manager, didn't want to talk about the dog.
It took some courage for U.S. Representatives Melissa Bean and Bill Foster to do what they did Saturday night in Washington DC. They provided two crucial votes for the president's controversial health-care reform package, which narrowly made it out of the U.S. House.
