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   Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Gnter Grass still thinks reunification was a bad idea.
 Forty years of writing from Taylor Branch, James Fallows, Katherine Boo, Marjorie Williams, Joshua Micah Marshall, and more.
 With help from Washington, the for-profit college industry is loading up millions of low-income students with debt they'll never pay off.
 The best recent memoir from republican Washington is a hoax. That should tell you something.
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December 11, 2008
THURSDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP....Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers. * Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn (D) explained yesterday that if he becomes governor soon, he's inclined to go ahead and fill the Senate vacancy, instead of waiting for a special election. Quinn emphasized the importance of moving quickly. * In the lingering race in Louisiana's 4th congressional district, Democrat Paul Carmouche officially conceded yesterday, making John Fleming (R) the winner in the open-seat contest. * Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.), who seemed oddly unsteady during his last campaign four years ago, noted yesterday that he plans to seek re-election in 2010. Rep. Ben Chandler and Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo are considered the leading Democratic candidates for the race. * Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.) apparently intends to run for governor in 2010. He'll likely face state Attorney General Tom Corbett and former U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan in a GOP primary. * The American Constitution Society has been around for a few years, serving as something akin to a liberal version of the conservative Federalist Society, but when it comes to political significance, the ACS is about to get quite a bit more attention. —Steve Benen 12:00 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (4)Comments
Pat Quinn said on the Today Show this morning that he hadn't talked to Blagojevich since 2007. How is that even possible? Posted by: Danp on December 11, 2008 at 12:16 PM | PERMALINKI think the next Illinois Senator should be someone from outside the political world, if only because the situation is so Blagged up that there will be problems with any representative of an Illinois faction. The two obvious choices probably would decline because of other responsibilities, but wouldn't it be great to see Sen. Michelle Obama or Sen. Oprah Winfrey? In fact though, I expect it to be a prominent Academic -- no, NOT an ex-Weatherman -- and am wondering if any of our Illinois readers have any suggestions. Pat Quinn said on the Today Show this morning that he hadn't talked to Blagojevich since 2007. How is that even possible?
Plus the Lt. Governor doesn't have any day-to-day duties in the state government as far as I know, and Blago certainly isn't going to assign him any. Posted by: DavidNOE on December 11, 2008 at 3:53 PM | PERMALINK
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