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 a man of character and [...]
In the 5-way 11th CD Republican primary, there's little real difference between candidates' views on the issues, but there's been a growing amount of push and pull over experience, campaign finances and national attention. The winner of the February 2 GOP primary in the 11th CD will take on freshman Democrat Debbie Halvorson' [...]
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 [...]Somehow, this scene from 1991's "Thelma and Louise" came to mind while reviewing what happened yesterday in the US Senate. US Senator Mary Landrieu got $100 (or $300) million for Louisiana and US Senator Blanche Lincoln got something valuable for her home state of Arkansas to be the 59th and 60th' [...]
by Phyllis Schlafly
Another kooky Barack Obama appointee became publicly known this month and quickly was thrown or voluntarily threw herself under the bus. Anita Dunn, the White House communications director (who led Obama's war on Fox News), said that Mao Tse-tung was one of her two favorite "political philosophers" [...]
US Senator Jim DeMint reports via his Senate Conservatives Fund newsletter yesterday about last week's visit in DC with Illinois GOP candidate Patrick Hughes and reports Hughes' overwhelming win in a SCF poll. From the newsletter:
Patrick Hughes traveled to Washington this week to meet with Sen. Jim DeMint and [...]
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 [...]
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' [...]
Again, not addressing the constitutional rights to be bestowed upon war criminals by bringing them to America, former Governor Jim Thompson, member of the 9-11 Commission, lines up in favors of Gitmo-in-Illinois in an op-ed published in tomorrow's Chicago Tribune:
If the Federal Bureau of Prisons purchases Thomson Correctional Center,' [...]
When asked by show host Judge Andrew Napolitano whether his potential constituents understand that the problem of too much borrowing and spending cannot be solved with more of the same, Ratowitz related a campaign trail encounter with a group of union carpenters “disgusted” by the various federal bailout and stimulus [...]
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' [...]
by Jeffrey Young
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has secured the vital 60th vote he needs to advance healthcare reform legislation with the announcement by Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) that she will vote with her party Saturday evening. Read more
Watch the debate live, to begin shortly on [...]
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by Sam Pierce
Kate at An Ol' Broad's Ramblings has posted a collection of some hard-hitting cartoons in today's edition of "Weasel Time". Several deal with the obvious attempt to begin the "Death Panel" process via new recommendations regarding mammograms and such. One example:
Call the sick Statists' [...]
Today, our country recognizes November 21st as the 10th Anniversary of National Adoption Day. The Republican Party understands how important it is to give every child the opportunity to grow up in a family that provides the love and support they all need. Adoption is something that not only Republicans [...]
Rasmussen found over the past few days that support for civilian trials rather than military tribunals for accused terrorists is not as widespread as the Chicago Tribune and Eric Zorn would lead us to believe. In asking questions about Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try the jihadists in New [...]
by Joe Calomino
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) introduced the Senate version of the government-run insurance program as an amendment in the form of a substitute to H.R. 3590. Reid’s bill is a combination of his own objectives and bills passed by the Senate Health, Education and Labor and Senate [...]
On Monday, U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam and Mark Kirk, along with Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman will discuss a new study commissioned by the Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) detailing the economic costs of Speaker Pelosi’s 1,990-page, $1.055 trillion, health care bill.
The IPI findings, including:
The bill will cost more [...]State Rep. Jim Sacia, a Republican from Freeport, says those concerned about Gitmo-in-Illinois are over-reacting. He, as well as others, attended a discussion about Thomson Correctional being used for terrorist suspects and came away feeling better, that Illinois could handle 100 detainees. He wrote in the State Journal-Register:
A fact [...]
Statement from Mark Vargas for Congress
Yesterday the veil of secrecy was lifted from the Federal Reserve in a historic bi-partisan vote by the US House Finance Committee. The margin favoring this vote was nearly 2 to 1, yet our own Congressman Bill Foster voted in the [...]
Senate President John Cullerton and his political hit team have found a Streamwood Democrat to file an objection to the nominating petitions of Steve Rauschenberger, who is running for Illinois State Senate in the 22nd district.
The basis for their objection is NOT the number of signatures [...]
Let's recap what recent campaign reforms have brought us:
In 2007, the politicians in the Illinois General Assembly moved the Illinois primary to February in order to help one of it's own (Barack Obama) in the Presidential Primary. No coincidentally, the move had the added benefit of making any challenges [...]by Sam Pierce
Tired of following the lead of party establishment types who have likely been in their positions for way too long? Disgusted with the procession of career politicians being paraded as the "best chance for victory"? Had enough of the people that contributed to the budgetary, entitlement, and [...]
Today, members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation joined Congressman Peter Roskam in sending a letter to President Barack Obama (see below) requesting a National Security Council (NSC) briefing, after one of the five Democrat Senate candidates, Alexi Giannoulias, disclosed that he received a [...]
from Ethan Hastert for Congress campaign
GENEVA, IL – Ethan Hastert will welcome Newt Gingrich to the 14th Congressional District on Friday, December 11, 2009 for a fundraising event at Pheasant Run in St. Charles, IL, to benefit the Ethan Hastert for Congress Campaign. The breakfast event [...]
The folks in Standish Michigan are concerned about transferring Gitmo prisoners to their area, just as the people of Illinois are...despite what the liberal media and radical Democrats are trying to diminish with their pre-9-11 sarcasm.
[...]
From Garrett M. Peck: The Plainfield Township Republican Party officially endorsed the following for the February 2, 2010 GOP primary:
IL Governor--Adam Andrzejewski US Congressional District 11 Adam Kinzinger and District 13 Judy Biggert Will County Board District 5 -- John Argoudelis; Lee Goodson; Brian Smith Will [...]from the Proft for Governor campaign
Last night the Southern Will County Republican Organization (SWCRO) which comprises six rural townships in Will County endorsed conservative Republican candidate Dan Proft for Governor.
“I want to thank SWCRO Chairman Bill Weidling and all of the Republican precinct committeemen from the [...]
The House Financial Services Committee voted Thursday to assess upfront fees on financial firms to pay for the failure of their peers and to require a sweeping congressional audit of the Federal Reserve.
"This amendment...will create a system going forward where we force the big-bank, Wall Street fat cats" [...]
From the RNC -- 10 things you should know about Senator Reid's government-run health care plan ...
View This Research Briefing At www.GOP.com:
1. $493 Billion In Tax Increases On Health Insurance, Medical Innovation, Payroll And Small Businesses Would Pay For The Bill. (Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid,' [...]
www.TeaPartyMovie.com --"Cinematic Sneak Peek" Live Webcast with Movie Producer Luke Livingston, FreedomWorks’ Hon. Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe -- 2PM ET - November 23, 2009
Speaking after an event in Aurora where he collected Mayor Tom Weisner's endorsement, Democrat Gov. Pat Quinn said again Thursday that a tax increase he proposed earlier in the year would be the best way to help solve the states budget problems.
Democrat U.S. Rep. Bill Foster likes to project himself as some average man. A poor scientist who can understand the struggles of the middle class.
Unfortunately, it's a lie.
According to Opensecrets.org, Foster is the richest congressman in Illinois, and 19th richest in all of Congress. His' [...]
According to the Daily Herald, both the Green Party and the Democrat Party are working to remove Richard B. Mayers - an admitted anti-Semite - from the ballot in February. Not surprising that someone who once made a Nazi salute in a Lake County court would find a home [...]
With the 2010 election getting closer, Democrat U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson is trying to play both sides on the plan to sell Thomson prison to the feds in order to house terrorists from Gitmo. She told the Herald-Review that she "needs more information before she" [...]
by Mark Rhoads
President Obama, who was a mediocre and non-leadership state senator in Springfield, has labored to explain why its OK to throw people in jail if they don't buy health insurance the bureaucrats approve. He often points out that many states require people to buy auto collision insurance if' [...]
The National Council on Citizenship found that in comparing the states of New Hampshire and Illinois, that Illinoisans are disengaging from the political process, now ranking 40th in the nation:
The Illinois Civic Health Index indicates that residents of the state are disappointed and disengaged. Recent political scandals and [...]
As if you haven't heard it all yet, well, Illinois now has a Democrat gay leather master running for State Rep. From the Chicago Reader's "A Kink in the Campaign":
Laiacona, a part-time computer science teacher at Columbia College, is running as a reformer against the incumbent, Deborah [...]
from Kristina Rasmussen, Illinois Policy Institute
Picking up on a story from ABC News about stimulus jobs created in phantom congressional districts, I sorted the Illinois job count spreadsheet from Recovery.gov by recipient congressional district, and I found jobs/awards reported for the following "districts":
District "0"
20th District
21st District
22nd District
28th District
33rd [...]
The Illinois Department of Employment Security says the state's unemployment rate is now 11%. That's up from 10.5%. The river of unemployed is rising.
[...]by John Bambenek
Dear Senator Brady-
As someone who has promoted reform for the last few years, I'm pleased that the arrest of Rod Blagojevich has inspired you to accept term limits and promote reform. You know better than I do after 15 years in Springfield how badly the system is broken. [...]
“The government reports touting the number of jobs created by the [...]
The Regional Transportation Authority today gave its approval to Democrat Gov. Quinn's plan to borrow $166 million to avert a CTA fare increase and continue to allow wealthy seniors to ride free. The plan allows the RTA to issue bonds to provide the CTA with $83 million' [...]
This week's Southtown Star column is about Gitmo, Thomson, Thanksgiving, Arlington National Cemetery and our 3 year old granddaughter Gabby, and how they all link.
"...When Gabby's daddy was on the other side of the world last Thanksgiving, he would say that" [...]
from the Brady for Governor campaign
Sen. Bill Brady, Republican Candidate for Governor, unveiled a comprehensive education reform package today to give parents a greater choice in their children’s education and to better prepare Illinois students for college educations and 21st Century vocations and careers.
“Just as Illinois [...]
Taylorville… State Representative Bill Mitchell (R-Forsyth) and Wayne Rosenthal, Republican candidate for State Representative in the 98th District, are supporting the National Rifle Association’s effort to overturn Chicago’s controversial gun ban.
Mitchell has signed onto an amicus curiae brief being presented to the United States Supreme Court in support of the [...]
Bernard Schoenburg uncovered some hypocrisy on the part of U.S. Rep. Phil Hare. To be sure, regular hypocrisy is not surprising for a Democrat. Especially one from Illinois. But this one is worth noting.
It seems that while Philly boy was using his father's death (Democrats have no shame) to' [...]
from Andrzejewski for Illinois campaign
Elmhurst, Illinois – In response to Channel 7 investigative reporter Chuck Goudie’s report last night concerning the cost of operating the state fleet of 16 aircraft, Republican candidate for Governor Adam Andrzejewski says he would ground the aircraft, and then sell the [...]
In an interview with the Herald Review, GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady said that Jim Ryan "is really the only competition" he sees in the race. He also noted that Ryan's name ID "is good and bad" because "two people for every one think he'" [...]
Democrat Rep. Phil Hare today endorsed the plan to house enemy terrorists at the Thomson prison. Noting that it would create jobs, Hare snipped at Republican critics - and presumably every Illinoisan who disagrees with him.
Now there's some Hare today that should be gone tomorrow.
' [...]by John Brown's Ghost
Yesterday, we published part one of the interview with 14th Congressional Candidate, Jeff Danklefsen. Part one can be found here.
Today we publish part two, which completes this interview.
Ghost of John Brown (GJB): If you win the Republican Primary, you will most likely' [...]
When you go to the polls February 2, 2010, and request a "Republican" ballot, here's the ballot order you'll see -- as determined by an Illinois State Board of Elections drawing earlier this week:
For US Senate, the GOP ballot starting at the top:
Donald (Don) Lowery Mark Steven Kirk Andy [...]The Chicago Tribune conveyed yesterday that it's ridiculous to oppose transferring GITMO terrorists to Thomson, Illinois. How short-sighted and how ill-informed. It takes more than simply waiting to see what position Republicans are taking, and then side on the opposite to determine what's best for Illinois and America, and yes, the [...]
by Mark Rhoads
Say what you will about Barack Obama, he's got chutzpah when it comes to reversing himself in public. According to Reuters, he told Fox News of all news groups (Yup, they're speaking to each other again) yesterday that "It is important though to recognize if we keep on" [...]
by Chris Robling
If you view this and can sleep soundly tonight, congratulations. I think our A.G. comes off as a blithering doofus on the key security issue of our age. He sounds exactly like my law school classmates who had not done the homework. Sen. Graham's point is so elemental' [...]
Genuflecting lower than Obama to a Japanese emperor, Republican gubernatorial candidate Kirk Dillard seemed to sycophantically and reflexively attempt to curry favor with Greg Hinz today by not-so-subtly agreeing that "conservatives" are the problem in Illinois politics -- or at least within the Illinois GOP.
From [...]
from Penny Pullen's Life Advocacy Briefing
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid appears to be moving forward on the Obama Regime’s scheme to assume control of America’s medical care delivery system. He is reported, by Eagle Forum’s legislative director to “most likely have his Congressional Budget Office [fiscal' [...]
The coroner's declaration that Chicago Board of Education President Michael Scott's sudden death early Monday morning has his friends doubting that Scott committed suicide. The Chicago Tribune talked to one willing to go on record:
"I don't believe Michael committed suicide, I'll tell you that," said Nelson Carlo, president of Carlo [...]
from the Illinois College Republicans
CHARLESTON - The Illinois College Republican Federation calls on Illinois' leaders to take a step back as they deliberate bringing Gitmo terrorists to Illinois.
During hard times, it is natural to grasp at potential solutions; however, more often than not, this myopic thinking does more harm than' [...]
Despite double-digit unemployment, jobs fleeing the state, political corruption, and fiscal bankruptcy, Illinois' legislators have finally focused on a real crisis - school bus safety.
Seems the propagandists at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) are purposefully misinterpreting Illinois congressman Don Manzullo's comment that the "alleged
terrorists at the detention center 'are really really mean people
whose job it is to kill people driven by some savage religion.'" See here.
Presuming Manzullo' [...]
by John Brown's Ghost
President Barack Obama was in China this week and had the following quote:
"It is important though to recognize if we keep on adding to the debt, even in the midst of this recovery, that at some point, people could lose confidence in the U.S. economy in'" [...]
Maybe gubernatorial candidate Dan Proft will have better luck than others have had with State Senator and Rev. James Meeks on the education issue. In past experience, the good reverend tends to say one thing in one instance and another in other circumstances. Remember when he threatened to run for [...]
Remember when we thought 7% was a high rate unemployment? Ah…good times.
Attention Islamic murdering fanatics. Please note the new Obama protocol for dealing with you after you kill Americans: (1) Kill thousands of Americans on American Soil-Full Civil Rights like any American criminal defendant, [...]
by Mark Rhoads
While almost all national polls show President Obama's approval rating slipping, not all polls are uniform in measuring how much approval he has lost or why. One very simple way to bias the results of any poll is to dramatically distort the sample. One year ago President Obama' [...]
Tuesday, fifteen Illinois House Republicans indicated their opposition to Governor Pat Quinn's ongoing negotiations with the feds to transfer Gitmo suspected war criminals to Illinois. Lead sponsors State Reps Ron Stephens and Bill Mitchell introduced HR 762, which calls on the governor to cease any discussions or progress towards' [...]
In a press release Tuesday, 8th CD GOP candidate Dirk Beveridge's campaign headlined with these words: The Democrats are handing Al Qaeda a significant victory." The candidate insisted that will happen if the Obama Administration transfers Gitmo prisoners to the Thomson Correctional Facility.
The headline drew the attention of National'" [...]
by John Brown's Ghost
We continue our series of interviews with the candidates for the 14th Congressional District with an interview of Jeff Danklefsen. Previously we have featured Ethan Hastert. An interview has been scheduled with Randy Hultgren, which will be published in the next couple of' [...]
Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Andrzejewski (an-gee-EF-ski) will release a campaign-sponsored poll in the Illinois governor’s race tomorrow, November 18, 2009 at 8:00 A.M. Central Time. The complete survey, including the Executive Summary and 168-page Cross Tab data set, will be released to the public at [...]
For 6 weeks, and behind closed doors, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Democrats have been crafting their own version of a socialized health-care bill.
With the House's passage of its bill, Reid is ready to pull the trigger, now only awaiting a cost estimate' [...]
Crain's Chicago Business reported today that Chicago lost another key convention today as the plastics trade group announced it’s moving its 2012 and 2015 gathering to Orlando. The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.'s national show is has met in Chicago since 1971.
The decision comes a week after the Healthcare Information [...]
from Congressman Aaron Schock's office
Washington, DC – Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL), along with several other members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation, introduced legislation today to prohibit any federal funds from being used to transfer detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay to Thomson Correctional Center in Illinois.
“The' [...]
All that power in the US Senate apparently has gone to Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin's head. No longer does the Democrat think "democratically." He rejects the idea that Illinoisans should have anything to say about imprisoning jihadist terrorists in Thomson, Illinois. On this morning's Fox News Chicago...
H/T Illinois Republican Party
[...]by Rhonda Robinson
Once upon a time there was a frog that lived on the riverbank. Life was good. The frog was full and happy; he worked hard all day catching flies. His life was satisfying.
One day a scorpion came up to the frog and told him of the wonders that [...]
Looks like there's a group other than the Republican Senate Caucus that's looking at the U.S. Senate race between major GOP candidates Mark Kirk and Patrick Hughes -- the Senate Conservatives, headed up by Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina. In an email, Hughes told supporters [...]
from the McKenna/Murphy campaign
ROCKFORD - State Senators Tim Bivins and Dave Syverson and State Representative Dave Winters endorsed State Senator Matt Murphy today for Lieutenant Governor.
“Matt is both a colleague and friend and I am proud to endorse his candidacy because I know he will bring [...]
The issues surrounding Gitmo-in-Illinois continue to grow. Not only are they concerned about keeping the local public safe, now the question is where cold-blooded planners and killers would be transported to undergo trial in federal courts. As the LA Times reports:
Critics of the plan to house detainees at Thomson, in northwest Illinois, say it could mean that prisoners [...]
From I-LAW:
Much has been written recently about Cook County’s double-digit sales tax rate and the adverse impact it has on residents and businesses in the county, but a new study released today by the non-partisan, grassroots legal watchdog group Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch (I-LAW) shows that Cook County residents are [...]
Roll Call reports that the U.S. Senate version of the government takeover of health care will be read on the Senate floor before passage, something one U.S. Senator, according to Senate rules, has demanded before passage. A novel idea.
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) confirmed Senate Democratic leaders’ fears that he [...]
from the Illinois Republican Party
Despite Quinn’s claim, AP reports Colorado officials were never contacted on possible GITMO transfer
Durbin, Quinn also claimed moving GITMO would create 3,000 jobs, but Bureau of Prisons says it would only hire between 450 and 500 with no preference for immediate area
CHICAGO – Illinois Republican Party [...]
GOP candidate for Illinois Comptroller, Bill Kelly, received the endorsement of the Niles Township Regular Republican Organization on Sunday.
[...]by Sam Pierce
I was fortunate to have received the great news from our illustrious Senator Dick (Durbin), having voted in his little poll on the "public option". Here is the message from Senator Dick:
Dear sam,
We already knew that a majority of Americans support the inclusion of a public health insurance [...]
from the McKenna/Murphy campaign
WHEATON - State Senator and Lieutenant Governor Candidate Matt Murphy announced today the endorsement of Downers Grove Mayor Ron Sandack, State Senators Brad Burzynski, John Millner and Pam Althoff, State Representatives Suzanne Bassi, Franco Coladipietro, Michael Connelly, Sid Mathias, Bob Pritchard, Randy Ramey, Dennis Reboletti, Sandra Pihos [...]
US Senate GOP primary candidate Patrick Hughes says he's opposed to Illinois selling the Thomson Correctional Facility to the feds for housing terrorists ...
'I am vehemently opposed to bringing enemy combatants, including the Gitmo prisoners, to Illinois and was also opposed the closing of Guantanamo Bay. This is failure of [...]
Our world has changed immensely since the 1970s: computers no longer fill an entire room, we don’t play records with a needle, and we can watch a fetus that weighs less than a few paper clips as her heart beats while she sleeps inside her mother’s womb.
The abortion [...]
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