Posted on 04/06/2010 2:42:39 PM PDT by Liz
Democrat Illinois Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias's polling numbers have taken a hard hit since he won his party's Senate nomination two months ago. Giannoulias now trails GOP Rep. Mark Kirk by 4 points, lagging 33% to 37% according to a survey released Tuesday by Public Policy Polling. That's a 16-point reversal of fortune since the days before his state's February primary, when PPP showed Giannoulias leading Kirk, 42% to 34%. Excerpt.....more at site.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
It’s a rough way to start the weekend. Chicago Tribune Alexi Giannoulias, the Democrat running for President Barack Obama’s Illinois Senate seat this fall, woke up this morning to see his face blazoned across the top of the Chicago Tribune with the headline: “$20 MILLION IN LOANS TO FELONS.” Broadway Bank, the Giannoulias family bank, has been under scrutiny as it struggles to avoid a federal takeover. Giannoulias’s role at the bank has become a key issue in the Senate race against Republican Rep. Mark Kirk. (Excerpt) Read more at blogs.wsj.com ...
Boston Blackie's owners arrested in check-kiting scheme (donated to Alexi Giannoulias)
Chicago Breaking News / FR Posted by Thebaddog
A father and son who operated the Boston Blackie's burger restaurants were charged Thursday with ripping off nearly $1.9 million from two banks in a check-cashing scheme, and authorities said they arrested the father on the US border as he was trying to enter Canada. The allegations caused a new round of political embarrassment for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, whose family owns Broadway Bank and has long known the father and son. The Blackie's operators are accused of writing bad checks from their accounts at Broadway to other banks as part of their alleged scheme. Longtime Blackie's operator Nick Giannis gave Giannoulias more than $114,000 in campaign contributions for his treasurer and Senate campaigns. Giannoulias was in a state of "shock and disbelief" at the news, according to his campaign, which announced he would donate an equivalent amount to local charities. Giannis, 62, his son, Chris, 38, and restaurant manager Andy Bakopoulos, 38, were charged with defrauding Charter One and Washington Mutual banks. Chris Giannis also was charged with two counts of being an organizer of a continuing financial crimes enterprise. Nick Giannis was arrested by US Customs and Border Protection officers in Detroit while attempting to enter Canada after he failed to surrender to authorities and investigators sent out a nationwide alert. Prosecutors said the men participated in a so-called check-kiting scheme in which they wrote checks from bank accounts that didn't have enough money and deposited those checks at Charter One and Washington Mutual. They then withdrew money from their Charter One and Washington Mutual accounts before the checks actually cleared, or in some cases stopped payments on the checks. (Excerpt) Read more at chicagobreakingnews.com ...
IL conservatives, please support Mike Labno for Senate:
http://www.labno4senate.com/
Maybe Barack Obama could do a little campaigning for Giannoulias.
Surely that would help his chances, right?
Right?
~snicker, snicker~
Tommy Thompson Has Big Lead Over Feingold in New Poll
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2487805/posts
it means the GOP is getting ever closer to that majority in the US Senate in November.
Thank you Tommy!
The wave is building. A new poll shows Feingold (D-WI) in trouble as well:
“Tommy Thompson Has Big Lead Over Feingold in New Poll”
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gop-forum/index
GIANANNOULIAS' TERMS FOR OBAMA's CAMPAIGNING WITH HIM:
(1) Don't stand too close to me at rallies.
(2) No pictures.
(3) Don't mention my name, and the word, Democrat in the same sentence.
(4) Keep Rahm Emanuel in his cage.
(5) Jesse Jackson Jr and his daddy are not invited.
(6) All donations from the DNC will be returned unopened.
LOL!
Kirk is not my ideal candidate, but he has gotta be better than the socialists coming out of the democrap party there.
Political PING?
Good stuff.
I would be willing to bet though that Giannoulias would have no objections to a heads-up by Obama just prior to the federal marshalls coming for him a la Blagojevich.
In related news, IL Democrat Party officials are discussing how to “Torricelli” Giannoullas.
In related news, IL Democrat Party officials are discussing how to “Torricelli” Giannoullas.
Not by much, let me assure you.
However, for the sake of winning back the Senate, I'll hold my nose till I turn blue and vote for the RINO, unless it looks like a blowout one way or the other.
The Libertarian candidate is pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment, pro-border security, and pro-national security. He is not your typical Libertarian.
KC, he is not. Kirk is a horrible Republican.
You'll hold your nose for someone who's stand on abortion is on par with Obama's?
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