GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - June 3, 2008

USA TODAY
-- Conservatives, fear not Election Day is looming. But the Grand Old Party had gone off the rails, anyway - and that’s hardly an indictment of conservatism. In fact, given a chance, liberalism might simply shine a light on the wisdom of another way. - Jonah Goldberg
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/06/conservatives-f.html#more
(DIERSEN QUESTION: Who has caused most of the Republican Party's problems? Republican elected officials and party leaders who a) reject most or all of the party's platform and blame the party's problems on conservatives and on conservatism or b) say that they are conservative but take anti-conservative actions and work against real conservatives?)

CBS2
-- Another Showdown Over State Budget On Horizon - Mike Flannery
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/illinois.state.budget.2.738947.html (Includes video clip)

ABC7
-- Gov: Budget about $2 billion 'out of whack' - Paul Meincke
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6180042

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- Governor wants lawmakers to reconsider budget - David Mendell
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2008/06/governor-wants.html
-- Blagojevich says legislature must trim $60 billion budget plan Governor calls for talks with state leaders to cut $2 billion - David Mendell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-blagojun03,0,5670565.story
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: How soon will Illinois Democrats introduce a bill that lets anyone who votes for Democrats get free rides?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-freerides_03jun03,0,1881109.story
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Pfleger, who by his words and by actions has made it clear that he wants everyone to hate whites, says that racism is the "greatest sin."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-pfleger_03jun03,0,3163002.story

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Falsani promotes Pfleger
http://www.suntimes.com/news/falsani/983975,CST-NWS-fals03.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Chicago Sun-Times promotes Pfleger
http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/984196,CST-EDT-edit03.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Mary Mitchell says you are a racial fearmonger if you don't promote Obama and his wife
http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/983927,CST-NWS-mitch03.article
-- Gov optimistic about reaching budget deal Says measure sent to him by Legislature is 'out of whack' by $2 billion - Steve Patterson
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/983820,CST-NWS-blago03.article

CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
-- Guv bats budget ball back to lawmakers - Greg Hinz
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=29654&seenIt=1

DAILY HERALD
-- FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF BLAGOJEVICH: Governor has things to add on ethics Blagojevich won't sign, wants to rewrite bill - Joseph Ryan
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=201996&src=4
-- Should power to pardon be limited? - Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=201931&src=
-- City manager Don Rose gets pay raise in Wheaton "will now earn $170,000 a year with a $17,500 annual contribution from city coffers into Rose's deferred compensation plan" - Jim Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=202071&src=2

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
-- VERY SAD: Missouri GOP stalwarts buck party on embryonic cell research - Jo Mannies
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/politics/story/E4832B4FE9E4A43E8625745D0010F49F?OpenDocument

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
-- State budge is unconstitutional says GOP's Cross Unbalanced state budget may stem from trust issue - Chuck Sweeny
http://www.rrstar.com/news/columnists/x1208367787/State-budget-is-unconstitutional-says-GOPs-Cross
-- That’s no budget; it’s a poorly played political game - Editorial
http://www.rrstar.com/opinions/x446403533/That-s-no-budget-it-s-a-poorly-played-political-game

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
-- Blagojevich praises ethics bill -- perhaps to smother it? - Kevin McDermott
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/06/02/news/doc4844b24f244e2398058897.txt

WSILTV
-- Blagojevich Calls Budget Plan Unconstitutional
http://www.wsiltv.com/p/news_details.php?newsID=4948&type=top

THE SOUTHERN
-- Poshard calls on Illinois leaders to reach agreement on construction bill - Scott Fitzgerald
http://www.thesouthern.com/articles/2008/06/02/breaking_news/doc484478ef6e819251946625.txt
-- Illinois budget battle may continue post session - Kevin McDermott
http://www.thesouthern.com/articles/2008/06/02/breaking_news/doc48446e9eee751317168143.txt
-- Construction program's House failure draws anger - Kurt Erickson
http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2008/06/03/front_page/24661731.txt

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
-- Righter, Rose, Flider must be 'rebuked' for opposing pay hike and demanding state budget be balanced - Harry Reynolds
http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2008/06/03/opinion/columns/doc4844b9456f2d1541469872.txt

CITY PAGES
-- Minnesota Republicans out Franken on lesbian jokes
http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2008/06/minnesota_repub.php

SUBURBAN LIFE
-- 23rd Senate District: Cullerton appeals removal from ballot - Dan Petrella
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/downersgrove/archive/x1427983044/Cullerton-appeals-removal-from-ballot

WLS 890
-- Obama to Trinity: It's Not You, It's Me - Dan Proft
http://www.wlsam.com/Article.asp?id=728072&spid=17432

DAILY ILLINI
-- Blagojevich: Budget plan fails due to huge deficit Proposed spending plan $2.1 billion above revenues
http://media.www.dailyillini.com/media/storage/paper736/news/2008/06/03/News/Blagojevich.Budget.Plan.Fails.Due.To.Huge.Deficit-3377867.shtml

CARMI TIMES
-- Democrats happy with budget; Republicans differ
http://www.carmitimes.com/articles/2008/06/02/news/news1.txt

THE SOUTHERN
-- Pay hikes not funded in budget, but raises would come anyway - John O'Connor
http://www.thesouthern.com/articles/2008/06/02/ap-state-il/d9124vf80.txt
-- Poshard: Work out bill issues - Scott Fitzgerald
http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2008/06/03/front_page/24662112.txt

TOM ROESER
-- Comments on the Media
http://www.tomroeser.com/blogs/blogview.asp?blogID=24602

TOWN HALL
-- VERY VERY VERY SAD: The Gay Activists Are Headed For The Churches - Harry R. Jackson, Jr.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HarryRJacksonJr/2008/06/02/the_gay_activists_are_headed_for_the_churches?page=2
-- Pfleger, Politics, and Pizza - Cal Thomas
http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/CalThomas/2008/06/03/pfleger,_politics,_and_pizza

HUMAN EVENTS
-- The Way Back to a Republican Majority is to the Right - Mike Pence
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26770

NATIONAL REVIEW
-- Obama: The Tracks of His Record Irrelevant apologies. - Thomas Sowell
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTc1Y2NmNWMyNDEyNWNiY2NhMTk0Mzc4YzIyN2I4MzU=

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
-- Obama's Loyalty to Liberation Theology - Father Jonathan Morris
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/06/02/obamas-loyalty-to-liberation-theology/
-- OUTRAGEOUS: Obama's Ex-Church Has Won $15 Million in Federal Grant Money - Jeff Goldblatt
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/06/02/obamas-ex-church-has-won-15m-in-federal-grant-money/

BLOOMBERG
-- Obama's Focus on Faith Offers Promise, Pitfalls for Democrats - Julianna Goldman and Kim Chipman
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aq5fX9T6K_qU&refer=home

WASHINGTON TIMES
-- November sit-out threats worry GOP - S.A. Miller
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/03/november-sit-out-threats-worry-gop/
-- The corpse still won't lie down - Wesley Pruden
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/03/the-corpse-still-wont-lie-down/

TENNESSEAN
-- McCain talks social issues in Nashville visit Conservatives quiz GOP presidential candidate during town hall meeting - Brad Schrade and Theo Emery
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080603/NEWS0201/806030346/1009/NEWS01

BOSTON GLOBE
-- Trouble signs as Obama closes in Doubts on extent of his appeal; Signals are mixed on Clinton plans - Scott Helman
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/03/trouble_signs_as_obama_closes_in/

SEATTLE TIMES
-- OUTSTANDING: Washington State GOP: No automatic citizenship for kids born in U.S. to illegal immigrants - Andrew Garber
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004450665_gop01m.html

CHICAGO PRIDE
-- VERY SAD: Chicago Pride Parade Grand Marshal Announced
http://www.chicagopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/5797321

EYEBLAST TV
-- A video portrait of Obama
http://www.eyeblast.tv/Public/Video.aspx?rsrcID=2036

CONGRESSMAN PETER ROSKAM
-- Playing Politics with Veteran Benefits
http://roskam.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=92580

STATE REPRESENTATIVE RANDY RAMEY
-- Ramey Strongly Opposes Bloated Spending Plan for FY09
http://www.randyramey.org/docs/release2008-06-02-01.pdf

ANDY MARTIN
-- Martin chastises Illinois Republican leaders for having created Barack Obama. Andy says Republican decline in the City of Chicago endangers Republican suburban strength. Martin creates a court record of corruption within the Illinois Republican Party, will fight to nullify results of State convention.
http://www.pr-inside.com/andy-martin-wins-partial-court-victory-r621441.htm

WISCONSIN REPUBLICAN PARTY
-- Republican Party of Wisconsin 2008 Platform
http://www.wisgop.org/FlexPage.aspx?area=platform
-- Newt Gingrich addresses the Wisconsin GOP Convention
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUkk2jLIr5g