Senator Toi Hutchinson has Integrity! Integrity is the one thing that no man can take from you. Anyone, rich, poor, old, young, anyone of any faith, can honor their personal choice to adhere to their values no matter what circumstances arise. Integrity is having the ability to respect someone else's rights even if your moral compass is in diametric opposition to someone's actions, choices, beliefs, etc. Integrity is having the conviction to be fair-minded. Integrity is honoring the correct choice in a system (be it governmental or humanitarian) even under duress or even if there's the temptation of an easier, faster, or more lucrative choice. I would definitely vote to Senator Hutchinson if she decided to run for congresswoman and support her in any endeavor she pursues.

Race to Replace Jesse Jackson Jr. Could Be 'Wild, Wild West.', CBS, Nov. 21, 2012. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ILCD2ndDistrict/message/135
Joe Lake, Chicago

PLEASE READ:

http://www.examiner.com/article/jackson-jr-resigns-independent-lewis-to-run-again

Note to Toi Hutchinson. If you are interested in my vote, and the vote of others like me, focus on issues where the D2 office can really make a difference. I'm not concerned about SS or Medicare and neither should you. Jobs? How the government believes it should be in the "job creation" business when it can't balance a budget is more fantasy than reality.

Tell me how you plan to reduce taxes, the size of government, and support individual freedom. Tell me how you plan to sponsor and vote for bills that reduce people's dependency on government and help them become self-sufficient.

Ditto for you Lewis if you plan to run.

Dinkum - I agree with your second sentence - someone running for Congress should focus on the issues that a Congressman actually handles - but after that, I think you've gone off the rails. Of course our Congressman should focus on Social Security and Medicare - those are Federal responsibilities. And I think we can safely say that the successful Democratic nominee in D2 will not be someone who tries to appeal to the Tea Party Right. The right size of government is neither larger or smaller - just whatever is required to meet the needs of the people. The right level of taxes is whatever it takes, on a current basis, to support the right size of government. Someone whose only answer to every question of public policy is that the right size of government is smaller than it is now and right level of taxes is lower than they are now just isn't thinking deeply enough to be worth listening to.

Dinkum-The statement “others like you” is open ended and does not explain anything about you or the group you are referring to. An elected official has to represent the people in their district not just you and others that might think, look, act or talk like you. What are you referring to when you say the D2 office? Is that an interoffice term? Why shouldn't the Senator be concerned about SS or Medicare, because you aren't?

Let me explain something to you real quick. When conceptualizing the theory of the state and its citizens, oftentimes, the term justice is considered. Our theories of the state are deeply influenced by our theories of justice. The commonality between the theory of the state and justice is a direct correlation of ones perception of politics from past traditions to the present. These two terms help frame how society think, react, and feel about the issues of society today. Justice is very important to human organization because it includes the involvement of the people, theorist and scholars. Justice can be broken down into two types of theory. The two types are analytical theory and normative theory. Analytical theory is the theory that explains why things are the way they are. It is descriptive of the actions that have transpired. Normative theory is the theory that is prescriptive of what should transpire. It is what ought to be or your preferred vision.
Your statements involve your preferred vision. They benefit you and the people who are “in your group.”

Stand back, all you yahoo not serious to pay attention to folk. I don't know a Toi from a Wookie. Heloooooo! So if theToi states her positions for representation of the 2nd, which by the way on a federal level includes addressing SS, Medicare, Medicaid, the proposed airport, and a host of other issues, I will think about what is stated and then, only then will I venture to rendure an opinion about whether to approve or not approve.
All the gibberish heard today, represents no more than a issuance of a noisy fart. You hear it, it smells, but nothing worthy results from it other than something bad happened. Let's wait a few seconds, here what needs to be said by the candidates before rendering such well thought of comments.

Review of the IL5thCD, the seat that Rahm gave up. Twenty-seven filed petitions from three parties. At this point, many have expressed interest in the IL 2nd District race in various forms. By Monday, Gov. Quinn will set the dates for the Special Election, including the first date candidates can file nominating petitions. IL5thCD: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IL5thCD Joe Lake, Chicago

Moosia_Where have u been? Do u live in the 40th District? There is a new invention called the internet and a link where u can find out about here bills. Get informed look and listen to track records not what candidates say at the moment to get elected.

AQW: When a state senator becomes a candidate for representative on the federal level, positions can and should be different, because constituants, issues and policies to be in favor of and advocate for are. Those who look at the internet as gospel for their beliefs, without knowing what candidates believe, have purchased the Brooklyn Bridge, many many times....What people say is important so that commentst may be checked against actions previously taken. That's where I have been.

Now Moosia (you left off the h, didn't you?). Everyone knows the Brooklyn Bridge is no longer for sale since the voters of D2 voted to purchase it in the recent election (it was the special ballot for those who were Jackson supporters).

To be fair to the Q, the Internet can be a valuable resource IF FACTS are carefully reviewed.

Toi Hutchinson will be an excellent representative for the D2 district. Her record of standing firmly on issues that affect both young and old, both rich and poor and all those in between makes her a prime candidate. I have gone to the state senators office and have always been granted a generous ear. But she can not do it alone just as our President can not do it alone. I for one will welcome someone from our community and a product of our local schools including the University of Illinois with wide open arms. I support her should she decide to run.

Toi - another machine politician, cut from the same cloth as the others. Run for / get in office, make the right noises (rhetotric), meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Expect her to be sympathetic to constituents because of the over reach / mismanagement of government, back-breaking, freedom killing, life sapping taxes? Think again.
Just like Quinn with his Squeezy character strangling the life out of the state (taxpayers) Quinn tries to distance himself (and other Democrats) from the problems by making them look like a monster who crept out of a dark closet one night. - "Oh, dear, however did this all happen?!" and "Shared sacrifice, shared sacrifice!"
Toi has big, oppresive, self- righteous govt written all over her, and not the wit nor inclination to act for the taxpayers as a whole.

Oh, AQW, I am involved up to my ears! Have been for many years.

If you haven't even stood up to Madigan and Cullerton to do the right thing and fix the state's problems how will you ever stand up to Boehner and Paul Ryan? Another never passed the bar exam, quasicompetent hack looking for a bigger salary. Pathetic....

Illinois's 2nd Congressional District Special Election, 2013. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ILCD2ndDistrict/message/139
Joe Lake, Chicago

I am your only hope.

Toi, and the rest of the cast of characters are running to be the "Democratic Machine Candidate". That person no matter how personable they may be, will ONLY do the bidding of the Machine. Don't believe me, LOOK AT OUR DISTRICT! WHAT DO YOU "SEE" ?

GET MARCUS LEWIS ON THE BALLOT FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION!

DON'T EVEN FOOL AROUND WITH THIS!

GO TO www.marcuslewisforcongress2012.org TO LEARN HOW YOU CAN HELP QUICKLY!

I REALLY CARE AND AM DOING THE RIGHT THING BY RUNNING,

WE MUST GO INDEPENDENT NOW! I AM THE RIGHT MAN!

"MR. LEWIS GOES TO WASHINGTON"

What is your plan to solve the state's fiscal and pension crises? You do have one, right? I mean why ask for a promotion until you have learned how to do the job you have?

Not much for constituent dialogue, eh? if you can't even keep up on a chat board how will you hold your own against Ryan, Boehner et al?

Your tough Juvenal. You asked a great question. I wonder what you would suggest. See, usually if I have a problem I become proactive and attempt to identify several solutions and present them to the person that can affect change....You should try that, I mean, if you really and truely care....As I am sure you know, anyone can give lip service but to show that you really want to see things done you should call him or his office directly and ask those questions or find ur candidate and back him or her....

Marcus Lewis, so how many votes do you think will come out for you this time. Hope you can Garner at least 3000 good signatures, you are not running against someone under investigations this time. This race is going to be very interesting, the combines are lining up.

I am going to win to put it mildly.

www.marcuslewisforcongress2012.com

And Mike, Marcus Lewis is going to need over 15 Thousand good signatures to even get on the ballot this time. So I have a feeling we have seen the last of Mr. Marcus Lewis, "Vote for me and I will set you free". If you notice he has been extremely quiet.

https://w3.courtlink.lexisnexis.com/cookcounty/FindDock.asp?NCase=&SearchType=2&Database=1&case_no=&Year=&div=&caseno=&PLtype=2&sname=Toi+Hutchinson&CDate= A legislator who doesn't pay her own credit card bills is actually the perfect representative for the most indebted government in the history of the world...

"Senator Toi Hutchinson Addresses Her Loan Defaults and Lawsuits for Unpaid Debts" -- headline you won't read in the Patch.....

Juvenal, you must have A1 credit....The US government credit rating has just been down graded....get over it....find something positive to say... Your making it easy for people to know that ur clearly not voting for her, and thats ur choice of course...But, it would be wise to state information that is important to the D2 Base...

State Senator Toi Hutchinson, you write, "In the State Senate, I’ve fought for our schools and to make our communities safer by preventing sexual assault." How in the world do YOU make our community safer by preventing sexual assaults?? I mean, do you actually run around and prevent them, super-hero style?? Through legislation?? I know the pen is mightier than the sword, but c'mon Toi, that's just a little too self-serving and disingenuous...