Like most Americans, members of the Chicago City Council were thrilled by Barack Obama's victory last Tuesday. Not only was it gratifying to see a biracial Chicagoan ascend to the highest position in American politics, but the aldermen also expressed hope that in true Chicago ...
In a testament to his admiration for the former Illinois congressman, Barack Obama apparently invited Lane Evans to his hotel suite on the evening of November 4. The Inside Dope commented, "I can't think of a higher honor than having a president-elect include
you in ...
Last night, ABC 7's Ben Bradley reported that, according to unnamed sources, "Obama friend and confidante Valerie Jarrett is the president-elect's preference" as his U.S. Senate replacement. Watch it:
Of all the surprises to emerge from the 2008 electoral map, Barack Obama's victory in Indiana has to be the sweetest. And most impressive. Every single county in the state shifted towards the Democratic candidate on Tuesday (compared to 2004), leading him to a 26,000-vote ...
At his first press conference as president-elect today, Tribune reporter John McCormick asked whether Barack Obama planned to use his "pretty great influence" to determine his successor in the U.S. Senate. Obama made clear that this is "not his decision," ...
Earliest this week, I wrote about watching Barack Obama's victory speech in Grant Park and thinking back to my first memory of him: "by himself, yet to win a single election, browsing the shelves of a Chicago bookstore." The store in question was 57th Street ...
As Josh noted yesterday,
the most dramatic change in the Illinois presidential map between 2004 and 2008 is the blue-ing of the collar counties. Solid Bush terrain
four years ago, every single county swung for Barack Obama on Tuesday.
Not suprisingly, yesterday's edition of WTTW's Chicago Tonight featured a host of Obama-related segments. At one point, they aired some highlights from his first appearance on the program, during his unsuccessful bid to unseat Rep. Bobby Rush in 2000. Watch it...
Tensions flare (briefly) on the basketball court between State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias and Barack Obama in the third installment of Newsweek's "Secrets Of The 2008 Campaign":
Obama has always been fiercely competitive and not above stacking his ...
