GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - May 9, 2008

CBS2
-- Obama Camp: We'll Win The Nomination On May 20 - Mike Flannery
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/obama.victory.plan.2.719145.html (Includes video clip)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Obama walks softly, carries a big lead - Mike Dorning
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-democrats_frimay09,0,3995535.story
-- Obama: No sprout-eating Volvo-driver - Mark Silva
http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/blog/2008/05/obama_no_sprouteating_volvodri.html
-- Republicans propose moratorium on closing Illinois prisons - AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-xgr-stateprisons,0,1386856.story
-- 'Pay-to-play' ban goes to full Senate but hits a snag Senate President Emil Jones wants to amend bill dealing with state contractors; critics say he's trying to kill it - Jeffrey Meitrodt and Ray Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-legis-09may09,0,4530021.story

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- Clinton urges supporters to ignore calls for her to quit
http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/940988,CST-NWS-camp09.article
-- Obama: McCain 'losing bearings' McCain aide accuses Obama of 'hypocrisy' protected by press - Lynn Sweet
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/940584,CST-NWS-sweet09.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Steinberg denigrates McCain because of his age
http://www.suntimes.com/news/steinberg/940579,CST-NWS-stein09.article
-- House 'pimping' on pay: Hendon Senator says it's not fair for reps who reject raises to collect cash - AP
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/940996,CST-NWS-raises09.article
-- 'Loophole' leaves curbs on contractor contributions in doubt - AP
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/940991,CST-NWS-ethics09.article
-- Evangelicals try to reclaim their good name Manifesto warns not to attach loaded labels to theological term - Cathleen Falsani
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/religion/940682,CST-NWS-fals09.article
-- 1st qtr. losses for Sun-Times, Tribune - David Roeder
http://www.suntimes.com/business/earnings/940721,CST-FIN-suntimes09.article

DAILY HERALD
-- FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Pay raise feud gets personal State senator blasts House, wealthy peer - John Patterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=187950&src=109
-- McCain's wife won't release tax returns - AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=187857
-- Senate District 23: GOP takes aim at Democrat candidate Tom Cullerton who voted Republican - Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=187693
-- Gun control advocates target state legislators - Madhu Krishamurthy
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=187451
-- It's time to give dirty tricks a rest - Len Brauer, Palatine
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=187638&src=

JOLIET HERALD NEWS
-- FROM THE ARTICLE: Senate Majority Leader and 11th Congressional District candidate Debbie Halvorson was removed this week from her chairmanship of the powerful Senate Rules Committee.
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/940299,4_1_JO09_HALVORSON_S1.article

CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
-- IL Senate advances anti-‘pay to play’ bill - AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=29366

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
-- Illinois veterans, active duty personnel invited to Veterans Legislative Day May 22
http://www.pjstar.com/stories/050908/REG_BGIO320S.028.php

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- Will the capital city be able to gamble on racing? - Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/News/stories/30018.asp

SUBURBAN CHICAGO NEWS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Madeline Menna, wife of DuPage County Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman Ron Menna, on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" today
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/940073,6_1_NA09_SANDWICH_S1.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: 200 hear U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao discuss the economy at Will County Lincoln Day Dinner at the Bolingbrook Country Club
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/bolingbrooksun/news/939478,6_1_NA09_STARR_S1.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: "Flourishing economy in DuPage" created by conservative Republicans attracts liberal Democrats who lack education and/or job skills and/or have severe health, financial, and/or other problems
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/wheatonsun/news/938096,6_1_NA09_POVERTY_S1.article
-- Founders wanted God in government, speaker says - Ron Pazola
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/wheatonsun/news/938108,6_1_NA09_WSPRAYER_S1.article
(DIERSEN: PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED BOB ANDERSON, JOE BIRKETT, AND DEBRA OLSON AND ATTENDEES INCLUDED FRED BUCHOLZ, MIKE CONNELLY, FRAN EATON, ROBERT GRAHAM, CHRIS HEIDORM, CHRIS KACHIROUBAS, GARY KING, PETER LABARBERA, DAGMAR AND CARL LOFGREN, RON MENNA, GEORGE PORTER, GEORGE PRADEL, DARLENE RUSCITTI, PETE SIEKMANN, AND DAVE SMITH.)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- Conservative (PROFT) vs Liberal (LOGOTHETIS) on Chicago Tonight
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/05/conservative-vs.html (Video clip)

TOM ROESER
-- The Pressure on Hillary to Quit . . . Limbaugh’s “Operation Chaos” Effect in Indiana
http://www.tomroeser.com/blogs/blogview.asp?blogID=24557

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
-- House GOP Shifts Into Panic Mode - Reid Wilson
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/house_gop_shifts_into_panic_mo.html

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
-- McCain Targets Obama's "Inexperience, Lack of Judgment"
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/05/08/mccain-cites-obamas-inexperience-lack-of-judgment/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
-- Obama accuses McCain of 'losing his bearings' with comment
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5itzEFe8o5QDV0EFCZG6ZJDbJwdLQD90HMHSG0

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
-- Hillary Clinton misplays race card while Barack Obama is treated like rock star - Richard Sisk and David Saltonstall
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/05/09/2008-05-09_hillary_clinton_misplays_race_card_while.html

NEW YORK POST
-- Hillary drops a racial bomb - Maggie Haberman
http://www.nypost.com/seven/05092008/news/nationalnews/hill_drops_a_racial_bomb_110095.htm

WASHINGTON TIMES
-- Obama accused of age jab at McCain - Christina Bellantoni
http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080509/NATION/224104970/1002

WASHINGTON POST
-- Obama Seeks To Unify Party For November Meanwhile, Clinton Gives No Hint She'll Surrender - Shailagh and Perry Bacon
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/08/AR2008050803418.html?hpid=topnews

LOS ANGELES TIMES
-- Rush Limbaugh proclaims "Mission Accomploihed" in Operation Chaos vs. Obama, Clinton - Andrew Malcolm
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/rushlimbaugh-1.html
-- Why Obama fears a sudden end to Clinton's campaign - Andrew Malcolm
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/hilaryclinton.html

USA TODAY
-- McCain adviser says Obama is being hypocritical - Mark Memmott
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/05/mccain-adviser.html

THE NATION
-- One in Four Republicans Reject McCain - John Nichols
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/319157

BILL O'REILLY
-- Race and the Presidential Election
http://www.billoreilly.com/newslettercolumn?pid=23412

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE
-- Obama's World, Part II - Jacob Laksin
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=1B7209F1-7014-4372-B6F1-1F821D52FEC8

REUTERS
-- McCain camp hits Obama over "losing bearings" - Jim Wolf
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN0842591620080509

WORLD MAGAZINE
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: World Magazine blasts Americans who oppose illegal immigration
http://www.worldmag.com/articles/14015

CHAMPION NEWS
-- Convention Committee Chairs for the 2008 GOP State Convention
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=956

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
-- If they vote together, just six of the 19 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members -- Wiggins, DeMonte, Claar, Syverson, Clarke, and Winchester -- can control the IRP - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
(THE ARTICLE: The number of Republican ballots cast in the February 5 primary election in each congressional district determined a new weighted vote for each of the 19 IRP SCC members. According to Article V, Section G, of the IRP by-laws titled Central Committee Votes, "All questions shall be determined by a majority of weighted votes cast on the question." IRP SCC members determine who will serve on each of the IRP convention committees including the committees that recommend who the next IRP National Committeeman will be and what the next IRP platform contains. Because together, they have 50.61% of the weighted vote, if they vote together as a block, just six of the 19 IRP SCC members can control the IRP. Those six are Dennis Wiggins (District 14 with 9.02%), Demetra DeMonte (Dist. 18 with 8.88%), Roger Claar (Dist. 13 with 8.84%), Dave Syverson (Dist. 16 with 8.29%), Jerry Clarke (Dist. 15 with 8.09%), and Bob Winchester (Dist. 19 with 7.49%). The remaining 13 IRP SCC members in descending order of weighted vote are: Ron Smith (Dist. 6 with 7.19%), Bobbie Peterson (Dist. 11 with 6.78%), Gene Dawson with 6.58%), Tolbert Chisum (Dist. 10 with 5.76%), Regan Ramsey (Dist. 17 with 5.39%), Deb Detmers (Dist. 12 with 4.94%), Craig Pesek (Dist. 3 with 2.92%), Jack Dorgan (Dist. 9 with 2.8%), Skip Saviano (Dist. 5 with 2.21%), Carol Smith Donovan (Dist. 7 with 1.53%), Maureen Murphy (Dist. 1 with 1.42%), Judy Diekelman (Dist. 2 with 1.15%), and Bob Alejandro (Dist. 4 with .71%). It will be interesting to learn a) who each of the 19 want to be the next IRP National Committeeman, b) who each of the 19 appointed to each of the IRP convention committees, and c) if each of the 19 favor or oppose returning to direct election of SCC members.)
-- How would things be different if the DuPage County Republican Party bylaws were like the Illinois Republican Party bylaws and required all votes to be weighted? - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
(THE ARTICLE: DuPage County is at the heart of the Republican Party in Illinois. For the February 5 primary election, 109,358 of DuPage County's 549,621 registered voters cast Republican ballots. By township: Milton - 19,632 (18%), Winfield - 5,617 (5.1%), York - 16,688 (15.3%), Downers Grove - 20,017 (18.3%), Lisle - 15,627 (14.3%), Wayne -- 6,381 (5.8%), Naperville - 9,689 (8.9%), Addison - 6,913 (6.3%), Bloomingdale -- 8,794 (8%). If the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) bylaws were like the Illinois Republican Party bylaws and required all executive committee votes to be weighted, Downers Grove Township GOP Chairman Brian Krajewski would have the heaviest weighted vote - 18.3%, then Milton Township GOP Chairman Mike Formento -18%, then York Township GOP Chairman Paul Hinds - 15.3%, then Lisle Township GOP Chairman Mike Prueter - 14.3%, then Naperville Township GOP Chairman Rachel Ossyra - 8.9%, then Bloomindale Township GOP Chairman John Dabrowski - 8%, then Addison Township GOP Chairman Pat Durante - 6.3%, then Wayne Township GOP Chairman Ken Spitz, and then Winfield Township GOP Chairman John Smith - 5.1%. How would things be different if DCRCC bylaws required all executive committee votes to be weighted?)
-- GOPUSA ILLINOIS becomes a sponsor of Operation Support Our Troops Illinois - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
(THE ARTICLE: GOPUSA ILLINOIS is proud to announce that it has recently become a $500 One Star sponsor of Operation Support Our Troops Illinois which is hosting a "Rockin for the Troops" concert with Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band at Cantigny Park in Wheaton on Saturday, July 19. Please consider attending the event -- tickets are only $25. For additional information, please visit www.osotil.org.)