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Kirk Dillard
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by Josh Kalven
2:59pm
Fri Jan 29, 2010

Obama On Dillard: "Poor Guy"

While appearing at a meeting of congressional Republicans today, President Obama received a question about bipartisanship from Illinois' own Rep. Peter Roskam.  In his response, he noted that GOP gubernatorial candidate Kirk Dillard is catching flak for appearing in a 2004 Obama campaign ad.  "One of our former colleagues is right now running for governor on the Republican side in Illinois," he said. "In the Republican primary, of course, they're running ads of him saying nice things about me.  Poor guy."  Watch it.

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by Adam Doster
11:40am
Wed Dec 16, 2009

IL-GOV: Will High-Speed Rail Be A 2010 Campaign Issue?

While there are a ton of policies on which local Democrats and Republicans disagree vigorously (from tax reform to health care to climate change to election reform), there is one subject that we didn't expect to become a campaign issue this year: high-speed rail.&nbsp...