As a Conservative that thinks the GOP has lost its way, there is a good question going around on what we should do as a movement. Many of us in the Conservative Movement feel that the GOP has taken advantage of us and will not change their [...]
from the Vernon Township GOP
Lincolnshire, IL Dec 8, 2009: Vernon Township's Monday evening GOP endorsement session surprised local incumbents Congressman Mark Kirk (R-IL 10) and IL State Senator Matt Murphy (R-27), who both failed to garner the nod in their respective state-wide races for US Senate and Lt. Governor. Kirk [...]
Sources inside the Randy Hultgren campaign are reporting that Jeff Danklefsen will be dropping out of the GOP Primary race in the 14th congressional district and removing his name from the ballot. Danklefsen would be the third candidate in recent days to bow out of that [...]
Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:
Handing The GOP A Problem
GOP gubernatorial candidate Andy McKenna
wants to cut the state's minimum wage. NBC's Steve Rhodes responds that
this blue state likely won't take kindly to such a proposal.
Overcoming Stigma
Tim
Klein at' [...]
GOP candidate and attorney Dan Sugrue of Green Oaks handily won the endorsement of the Vernon Township GOP organization last night.
Rep. Bill Brady, Bloomington, and GOP candidate for governor, is out with a new, and upbeat, ad. Watch: [...]
Stephen Moore of the WSJ's Political Diary wrote last weekend that word is the Republican National Committee is getting behind GOP primary candidate Elizabeth Coulson in the 10th CD -- hoping to succeed Congressman Mark Kirk. Moore suggested Coulson -- one of the Illinois House GOP caucus' most liberal members -- [...]
Sen. Dick Durbin had another busy weekend. The Senate Majority Whip is hustling to cut deals on some of the more contentious issues dividing Democrats as they hash out health care reform legislation. We will get to those debates shortly. First, check out this video of the Illinois' senior senator on the floor Saturday' [...]
The Chicago Tribune has posted responses from candidates in the February 2010 primary. The answers are in the candidates' own words. You can browse for your favorites HERE.
Don't jump to conclusions if your candidate hasn't answered yet. Proft, the only GOP gubernatorial candidate shown as not responding, tells' [...]
Illinois Review reports that "a group of 599 Illinois Conservatives Facebook Group announced last week that their picks thus far in the GOP primary."
Carly Fiorina on her breast cancer experience and the flaws of the ObamaCare bill. Video, Weekly GOP address.A group of 599 in Illinois' Conservatives Facebook Group announced last week that their picks thus far in the GOP primary are as follows:
Don Manzullo, U.S. House of Reps 16th Dist Adam Andrzejewski, Governor of IL William J. Kelly, Illinois Comptroller Phil Collins, Illinois 17th district Paul Mitchell, Illinois 62nd' [...]
Here's what George Will wrote about Mitch McConnell shortly thirteen months ago:Public Affairs' Jeff Berkowitz has been performing a valuable public service by introducing his readers to the six Republican primary candidates in the 10th CD willing to be interviewed. Here's a segment of a phone conversation he had with Bob Dold, whose name is first on the GOP's 10th CD ballot:
Jeff' [...]
