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by Josh Kalven
2:57pm
Sat Oct 11, 2008
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Video: Durbin Responds To Sauerberg's Attack On His Patriotism

Dick Durbin

Last week, the news coming out of Sen. Dick Durbin and GOP challenger Steve Sauerberg's appearance before the Tribune editorial board was that Sauerberg "backtracked" from his attacks on the senator's patriotism.  Courtesy of the Tribune website, we now have video ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
9:17am
Wed Oct 8, 2008
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"The Refuge Of Scoundrels"

Steve Sauerberg

In a heated exchange in front of the Tribune editorial board yesterday, Dick Durbin fought back against Steve Sauerberg's recurring claim that the Illinois Senator "undermined the troops" with his controversial 2005 floor statement regarding a report on the acts ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
9:11am
Tue Oct 7, 2008
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Sauerberg Says Senators Have No "Impact" On Reproductive Choice

Dick Durbin

WTTW's Chicago Tonight hosted a debate between Sen. Dick Durbin and GOP challenger Steve Sauerberg last night.  When the topic turned to social issues, Sauerberg focused primarily on his "personal involvement in crisis pregnancy centers."  But not before dropping ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:40am
Fri Sep 19, 2008

Debating The Debates

IL-11

Lots of congressional debate news this week, so let's run through it all.

First, 11th District GOP candidate Marty Ozinga is complaining about the choice of Southtown Star columnist Kristen McQueary as the moderator of a September 25 debate between he and Democrat ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
12:19pm
Mon Aug 4, 2008
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Strangest. Campaign. Ever.

Steve Sauerberg

We've extensively documented the perplexing twists and turns of GOP challenger Steve Sauerberg's U.S. Senate campaign. So I suppose we have to add this extremely odd web ad to the mix:

It should be noted that this video is nowhere to be found on ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:21am
Fri Jul 18, 2008

Sauerberg's Desperate Patriotism Schtick

Steve Sauerberg

GOP Senate candidate Steve Sauerberg -- down in the polls and low on cash -- has not run what one could call a smooth campaign. Even fellow conservatives are starting to get angry. Yesterday at Illinois Review, Curt Mercadante complained
that Sauerberg hasn't put forth "...

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by Adam Doster
9:13am
Wed Jul 16, 2008

Sauerberg In Denial

Steve Sauerberg

After reading Steve Sauerberg's latest press release, one might get the impression that the Senate race in Illinois could be tight this cycle:

The polling, conducted by Southern Outreach, an
Atlanta-based firm, shows Durbin struggling to break 50% in the
...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:12am
Mon Jul 7, 2008

The "Last Shred"

Steve Sauerberg

Crain's Greg Hinz takes a look at Steve Sauerberg's race for U.S. Senate and concludes: "Unless something changes fast, 2008 will become the year in which the Illinois GOP lost its last shred of relevance." From the column:

In most states, electing a U.S. ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
4:30pm
Wed Jun 25, 2008
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Sauerberg Flunks Campaign Disclaimers 101 (UPDATED)

Steve Sauerberg

Apparently, Steve Sauerberg's Senate campaign team needs to bone up on their Federal Election Commission regulations. Here's the radio ad they released this week:

Internal mp3

Here's the problem with it:

In the disclaimer at the beginning, Sauerberg says: &quot...