Giannoulias to formally announce Senate bid

[BlueJessamine]

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is formally announcing his bid for the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.

Giannoulias will visit seven Illinois cities in three days starting on Sunday in Chicago and Springfield.

On Monday, the Democrat will travel to Carbondale and the Metro East area before heading to Rockford, the Quad Cities and Peoria on Tuesday.

The first-term state treasurer wants the seat Sen. Roland Burris is giving up.



Read more: http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1677163,giannoulias-announces-senate-bid-072109.article

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Burris has bowed out of the 2010 election, citing fundraising problems.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. Oh, great. Kirk would eat that guy for breakfast.

[No Elephants]

3. Kirk is a cannibal?

Are you sure?



Which Kirk are you talking about?

[dysfunctional press]

4. mark kirk- the repug who announced his run for the seat yesterday.

there's a pretty good chance that obama's senate seat could go back to the r's.

[No Elephants]

6. Thank you. Do you know of any Dems who might run against Alec for the nomination?

[dysfunctional press]

7. ali g seems to be the 'establishment' choice for the nomination...

i was hoping for jan shakowsky or lisa madigan- but it doesn't appear that either of them want to rock the boat right now.

off on a tangent- lisa madigan bears some basic physical resemblence with palin...i wonder if sarah's belly-flop has left ripples in the pond for female candidates in general in 2010?

[RedCloud]

5. Maybe this Kirkwood?

http://www.kirkwoodmo.org/

[No Elephants]

2. In other news, Illinois is making its ballots wider. I'd wish Alec good luck, but, first,

I want to see who, if anyone, runs against him in the primary.

[Cha]

8. Best of Luck to

Alexi Gianoulias!