GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - April 12, 2008

EXAMINER
-- 14th Congressional District: Oberweis plans 'positive' campaign in fall rematch - Deanna Bellandi
http://www.examiner.com/a-1334453~AP_Interview__Oberweis_plans__positive__campaign_in_fall_rematch.html?cid=rss-Illinois_Headlines

CHAMPION NEWS
-- Chicago GOP slates formerly imprisoned Democratic Alderman - Doug Ibendahl
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=922

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
-- GOP in minority among Knox College students Republican group hopes former attorney general Ashcroft will challenge status quo - Andrea Houlihan
http://www.galesburg.com/news/x1135867091

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- Obama: God, guns are only refuge of bitter Pennsylvanians - Abdon Pallasch
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/891685,CST-NWS-obama12.article
-- ALL OF PAGE 17 IN THE PRINT EDITION: Obama's friends are hardly admirable "The civil rights pulpit is largely occupied by second-rate shakedown artists." - Christopher Hitchens
(Not posted as of 6:00 AM)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Zorn blasts Illinois voters for reelecting Blagojevich in 2006
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2008/04/the-voice-of--1.html
-- Obama defends comments about bitterness in small towns - John McCormick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-obama-bitter_websatapr12,0,3991050.story

DAILY HERALD
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: President and Mrs. Bush pay $221,635 in federal income taxes for 2007 and Vice President and Mrs. Cheney pay $602,651. Question for those who argue that Republicans do not pay enough in federal income taxes: How much did you pay in federal income taxes for 2007?
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=171471&src=110
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: 10th Congressional District: Beery reports on Seals' and Kirk's positions on the issues
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=171587&src=3
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Daily Herald acknowledges that DuPage County voters do not want America to surrender to terrorists
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=170971&src=
-- Gun violence forum set for Naperville's NIU campus - Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=171354
-- Mike Sweeney appointed the new committeeman of the Elk Grove Township Republican organization
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=171629&src=1
-- Free business forum on international trade featuring Congressman Roskam Monday, April 21, at the Meadows Club in Rolling Meadows
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=171629&src=1

SUBURBAN LIFE
-- DuPage County Republican legislators Bellock, Coladipietro, Fortner, Meyer, Pihos, and Rebolettito to hold hearing on the state budget Wednesday, April 23, at the Wheaton Community Center auditorium
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/villapark/news/x987433007

CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
-- State income tax hike on hold - Greg Hinz
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=28956&seenIt=1

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
-- 'Pig Book' highlights the need for earmark reform - Editorial
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/04/11/opinion/131069.txt

SUBURBAN LIFE
-- Madigan sends substitute to leaders' meeting - Doug Finke
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/wheaton/opinions/x1277311430

LAKE COUNTY NEWS SUN
-- BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Waukegan aldermen seek to gag public comment at council meetings - Craig Peterson
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/890919,5_1_WA12_WAUKGAG_S1.article

RIVER CITIES READER
-- Recall: Feel-Good Distractions at the Mean-Spirited Circus - Rich Miller
http://www.rcreader.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12695&Itemid=42

ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- Day 52: Democrat Halvorson Giddy, Republican Fools Sleep - Lee Newcom
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/04/day-52-democrat.html
-- Madigan pushes straight legislation: straight ticket voting, that is - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/04/while-all-kinds.html

BALLOT ACCESS
-- Illinois House Passes Bill to Make it More Difficult for a Ballot-Qualified Party to Nominate Candidates - Richard Winger
http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/04/11/illinois-house-passes-bill-to-make-it-more-difficult-for-a-ballot-qualified-party-to-nominate-candidates/

GOPUSA
-- Another Immigration Battle Brewing in Congress - Bobby Eberle
http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/?p=689

THE CITIZEN
-- Bishop E.W. Jackson, Sr., a Prominent Black Pastor and Christian Activist, Calls Black Liberation Theology Divisive And Unscriptural
http://www.thecitizen.com/~citizen0/node/27277

HUMAN EVENTS
-- Dreams From My Father, Lame Excuses From My Grandfather - Ann Coulter
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=25953
-- Obama's Dimestore 'Mein Kampf' - Ann Coulter
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=25831

THE HILL
-- The Republican Party platform opposes race based politics. Sadly, the Democrat Party platform promotes race based politics. Sadly, Markos Moulitsas, a Democrat and the Daily Kos founder and publisher, urges McCain to reject the Republican Party platform and to engage in race based politics.
http://thehill.com/markos-moulitsas/hispanic-backlash-2008-04-01.html
http://thehill.com/markos-moulitsas/losing-latinos-2008-04-08.html
-- McCain aides brief GOP staffers on ’08 plan - Jackie Kucinich
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/mccain-aides-brief-gop-staffers-on-08-plan-2008-04-11.html

MEDIA GENERAL WASHINGTON
-- Immigration Debate Disappears From Presidential Race - Billy House
http://www.mgwashington.com/index.php/news/article/immigration-debate-disappears-from-presidential-race/842/

REUTERS
-- Obama returns a compliment to Colin Powell - Caren Bohan
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/04/11/obama-returns-a-compliment-to-colin-powell/
-- Clinton attacks Obama for small-town voter remarks - John Whitesides
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1139439220080412
-- Obama under fire after fundraiser remarks - Caren Bohan
http://www.reuters.com/article/FSCONS/idUSN1116676020080412

ABC NEWS
-- McCain, Clinton Bash Obama's "Small Town" Comments; Obama Campaign Responds - Jake Tapper
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/mccain-clinton.html
-- Obama Explains Why Some Small Town Pennsylvanians Are "Bitter" - Jake Tapper
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/obama-explains.html

WASHINGTON POST
-- Republicans Quickly Pounce on Obama Remarks - Chris Cillizza
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/04/republicans_quickly_pounce_on.html?hpid=topnews

WASHINGTON TIMES
-- Obama's remarks slammed by rivals - Victor Morton and Stephen Dinan
http://washingtontimes.com/article/20080412/NATION/485473677/1001

NEW YORK TIMES
-- Opponents Call Obama ‘Out of Touch’ - Jeff Zeleny
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/us/politics/12campaign.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

CBS NEWS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: The New Republic's Jonathan Chait blasts McCain concerning foreign policy
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/11/opinion/main4009212.shtml (Includes video clips)

LANCASTER ONLINE
-- Romney to local GOP: 'America is going to do the right thing' Expresses confidence here that Sen. John McCain, his former rival, will be elected president. - Chad Umble
http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/219672

KPBS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Liberals promote homosexual activity and conservatives discourage homosexual activity. The Democrat Party platform is liberal and it promotes homosexual activity. The Republican Party platform is conservative and it discourages homosexual activity. The Democrat Party exists to elect candidates who can and will advance its platform which is liberal. The Republican Party exists to elect candidates who can and will advance its platform which is conservative. By definition, if you engage in homosexual activity or promote homosexual activity, you are anti-conservative. Homosexual activists can and do force anyone who they can prove engaged in a homosexual act to work against conservatives. Because GOPUSA and its Illinois Editor help elect candidates who can and will advance the Republican Party platform, homosexuals work against GOPUSA and work against its Illinois Editor.
http://www.kpbs.org/news/local;id=11389

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, SACRAMENTO BEE, ASSOCIATED PRESS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote gay marriage is to promote homosexual activity. Outrageously, Schwarzenegger says he is against an amendment to ban gay marriage.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/12/MNKK104D39.DTL
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/856684.html
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5igPh3QtON375InlC5O4h002g_OtwD9003FT80

GEORGE KOCAN
-- LETTER TO THE DAILY HERALD EDITOR: Affirmative Action for Homosexuals
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