From the transcript of today's ruling by Chicago Board of Elections hearing officer Barbara Goodman regarding candidate Joe Laiacona's challenge to Ill. Rep. Deb Mell's petitions:
I find nothing in the Election Code that tells me that a candidate has to be a registered voter at all....I think we all [...]from Americans for Prosperity
Over the last year, Americans for Prosperity has criss-crossed the nation holding rallies featuring AFP's 7-story high hot air balloon emblazoned with our message: "Cap-and-Trade means higher taxes, lost jobs and less freedom."
Now, with the battle over climate change at a fever pitch, Americans for Prosperity is' [...]
Three years ago I listened to Alexi Giannoulias on WBBM-AM's "At Issue" program where he repeatedly stated, "We need a banker as Illinois Treasurer." The political novice, who never voted in an election until his name was on the ballot, was a loan officer at his family-owned [...]
from the McKenna/Murphy campaign
CHICAGO – Republican gubernatorial candidate Andy McKenna called on Governor Pat Quinn to stop hiding the truth from Illinois voters about the fact that Illinois is on the brink of bankruptcy and that our unemployment is at record levels.
“It is time Governor Quinn [...]
Rasmussen Reports this am that political correctness led to 13 American soldiers being shot to death at their home base.
Sixty-three percent (63%) of U.S. voters say political correctness prevented the military from responding to warning signs from Major Nidal Malik Hasan that could have prevented the Fort Hood shootings from [...]
Rasmussen. Lowest presidential approval index yet. And on healthcare? Support for the health care plan proposed by the President and Congressional Democrats has fallen to a new low of 38%. Sixty percent (60%) of voters believe passage of the bill will [...]
Public Affairs' Jeff Berkowitz provides a valuable service by helping conservatives get to know the Democrats' possible US Senate candidate in the November 22, 2009 interview below. Not only does David Hoffman provide negative info on Alexi Giannoulias, he gives Republican primary voters reason to find the best candidate to represent Illinois to the [...]
CNN POLL RELEASED TUESDAY MORNING
Interviews with 1,014 adult Americans, including 928 registered voters, conducted by telephone by Opinion Research Corporation on November 13-15, 2009. The margin of sampling error for results based on the total sample is plus or minus 3 percentage points and for registered voters is [...]
from Andrzejewski for Governor campaign
The Plainfield Township Republican Organization (PTRO), one of Will County’s largest Republican organizations, has voted to endorse Adam Andrzejewski (ann-gee-EFF-ski) for Governor. The vote was taken during their regular meeting on November 19, 2009, according to Chairman Bob Allen.
“Adam Andrzejewski is [...]
I recently read in a Chicago Tribune article that the word “Unfriend” has been voted New Oxford American Dictionary’s 2009 Word of the Year. For the few of you that might be unaware of its definition, the term is used in social networking sites, such as Facebook, for the [...]
WASHINGTON--A day after the Senate ethics committee handed him a stinging rebuke, Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) on Saturday voted to advance the Democratic health care bill to the Senate floor and then departed for an official visit to Iraq.
Burris--on his first official overseas trip as senator--is traveling with Democrats [...]
Here's what Teri O'Brien says she'll be cookin' on the ol' grill today ... Listen on the web at 2:00 PM CST www.TeriOBrien.com:
The "historic" Senate vote on the 2074 page health care bill Eric Holder Showcases Our Justice System by Guaranteeing the Defendant will be Executed Before the' [...]by Mark Silva
With the Senate's 60-39 vote to proceed to debate, after Thanksgiving, on a health-care bill that the president is seeking by year's end, the debate of the 2010 midterm elections has been joined:
For the Democrats, in control of the White House and Congress, the congressional elections will [...]
Senator Mitch McConnell's closing words before last night's US Senate cloture vote, which the Democrats won with not a vote to spare, 60 to 39:
“Mr. President, the nation is watching the Senate tonight. The American people know how important this vote is. They’ve seen the bill the Democratic Leaders want [...]
The Republican leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said the vote (to allow the health-care reform bill to the floor for debate) was anything but procedural — casting it as a referendum on the bill itself, which he said would raise taxes, cut Medicare and create a "massive and unsustainable [...]
Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare.
The 60-39 vote cleared [...]
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A few minutes ago, 60 Senate Democrats--but no Republicans--voted to proceed with debate on the Harry Reid health care bill. from Concerned Women for America
Tonight the U.S. Senate squeaked through a vote to move the massive health care bill that will fund abortion, penalize married couples, ration care and cause millions of Americans to lose their health coverage.
"This key vote will come back to haunt many of these senators," [...]
Obama care has passed its second obstacle with a 60 for, 39 against vote. 60 votes were needed to close debate on the health care bill. Only 51 votes will be needed for passage. All Republicans voted No.
Illinois' two US Senators -- Durbin and Burris both voted in support of' [...]
Hatch and the Children [NRO Staff]
From just a bit ago:
Mr. President, We are rapidly approaching perhaps one of the most important votes for each of us here in the United States Senate. This is bigger than us, our parties or our ideologies.
This [...]
This morning's Republicans of Lyons Township candidate forum ended with endorsements for Patrick Hughes for U.S. Senate, and fell one vote short of backing Dan Proft for governor. Andy McKenna was the next highest vote gubernatorial vote getter -- at 14. 29 votes were needed for endorsement.
Lyons Township GOP also endorsed' [...]
