Karl Rove's much-feared American Crossroads juggernaut was soundly whipped by the SEIU in the 2012 elections, by a score of 70-6. It's one of many big-money SuperPACs that got thrashed this season. The Citizens United decision poured tons of money into a billion-dollar cycle, but that wasn't a guarantee anyone would know what to do with it. Read more
"’Tis the season for Target collaborations. They had us when they paired with Nate Berkus, but with the recent debut of TOO by Blu Dot, we are even more in love." Read more
List Price: $950,000 The Property: East Lake View is now so full of restaurants and homes that it’s hard to imagine that, just a century ago, a swath of it around Halsted and Aldine Streets was a landscape plant farm filled with greenhouses owned by the Wittbold family... Read more
The T-1000 poly-Mitt alloy who lost to Barack Obama last night is wide open to criticism for his Teflon, managerial ideology. But it raises the question if anyone could have done better, including consistently ideological Mitt Romneys from alternate universes. Read more
This year's victory rally was by invitation only, open mostly to campaign staffers and volunteers. Here's your behind-the-scenes look, including Rahm, Will.i.am, the First Family, and more. Read more
On your agenda: A weekend full of jazz… a stage crowded with singing nuns… a free art opening, plus the weekend plans of the Rebuild Foundation’s Charlie Vinz Read more
