Diersen’s emailing; January 13 Edition-News, Clips and Upcoming Event Information

From Diersen-GOPUSA ILLINOIS (Can also be seen at here at gopillinois.com) – posted here with Dave’s permission.

January 13, 2010

Fellow Republicans:

News clips and upcoming event information:

ABSENTEE AND EARLY VOTING HAVE ALREADY STARTED AND THE ELECTION IS ONLY 20 DAYS AWAY

ASSOCIATED PRESS

– DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Mark Kirk boycotts ABC7 debate

DIERSEN QUESTION: If Kirk had participated in the debate, which of his opponents — Arrington, Hughes, or Martin — all of whom have spoken at TAPROOT events, would Kirk have had the hardest time rebutting?

http://www.fox59.com/news/sns-ap-il–skippingdebates,0,1698373.story

FROM THE AP ARTICLE:

As Illinois primary looms, some top candidates decide smart move is to skip debates

With the Illinois primary election just around the corner, some top candidates have decided they can afford to skip a debate or two.

Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk won’t take part in a televised debate Thursday in Chicago.

Republican Andy McKenna skipped a debate in the governor’s race this week. He and Jim Ryan will miss another debate next week.

And Democrat for Senate Alexi Giannoulias plans to skip one later this month. It’s a time-tested strategy for top candidates to ignore the trailing candidates whenever possible.

The debate Kirk is skipping is open to all candidates, even those who barely register in the polls

“– Illinois newspaper endorsements-Republicans

http://www.bnd.com/326/story/1085737.html” TARGET=”_blank”>”http://www.bnd.com/326/story/1085737.html”>http://www.bnd.com/326/story/1085737.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

– DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Mark Kirk boycotts ABC7 debate

“DIERSEN: Of the six U.S. Senate Candidates, three have spoken at TAPROOT events – Arrington, Hughes, and Martin

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/wire/chi-ap-il-skippingdebates,0,7038143.story

.FROM THE AP ARTICLE:

Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk won’t take part in a televised debate Thursday in Chicago

. .Hinsdale developer Patrick Hughes said it’s time Kirk shows “he is willing to answer the tough questions.” “I sense he is not willing though because he knows they will not like the answers he has,” Hughes said in a statement.

Polls show Kirk with a huge lead in the Republican race for President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat. Thursday’s debate is open to all candidates in the race, even those barely registering in the polls. From a strategy perspective, Kirk would have little to gain from sharing the stage with those candidates.

Participating could send voters the message that the others are legitimate contenders and give them a high-profile opportunity to take shots at the front-runner. Debate organizers often exclude candidates below a certain level in the polls — sometimes 5 percent. In the last Chicago Tribune poll, Kirk was the only candidate topping 3 percent. But that poll was weeks ago and without more current results, the League of Women Voters of Illinois decided not to exclude anyone based on old results, said executive director Jan Czarnik.

Kirk campaign spokesman Eric Elk said there was an issue with the debate date. He didn’t elaborate but said Kirk would take part in a debate later this month. Another Republican,

Don Lowery of Golconda, also has declined, according to the league. Of the six Republicans running, Hughes, Andy Martin and John Arrington have so far agreed to participate in the WLS-TV debate sponsored by the league and the Better Government Association, according to the league. Kirk’s absence gives them an hour of TV time with no rebuttal from him.)

– The Republican governor candidates debate tonight live for an hour starting at 7 p.m. You can watch it as it unfolds on ABC’s digital channel 7.2 or on www.ABC7chicago.com. The station will replay the debate at 11:05 p.m. on its main Ch. 7.

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2010/01/wednesday-illinois-political-docket-quinn-delivers-state-of-state-speech.html

– DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-conservative Chicago Tribune endorses Keats for Cook County Board

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/elections/chi-100112countyboardpres-gop-endorse-story,0,4593673.story

– DIERSEN HEADLINE: Kass gives a detailed report on the recent GOP gubernatorial debate hosted by the West Suburban Chamber of Commerce. Of the seven gubernatorial candidates, five have spoken at TAPROOT events — Andrzejewski, Brady, Dillard, Proft, and McKenna.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-kass-13-jan13,0,4327751.column

– FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: $685,000 a year to run nonprofit Executive receives high salary to manage low- and moderate-income housing – Ellen Gabler

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-chicago-dwellings-13-jan13,0,7080296.story

– January 17 candidate forum: 59th State Rep and Judicial

http://www.triblocal.com/view.html?type=stories&action=detail&sub_id=131035

– DuPage board votes against Islamic center – Bob Goldsborough

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/01/dupage-board-votes-against-islamic-center.html

– Sarah Palin at Fox News: What are the odds she sticks around? Irish oddsmaker says 8-to-1 she’s gone by Sept. 1 – Rob Manker

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-talk-sarah-palin-oddsjan13,0,6799874.story

– House lawmakers react to controversy over early prison release – Monique Garcia and Michelle Manchir

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2010/01/house-lawmakers-react-to-controversy-over-early-prison-release.html

– DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Clarence Page a) promotes Reid and b) condemns Reid’s critics

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0113pagejan13,0,7236768.column

– Body art and deviant behavior: Study finds link between multiple tattoos, piercings and trouble – Steve Johnson

“DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the more that you abuse your body, the more that you shout to the world that you are very troubled.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/chi-talk-tattoos-bad-behaviorjan13,0,4187809.column

– DIERSEN HEADLINE: Again, Kathleen Parker blames men for all problems that women have.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0113parkerjan13,0,2430876.column

CHAMPION NEWS

– Mark Kirk hides in the closet, and Laura Ingraham applauds Patrick Hughes

http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=2296

– Mark Levin endorses Patrick Hughes for U.S. Senate

http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=2295

– Chris Lauzen’s primary race and Dennis Hastert’s legacy – John Biver

http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=2288

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER

– AP: The Republican race for Illinois governor has heated up with sniping among the candidates who are meeting in another debate.

THE ARTICLE: A crowded field of GOP hopefuls faces off Wednesday night during a forum at WLS-TV in Chicago. The candidates were quick to criticize each other and point out potential political vulnerabilities at a debate earlier this week. Republicans want to take back the governor’s mansion after eight years of Democratic rule. The seven GOP candidates are state Sens. Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard, former attorney general Jim Ryan, Chicago businessman Andy McKenna and DuPage County Board chairman Bob Schillerstrom. Also running are businessman Adam Andrzejewski and communications consultant Dan Proft.
http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x1560338431/GOP-gubernatorial-hopefuls-to-debate-again-tonight

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

– DIERSEN HEADLINE: Carol Marin critiques the Illinois Democrat Party website, the Illinois Republican Party wesite, and the DuPage County Democrat Party website.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1987278,CST-EDT-carol13.article

THE COMMENTARY:

Mike Madigan’s Web site not helping Dems

– Carol Marin

An election going on? Don’t be silly. A primary on Feb. 2?

You’d never know it if you just happened to be a Democrat on the hunt for a list of candidates and mistakenly thought your very own Democratic Party of Illinois was there to help you figure that out.

Last year (April 2009) I Googled the party’s Web site only to find it hadn’t been updated since 2006. And so its roster of candidates included Gov. Rod Blagojevich (who had been impeached and removed) and the address of his Ravenswood political office (which had been bugged by the FBI prior to Blagojevich’s arrest and indictment).

Time flies, I guess, but honestly. Had it escaped the notice of the state party headed by House Speaker Michael Madigan that there had actually been elections since 2006? And that included the 2009 congressional special election for Rahm Emanuel’s old seat, something a slew of Democrats sought before Mike Quigley finally won.

Yesterday, just for fun, I returned to the state party Web site to look around and see what might have changed.

It was a relief to find that Blagojevich’s picture had been taken down. And the 2006 candidate roster was gone.

Then again, if you click on the “Candidates” tab today, you won’t find any candidates at all. None. Instead, you’ll find a statement: “This section is under development. Please check back again soon.”

Soon? The polls close in 17 days.

While it is true that Web sites do not an election make, sometimes they reveal something about the moving force behind them. The same way a palm reader deciphers the lines of a person’s hand.

And there is no stronger hand in the Democratic Party of Illinois than the one attached to the titanium arm of the sphinx-like Madigan.

Little wonder then that none of the politicos I called yesterday were eager to be quoted for this column.

But what they had to say was interesting nonetheless.

One very chipper young operative enthused that there were “many other sites” organized by state and local Democrats offering information and training for the election. The operative suggested that potential Democratic voters could go click on the “Illinois for Obama” site, for instance.

Now I don’t know about you, but if I’m on the hunt for who the candidates are for, say, state Treasurer, an Obama site might not be the first place that would leap to mind.

Another politico, one with a little more experience and a lot more candor, put it this way: “Mike Madigan has no interest in electing candidates in Illinois if it isn’t in the House he controls or for his daughter.” That would be Attorney General Lisa Madigan.

Late Tuesday, Madigan spokesman Steve Brown argued that, given the ethics battle that took place in the General Assembly this last session, the real reason no candidates are listed is an attempt to remain neutral in all of these races. Sorry, not buying that.

I am not suggesting that, despite the fevered hopes of Illinois Republicans, that this off-year election will bring oxygen back into their airless GOP tent. But if you are a Republican in search of who is running for elective office, your state party is falling all over itself trying to help. The Illinois Republican Party, headed by Pat Brady, offers a long list of candidates, including six U.S. Senate hopefuls and seven gubernatorial challengers, plus quick ways to volunteer or make contributions electronically.

Madigan’s site, in pathetic contrast, provides a P.O. box to send snail mail or a phone number for you to call.

Even DuPage County — repeat, DuPage County, where a few years ago there weren’t enough Democratic voters to fill a phone booth — now has an informative, extensive Web site packed with election information. The Democratic Party of DuPage County puts the bigger, older, richer state party to shame.

Somebody should be embarrassed. But he’s not.

– AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: AP: Jobless outnumber openings 6-1

http://www.suntimes.com/business/1987960,CST-NWS-jobs13.article

– DEAR ABBY: Married woman upset by lesbian’s advances at work Straight woman tells her she’s not interested; union rep says to keep quiet

http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/1987142,CST-FTR-abby0113.article

ABC7

– Crowded field in 10th Congressional District – Charles Thomas

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=7214477

DAILY HERALD

– FRONT PAGE IN DUPAGE EDITION: Opponents attack Olson’s finances in DuPage GOP race – Jake Griffin

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=350419&src=2

– AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Wheaton begins eliminating 17 positions – Robert Sanchez

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=350243

– What’s the next major tollway project? – Marni Pyke

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=350272

– DuPage County board tightens ethics law – Jake Griffin

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=350321&src=2

– GOP candidates square off at Huntley forum – Jameel Naqvi

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=350384&src=1

– Michels, Lauzen, Hatcher report donations – Susan Sarkauskas

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=350403

– DIERSEN HEADLINE: Abby Grosshuesch of Naperville promotes Schillerstrom

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=350326

– DIERSEN HEADLINE: Kathryn Elmore of Villa Park promotes Cronin and Nybo

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=350133

– Local lawmakers urge Quinn to focus on jobs, budget fix – Chase Castle and Timothy Magaw

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=350423&src=109

– DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-conservative Daily Herald endorses Topinka

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=350420&src=

– Candidates split on Kane County pay issues – Kerry Lester

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=350379&src=109

– GOP candidates cite background in Cook County Board of Review race – Kim Mikus

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=350407&src=109

SOUTHTOWN STAR

– Can Cook GOP tap angry voters amid Dem squabbles? – Fran Eaton

http://www.southtownstar.com/news/eaton/1987266,011310eatoncol.article

SUBURBAN LIFE

– GOP gubernatorial candidates square off on budget, ethics – Brian Hudson

http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/willowbrook/features/x1409371227/Candidates-square-off-on-budget-ethics
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/bolingbrook/photos/x370521840/Chamber-Hosts-Republican-Candidates

– AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON WHEATON, ON ILLINOIS, AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Wheaton to cut 17 positions – Nick Vogel

http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/warrenville/topstories/x1672006551/Wheaton-to-cut-17-positions

PIONEER LOCAL

– GOP governor candidates address business leaders in Countryside – Jane Michaels

http://www.pioneerlocal.com/lagrange/news/1987549,la-grange-governor-011410-s1.article

SUBURBAN CHICAGO NEWS

– DuPage County approves ethics rules

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1986944,DuPage-ethics-rules_SCN011210.article

– Democrat Grimston drops County Board District 4 bid – Susan Carlman

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1986890,DuPage-County-Grimston-out-NA011209.article

– Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran decries burdens of illegal immigration – Frank Abderholden

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/1987419,5_1_WA13_ILLEGALS_S1-100113.article

– VERY SAD IF NOT TRAGIC: Aurora not banning video gambling

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/1987195,Kane-Videogaming-sidebar_AU011310.article

QUAD CITY TIMES

– Illinois House votes to let Quinn borrow more – Kurt Erickson

http://www.qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/article_f96c1312-ffd0-11de-841d-001cc4c03286.html

CHAMPAIGN URBANA NEWS GAZETTE

– U.S. Representative Tim Johnson endorses Kirk for Obama’s old Senate seat – Tom Kacich

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2010/01/13/johnson_endorses_kirk_for_obamas_old_senate_seat

– Hays off to solid financial start in 104th District race – Tom Kacich

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2010/01/13/hays_off_to_solid_financial_start_in_104th_district_race

STATE LINE

– Video Gambling Debate Continues in Rockford – Katie Crowther

http://mystateline.com/content/fulltext_news?cid=128402

WGIL

– GOP Governor Candidates Have Other Ideas For Funding Capital Projects

http://www.wgil.com/localnews.php?xnewsaction=fullnews&newsarch=012010&newsid=123

ILLINOIS REVIEW

– Brady attacks McKenna and Ryan on ILGOP poll and Stuart Levine

http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2010/01/brady-attacks-mckenna-and-ryan-on-ilgop-poll-and-stuart-levine.html

– DuPage Treasurer Henry endorses Plummer

http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2010/01/dupage-treasurer-henry-endorses-plummer.html

– Pullen explains endorsement of McKenna

http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2010/01/pullen-explains-endorsement-of-mckenna.html

– Prolife leaders endorse Proft for governor

http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2010/01/prolife-leaders-endorse-proft-for-governor.html

– Tea Party movement tested in Hughes – Kirk race

http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2010/01/tea-party-movement-tested-in-hughes-kirk-race.html

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

– Republican Gov candidate Dan Proft on tax and spending cuts

http://jeffberkowitz.blogspot.com/2010/01/perfect-chaser-to-demcratic-u-s-senate.html

REPUBLICANS FOR FAIR MEDIA

– Dan Proft’s Comment To Daily Herald On Right To Life Issue: Funny Or Vision Into A Man’s Soul – Daniel T. Zanoza

http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2010/01/dan-profts-comment-to-daily-herald-on-right-to-life-issue-funny-or-vision-into-a-mans-soul.html

ANDY MARTIN FOR U.S. SENATE

– DIERSEN HEADLINE: Martin blasts Kirk for boycotting the ABC7 debate

http://www.pr-inside.com/chicago-news-conference-wednesday-bunker-r1664682.htm

http://andyforussenator.blogspot.com/2010/01/chicago-news-conference-wednesday.html

LIBERTARIAN REPUBLICAN

– DIERSEN HEADLINE: Libertarian Jeff Wartman promotes Mark Kirk. Sadly, many Libertarians reject many important planks in the Republican Party platform.

http://libertarianrepublican.blogspot.com/2010/01/illinois-libertarian-backs-moderate.html

RED COUNTY

– Dodge for Comptroller: Winning more Endorsements – Warner Todd Huston

http://www.redcounty.com/dodge-comptroller-winning-more-endorsements/35651

ACCURACY IN MEDIA

– Pope Continues Global “Green” Crusade for World Government – Cliff Kincaid

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/pope-continues-global-green-crusade-for-world-government/

ONE NEWS NOW

– CPAC keeps GOProud, loses Liberty University Law School – Jim Brown

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=850854

THE HILL

– Memo to Steele: GOP will win – Dick Morris

http://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/dick-morris/75567-memo-to-steele-gop-will-win

– The big questions for the fourth quarter – Aaron Blake

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/75581-the-big-questions-for-the-fourth-quarter
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (D) both have vulnerabilities in the Illinois Senate primary, which is less than three weeks away. But if Patrick Hughes (R) and/or David Hoffman (D) are really going to make a race of it, they need money. Neither raised even $400,000 in the third quarter, and Hoffman set an ambitious goal of $2 million in the fourth quarter. Both can self-fund to some extent, but Illinois is expensive. Keep an eye on Hoffman; Giannoulias’s numbers are worse than Kirk’s, and Kirk seems pretty confident right now. Also worth watching on Feb. 2, the nation’s first primary, is the race for Kirk’s House seat, where state Rep. Beth Coulson (R) and repeat nominee Dan Seals (D) are fighting off better-funded challengers. In Rep. Bill Foster’s (D-Ill.) district, state Sen. Randy Hultgren’s (R) number in his primary against Ethan Hastert will be watched closely.)

CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY

– February 2 Primary: Illinois and the Law of Unintended Consequences

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/in_the_right/2010/01/illinois-and-the-law-of-uninte.html#more

DAILY KOS

– DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-conservative Daily Kos promotes Mark Kirk

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/1/11/824049/-Winger-smearfest-against-Mark-Kirk-continues

REAL CLEAR POLITICS

– The IRS Should Fix Itself First – Steven Malanga

http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2010/01/13/the_irs_should_fix_itself_first_97588.html

NEWSMAX

– Michael Steele Has Lost the Support of His Party – Ronald Kessler

http://newsmax.com/Headline/steele-gop-support-republican/2010/01/12/id/346168?s=al&promo_code=9536-1

RASMUSSEN REPORTS

– VIDEO CLIP: Is Global Warming to Blame for This Cold Winter?

DIERSEN: Of course, everyone knows that a) Democrats and RINOs blame Republicans for everything that is bad, including bad weather and b) liberals and moderates blame conservatives for everything that is bad, including bad weather.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/most_recent_videos2/is_global_warming_to_blame_for_this_cold_winter

CBS4

– Florida: Crist Loses GOP Straw Poll In Home County

http://cbs4.com/local/crist.rubio.senate.2.1420660.html

WASHINGTON TIMES

– RNC members will urge Steele to end book tour Motion to be made at winter meeting – Ralph Hallow

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/13/rnc-members-will-urge-steele-to-end-book-tour/?source=newsletter_must-read-stories-today_headlines

NEW YORK TIMES

– Google, Citing Attack, Threatens to Exit China – Andrew Jacobs, Miguel Helft, and John Markoff

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/world/asia/13beijing.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL

– FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Google Threat Jolts Chinese Internet Industry – Loretta Chao and Aaron Back

DIERSEN: Even thought GOPUSA ILLINOIS does much to promote the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), Illinois Review, and many other organizations, those who dominate the IRP, the DCRCC, the MTRCC, Illinois Review, and many other organizations have made it clear that they will not promote GOPUSA ILLINOIS unless GOPUSA ILLINOIS agrees to abide by their filtering requirements.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704362004575000440265987982.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEADNewsCollection
(The Internet giant operates a Chinese-language search engine from Beijing that has similar functions to its international English-language Web site, but which tailors its search and other products like news and maps to the needs of users based in China. Because the Web site is operated locally, the company is required to abide by Chinese regulations, including requirements to filter its content and remove search results related to pornography and politically sensitive content, in order to stay in operation.)

USA TODAY

– Palin: McCain aides ‘gossipy’ and told lies about her – David Jackson

DIERSEN: What percent of Republican campaign staffs have been invaded, infested, and corrupted, and all but destroyed by anti-conservatives – 85%?, 90%?, 95+%?

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2010/01/palin-mccain-aides-gossipy-and-told-lies-about-her/1?csp=hf

– Censorship, cyberattacks may spur Google to exit China – Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-01-12-google-china_N.htm

– France may ban Muslim veils – AP (DIERSEN: What is the Democrat Party’s position on this? What is the Republican Party’s position on this?)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2010-01-12-france-muslim_N.htm

– FRONT PAGE: Poll: Most support ethnic profiling in air security – Susan Page

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-01-12-poll-terrorism-obama_N.htm

– Poll: Black optimism rises – Marisol Bello (DIERSEN: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. What percent of minorities, females, homosexuals, poor people, socialists, anti-religious, anti-conservatives, anti-Americans, etc. who voted for Obama did so because they believed that Obama would give preference to their group — 85%?, 90%?, 95+%?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-01-12-poll-race-black-hispanic_N.htm

– Report: No more Cadillacs for Tiger Woods – Chris Woodyard

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-cadillac-tiger-woods-20100112,0,3760886.story

POLISH FORUMS

– DIERSEN HEADLINE: While GOPUSA ILLINOIS urges candidates to disclose their race, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, health, etc., GOPUSA ILLINOIS opposes race-based, gender-based, age-based, national origin-based, religion-based, sexual-orientation-based, health-based, etc.-based voting

http://www.polishforums.com/news-politics-4/adam-andrzejewski-state-illinois-41301/

NEWSWEEK

– DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: To promote homosexual marriage is to promote homosexual activity. Theodore B. Olson wrongly argues for homosexual marriage.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/229957

GOPUSA ILLINOIS

– Has your local Republican party organization received campaign literature from all the candidates in contested statewide and countywide races? – Dave Diersen

http://www.gopillinois.com
DuPage County is one of the most important Republican counties in Illinois. Milton Township is one of the most important townships in DuPage County. As a DuPage County Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, my policy has always been to deliver all the campaign literature for all the candidates that the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) provides me. Has your local Republican party organization received campaign literature from all the candidates in contested statewide and countywide races? As of noon, Saturday, January 9, MTRCC had not yet received campaign literature from the candidates listed below. It is not too late for them to bring their literature in. However, this evening, Wednesday evening, January 13, is the constructive deadline because most of the MTRCC Precinct Committeemen will pick up campaign literature at MTRCC’s monthly meeting that evening, at the 285 Roosevelt Road in Glen Ellyn. What should I tell voters in my precinct who ask why MTRCC didn’t get literature to give its members for all the candidates in contested statewide and countywide races?

U.S. Senate

John Arrington, Patrick Hughes, Don Lowery, Andy Martin, Kathleen Thomas

Governor

Adam Andrzejewski, Bill Brady, Kirk Dillard, Andy McKenna

Lieutenant Governor

Brad Cole, Dennis Cook, Matt Murphy, Don Tracy, Randy White

Comptroller

William Kelly, Judy Baar Topinka

DuPage County Board Chairman

Gary Grasso, Carole Pankau

DuPage County Sheriff

Mike Quiroz

Judicial Offices

Donna Kelly, Kenneth Moy

GOPUSA ILLINOIS

– Questions that still need answers:

http://www.gopillinois.com

• If Mark Kirk wins the Illinois U.S. Senate primary, but then, like Jack Ryan, withdraws, a) who will the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members fill the vacancy with and b) how fast will the IRP SCC fill the vacancy?
• Of all the candidates on February 2, 2010 primary ballots in Illinois, a) which ones have used illegal drugs, are using illegal drugs, and/or will use illegal drugs if/when they are legalized and b) which ones have friends, relatives, campaign staff, campaign volunteers, campaign contributors, etc. who have used illegal drugs, are using illegal drugs, and/or will use illegal drugs if/when they are legalized?
• What are IRP leaders doing to maximize Republican turnout for the February 2 primary election?
• What are the top 10 things that Illinois Republicans (as opposed to Combine members, Democrats, and RINOs) want IRP leaders to do?
• Why does the IRP promote so many candidates who reject so many planks in the IRP platform?
• What is the IRP’s financial condition — income and expenses during the last 12 months, assets, liabilities, net worth?
• During the last 12 months, which companies, organizations, and individuals contributed the most money to the IRP?
• During the last 12 months, what has the IRP spent most of its money on?
• To communicate, why does the IRP rely so heavily on the Democrat Party controlled Illinois news media?
• Why doesn’t the IRP communicate more? Why don’t IRP leaders communicate more?
• Why don’t Combine members, Democrats, RINOs, and the IRP want Illinois Republicans to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS daily emails?
• Which candidates do Combine members, Democrats, and RINOs want to win the Republican primary election on February 2?
• Why hasn’t Brady resigned as IRP National Committeeman?
• If/when Brady resigns as IRP National Committeeman, who is going to run for that position?
• Who is going to run for the IRP Chairman position?
• Who is going to run for each of the IRP SCC positions?
• Who is going to run for each of the IRP county/township/ward leadership positions?
• Because voters hold Republican leaders to much higher standards than they hold Democrat leaders, why are there so few requirements for holding IRP leadership positions?
• Who do Combine members, Democrats, and RINOs want the next IRP Chairman, the next IRP National Committeeman, the next IRP SCC members, and the next county/township/ward officers to be?
• For decades, the IRP has made it very clear that it is far more interested in making homosexuals and other anti-conservatives happy than making conservatives happy — why is that?
• For decades, the IRP has made it very clear that a) it does not want Illinois Republicans to directly elect SCC members and b) it wants individuals who it dominates (county/township/ward chairmen and precinct committeemen) to elect SCC members. For decades, it has been extremely rare for SCC elections to be contested. Why is that?
• The overwhelming majority of the IRP’s base supports SB600, but the IRP increasing makes it clear that it wants to drive those who support SB600 out of the party, that is, the IRP increasingly makes it clear that wants to drive the party’s base out of the party? Why is that?
• Why don’t SCC meetings include public comment periods?
• Why doesn’t the IRP issue summary reports on what happens during SCC meetings?
• What specific criteria and what specific process did the IRP use to declare that “Mr. Martin will no longer be recognized as a legitimate Republican Candidate by the Illinois Republican Party.” What due process did the IRP give Martin? What appeal rights does Martin have? How will the IRP punish Martin? How will the IRP punish those who don’t punish Martin? The IRP has already constructively declared that anyone who supports SB600 “will no longer be recognized as a legitimate Republican.” What appeal rights do SB600 supporters have? How long will the IRP continue to punish SB600 supporters? How long will the IRP continue to punish those who don’t punish SB600 supporters?
• Why has Brady removed the IRP Campaign Code of Conduct (http://www.digitalvictorycms.com/_uploaded/347054-IRPCodeofCampaignConduct.pdf) from the IRP website?
• Concerning the facts on which the ethics charges against McKenna are based, what facts did the current SCC members know and when did they know them?
• Because so many Republicans are running in so many contested races in the February 2, 2010 primary election, why haven’t IRP leaders scheduled post-election unity events?

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1/13 Event: Milton Township GOP meeting
1/13 Event: GOP Gubernatorial Debate on ABC7
1/14 Event: GOP U.S. Senate Debate on ABC7
1/14 Event: Wayne Township GOP meeting
1/15 Event: McHenry County Candidates’ Night in Crystal Lake
1/15 Event: Lincoln Day Dinner in Rockford
1/16 Event: Cook County GOP Town Hall Tour
1/17 Event: Kane County Republicans host gubernatorial forum
1/17 Event: Winfield Township Winter Brunch
1/18 Event: Lisle Township GOP meeting
1/19 Event: York Township GOP meeting
1/21 Event: Wheaton’s State of the City Address at Cantigny
1/23 Event: Naperville Township GOP meeting
1/24 Event: LTRO Annual Brunch
1/25 Event: Candidate Forum in Aurora
1/28 Event: Early voting ends
1/30-31 Event: SpeakOut 2010 in Oak Brook
1/31 Event: Kane County GOP Annual Brunch
1/31 Event: Kelly Rally in Chicago
2/2 Event: Primary Election
2/6 Event: Kane County Unity Party
2/18-20 Event: CPAC 2010
3/3 Events: County Party Conventions
3/14 Event: Addison Township GOP Annual Brunch
3/19 Event: Rove to speak at DuPage GOP Lincoln Day Dinner
11/2 Event: General election

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