GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - June 26, 2008

NBC5
-- VIDEO CLIPS: Illinois Republican Party Chairman McKenna on City Desk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XYI2SohK87Y (Part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JRDfN4_Quo&NR=1 (Part 2)
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ahern reports on Obama press conference
VIDEO CLIP: http://www.nbc5.com/politics/index.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Christine Radogno v. Bill Brady
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sneed/1025835,CST-NWS-SNEED26.article
(FROM SNEED: GOP grrr: Sneed hears there's trouble brewing in the Republican caucus. The great chagrin: Word is caucus member/state Sen. Christine Radogno (R-Lemont), who lost her bid for state treasurer to Alexi Giannoulias, is making moves to run for governor. Headache heaven: State Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) has already announced he's running. It ought to make for interesting gruff sessions in the fishbowl caucus of 22 members.)
-- Obama says he avoided city, state corruption - Abdon Pallasch
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1025587,CST-NWS-obamaforweb26.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Needless-to-say, because Obama is so outrageously anti-conservative and so outrageously anti-Republican, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who support Obama are outrageously anti-conservative and outrageously anti-Republican
http://www.suntimes.com/news/novak/1025358,CST-EDT-novak26.article
-- Pelosi hops onto sexism bandwagon - Rebecca Traister
(Not posted as of 5:45 AM)

CBS2
-- VERY SAD: Obama Defends Chicago Political Roots Democrat Says Chicago-Style Politics Of "Getting Stuff Done" Can Help America - Jay Levine
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/obama.chicago.politics.2.757269.html (Includes video clip)

ABC7
-- Obama campaigns in Chicago - Andy Shaw
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6227996 (Includes video clip)

DAILY HERALD
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH 5X7-INCH COLOR PICTURE OF OBAMA: VERY SAD: Daily Herald promotes Obama, again
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=212326
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=212337
-- Odds are against using gambling revenue - Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=212253&src=
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Dave Crost of Prospect Heights argues that promoting abortion is the best way to reduce poverty
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=211780&src=

ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE RIGHTS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Hate-filled anti-American Chicago Aldermen Cardenas and Flores introduce resolution condemning Americans who oppose a) illegal immigration, b) amnesty, c) more guest worker programs, and d) more mass immigration.
http://icirr.org/node/2886

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- Call special session in bid to fix this mess - Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinions/x1743981413/Our-Opinion-Call-special-session-in-bid-to-fix-this-mess

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Homosexual activity promoter John B. Pryor blasts Bill Brady
http://pantagraph.com/articles/2008/06/26/opinion/letters/132079.txt
-- Governor's flip-flop on Pontiac prison closure draws skepticism - Kurt Erickson
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/06/26/news/doc4861c82bc76eb261066593.txt

CHAMPION NEWS
-- AUDIO CLIP: JUNE 22 PROGRAM: Guest Co-Host Pete LaBarbera joins Jack, John and Doug to discuss same sex couples getting married in California, the impact of the gay agenda on government policy and politics, and why morality matters.
http://www.championnews.net/talk/podcast.html

CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hinz editorializes about energy
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=29957

NAPERVILLE SUN
-- DuPage County allocates more funds for anti-crime groups
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1025553,6_1_NA26_MONITOR_S1.article
-- DuPage County receives budget award
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1025553,6_1_NA26_MONITOR_S1.article

SUBURBAN CHICAGO NEWS
-- DuPage County Auditor: Bob Grogan truly is only man for the job - Matt Caruso, Hinsdale
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/downersgrovesun/news/letters/999193,6_1_NA12_DSLETTERS_S1.article
(THE LETTER: Congratulations to Bob Grogan, the Republican nominee for DuPage County auditor. The deadline for submitting an opponent from the Democratic Party has come and gone without anyone stepping forward; thus, Grogan will be running unopposed for the position of county auditor next November. This development is a testament not only to the continued strength of the Republican Party in DuPage County, but also to the impressive credentials of Bob Grogan, CPA. I know Bob to be a very hard worker and a good, honest man with a great family. DuPage County is fortunate to have such a qualified candidate assured of taking on this important post.)

NEWS SUN
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Blagojevich proposes "political theatre" cuts, refuses to cut wasteful spending
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/1025351,5_1_WA26_BUDREACT_S1.article

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
-- Public Policy Group Calls Governor Budget "Cuts" More Political Theatre Budget Stalemate Represents Opportunity to Cut Wasteful Spending and Bureaucracy - Greg Blankenship
http://www.illinoispolicyinstitute.org/news/article.asp?ArticleSource=432

PUBLIC AFFAIRS
-- Kondracke calls yesterday’s Chicago presser with Obama “a joke”
http://jeffberkowitz.blogspot.com/2008/06/kondracke-calls-yesterdays-chicago.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Christopher Wills makes his editorial look like news, promotes liberalism as being good, promotes conservatism as being bad, and promotes Obama as being a good "liberal open to compromise"
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gA2VRM3QhIBwdNeApjcfZZ0SKbCQD91H8GT04

WASHINGTON TIMES
-- The downside of Obama’s youth vote mobilization - Dennis Prager
http://www.americasnewspaper.com

GOPUSA
-- The ACORN Obama Knows - Michelle Malkin
http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/mmalkin/2008/mm_06251.shtml

NEWSMAX
-- OUTRAGEOUS BUT NOT SURPRISING: Pelosi Defends Obama Over Rev. Wright Ties - Jim Meyers
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Pelosi_Defends_Obama/2008/06/25/107193.html

CNN
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Outrageously, someone running as a Republican tries to take advantage of anti-Republican Obama's popularity
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/25/gordon.smith/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
-- "I don't know that McCain's campaign realizes they cannot win without evangelicals"
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gZB7CpodEzIQTyY0DRwYqNl8_9DQD91HK26G0

WALL STREET JOURNAL
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you do not respect the rule of law, you are not a conservative. Therefore, a criminal who says that he/she is a "conservative" harms conservatism and those who say a criminal is "conservative" harm conservatism.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121435075603401563.html

WASHINGTON POST
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: If Gordon Smith is an "uninvited" Obama coattail rider, is Kirk Dillard an "invited" Obama coattail rider?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/25/AR2008062503067.html?hpid=topnews

WALL STREET JOURNAL
-- It's All About Obama - Karl Rove
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121443823260805375.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
-- Deal Hudson says Catholics don’t know the real Obama
http://catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=13058