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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Crain's:The state's top two legislative leaders Tuesday said they will move fast to seize control of the process of selecting a replacement for Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate, taking that power away from Gov. Rod Blagojevich....Though a special election technically would leave the decision in the hands of voters, it also would help well-known, well-funded potential contenders because of the difficulty of mounting a state-wide election on short notice. That could work to the advantage of several area members of Congress who have expressed interest in Mr. Obama's seat, including Democrats Jesse ...
JJ Abrams, producer of the best show on television, has breathed fresh life into Star Trek by using old characters with a new cast and a new attitude. If you watched the new trailer, and didn't feel the urge to rush giddily to the theater right now to line up for the May premier, then you must be some kind of emotionless, green-blooded freak. Still, the honeymoon for the new, old Trek franchise is likely to be short, so I've got a backup plan ready to go. Election 2008 was a historic event, epic in its sweep. I think that by combining it with the classic Trek characters, JJ and I will have an ...
It is the third day after seeing the new Star Trek trailer. I still have a slight ringing in my ears and some dizziness, but I think I'm finally coming down. In light of the buzz surrounding the new Trek flick (woohoo!), which recasts our favorite old characters with new actors, Tommy Christopher and I have been doing a little recasting of our own. Yesterday, we theorized about which members of Starfleet (or otherwise) would be wise choices for the Obama administration and why ... an exercise I clearly won. Today, we are taking that premise and reversing it, deciding who our favorite ...
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