Obama gives Giannoulias the Rochester treatment.
By: Moe Lane (Diary) | April 25th at 12:36 PM |
Which is to say, Obama’s locking Alexi Giannoulias* (D CAND, IL-SEN) in the attic and pretending that he doesn’t exist: Giannoulias will not make trip to Quincy to see Obama From chicagotribune.com: Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, Giannoulias’ campaign chairman, expressed concerns over a lack of White House commitment to the candidate to Washington-based Politico after a recent meeting with President Barack Obama’s chief of | Read More »
Alexi Giannoulias pouting about the Broadway Bank thing.
By: Moe Lane (Diary) | April 24th at 06:00 AM |
A couple observations about embattled Senatorial candidate Alexi Giannoulias’ (D CAND, IL-SEN) recent bitter comment: “Just about every sentence that Congressman Kirk utters these days is a noun, a verb and Broadway Bank,” Giannoulias complained to the City Club of Chicago, Three, in fact: Dude. Ripping off Joe Biden*? What are you going to do next, ask a paralyzed man to stand up and take | Read More »
Alexi Giannoulias’ (D CAND, IL-SEN) Broadway Bank closing?
By: Moe Lane (Diary) | April 23rd at 04:45 PM |
So it would seem: The bank is open now — but the worker says they’ve been told at close of business “that’s it.” Black curtains have been put up today. You can’t see in. The Giannoulias campaign says the curtains are to “block the sun”, although the sky is overcast and rain is predicted all weekend. (Via Capitol Fax Blog) Although you have to wonder | Read More »
Alexi Giannoulias’ (D CAND, IL-SEN) bank loaned 20 million to convicted felons.
By: Moe Lane (Diary) | April 5th at 06:00 AM |
April Fools! – Only, the joke’s on Democratic primary voters. The family bank of Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias loaned a pair of Chicago crime figures about $20 million during a 14-month period when Giannoulias was a senior loan officer, according to a Tribune examination that provides new details about the bank’s relationship with the convicted felons. Broadway Bank had already lent millions to Michael | Read More »