Hultgren race update

http://heraldnews.suntimes.com/news/elections/2038764-418/foster-hultgren-district-says-bill.html

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the numbers

http://nyti.ms/a089O7

In losing there is a possible win..

http://nyti.ms/aWr6Vq

 

 

News from Chicago

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20101019/news/710209669//

Itinerary

Latest itinerary details will now always be found here

Politics of Cap and Trade

Two articles below recommended by Preston Read the public affairs lead for leading American environmental firm Recyclebank.

Preston will be speaking to us at Breakfast on the 23rd about policy and delivery in Washington.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/11/101011fa_fact_lizza

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/12/AR2010101206218.html

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Campaign

Our principle campaign will be with Randy Hultgren in the 14th District of Illinois.

It is a particularly interesting race at the moment and the polls show the wind tilting towards the red corner....

Candidates Debate

The leading contenders for Illinois' open U.S. Senate
seat debated their character issues Sunday on TV, with Democrat Alexi
Giannoulias insisting he knew little about convicted felons who got
loans from his family bank and Republican Mark Kirk acknowledging he is
accountable for embellishing his military record.
The complete article can be viewed here:

Tea Party influence in the election

http://thehill.com/house-polls/the-hill-anga-poll-week-1/123097-tea-party-is-firing-up-the-democrats

 

Now the big spending begins...

House Republicans plan $45m TV ad blitz... http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43213.html

They are widening the scope of their national campaign and have included another IL race, targeting Dem incumbent Phil Hare in IL-17, near Springfield.

Introduction

This is the first posting on the blog for the 2010 expedition to Washington DC and Chicago.

We're looking forward to a week of campaigning, visits to some of the most political sites in the nation's capital and an opportunity to see first hand just how the electoral system works in the United States.

Our itinerary can be found here. 

The most important timings being as follows:

1) Flight out is on United to Washington Dulles direct - LHR/IAD flight number UA925 departs 22nd October 1620 arrives 1941

2) Flight to Chicago is 24th October on United from Washington National to O'Hare  UA627 departs 1740 arrives 1847

3) Flight to London is UA928 (overnight) arriving  0825 on the morning of the 28th - the Thursday.

We'll be using this blog to update you on what is going on, what the issues are and as aform of web-based classroom for us all to catch up on election news, trends, commentary and so on. 

Please do contact DMLM if you would like to have contributor access.