U.S. Sen. Barack Obama says it’s important to go ahead with plans for a debate Friday with U.S. Sen. John McCain, despite McCain’s request to delay the debate to focus on the economy. Obama said it’s more important that ever to “present ourselves to the American people.” The Swamp has more.
State Sen. James Meeks is taking his cause for more school funding to a new place — Wrigley Field. Meeks earlier encouraged a first-day boycott of Chicago Public Schools and now wants the protest to move outside of Wrigley for the Cubs first playoff game. Read more here.
Comptroller Dan Hynes doesn’t think Gov. Rod Blagojevich should be handling the state budget. Lawmakers recently restored about $220 million in Blagojevich’s budget cuts, and it is uncertain what the governor will do with them. Read more about Hynes and the cuts at the SJ-R.
Now, Mayor Richard Daley is on it. Earlier this week, McCain released an attack ad against Obama, and tied him in a negative fashion to Daley’s brother, Bill. Bill Daley responded on Tuesday, and Mayor Richard Daley threw in his two cents on Wednesday. Check it out over at the Sun-Times.
