BEACON NEWS
-- Oberweis hosts Family Fun Fest fundraiser - Elizabeth Filpatrick
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/1075651,2_1_AU26_OBERWEIS_S1.article

ABC7
-- More suburbs expected to repeal gun bans - Andy Shaw
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6287904 (Includes video clip)

CBS2
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mary Mitchell and Clarence Page deny liberal bias exists in the media
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/minority.journalists.unity.2.780360.html (Includes Mike Flannery video clip)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- Durbin's competitor Sauerberg claims an edge - Armanda Erickson
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/07/by_amanda_erickson_predicting.html
-- Schock in awe of Bush visit - Rick Pearson
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2008/07/bush-takes-spec.html
-- Motorists to pay freight Report: Emergency response also at risk - Richard Wronski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-railroad_26jul26,0,7233418.story
-- Stop spending state money on member initiatives - Christine Radogno
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0726vplettersbriefs0jul26,0,6015903.story
-- Race may not decide the race - Paul West
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/07/race_may_not_decide_the_race.html

DAILY HERALD
-- DuPage County: Democrat candidates question campaign financing - Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=223583&src=
-- Bias in coverage of Jackson, Obama - Randall Rossi, Grayslake
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=222723&src=

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
-- Halvorson networks Washington, D.C. - Edward Felker
http://daily-journal.com/archives/dj/display.php?id=424597

ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- Michelle woos gays and lesbians - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/07/michelle-woos-g.html
-- College of DuPage should go one step further, let's see salaries - Adam Andrzejewski
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/07/salary-transpar.html

CHAMPION NEWS
-- Politics, Markets and America’s Schools - John Biver
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1099
-- Wisconsin GOP going all out for McCain while Illinois GOP waits for next disaster - Doug Inbendahl
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1100

REPUBLICANS FOR FAIR MEDIA
-- Do Ask, Do Tell / U.S. Military To Launch Media Blitz vs. Obama Plan to Have Homosexuals Openly Serve In Military - Dan Gura
http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2008/07/do-ask-do-tell-us-military-to-launch-media-blitz-regarding-homosexuals-in-military-by-dan-gura.html

AMERICAN RENAISSANCE
-- Why Obama Will Win - Jared Taylor
http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2008/07/why_obama_will_1.php

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
-- Hastert Sticks By His Guy, Oberweis - Reid Wilson
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/the_scorecard/2008/07/hastert_sticks_by_his_guy.html

NATIONAL JOURNAL
-- Latinos Lining Up Behind Obama Insiders Predict Grim Outcome For Republicans In Congress - Amy Harder and Mary Gilbert
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njonline/pn_20080725_8079.php

WALL STREET JOURNAL
-- BAMN: The Far Left's War on Direct Democracy - John Fund
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121702588516086143.html

NEW YORK TIMES
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Schock fundraiser a "smashing success"
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/us/26bush.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: BEYOND TRAGIC: Statistics show that anti-conservatives are having success in destroying America's moral values, and therefore, destroying America
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/opinion/26blow.html?scp=1&sq=blow%20middle&st=cse

WASHINGTON POST
-- Conservatives Ready To Battle McCain on Convention Platform - Michael Shear
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/07/07/ST2008070700054.html
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Wilson and Plame say "We have long argued that responsible adults should take Novak's typewriter away. The time has arrived for them to also take away the keys to his Corvette." But when will they call for responsible adults to take away Ted Kennedy's Oldsmobile keys?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/25/AR2008072502889.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
-- Bush travels to Illinois for private fundraiser
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_f6QlcJVrUasGmrIIl1QL-0ZNBgD92520LG0

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
-- Arrogance Will Not Help Get Obama Elected - Susan Estrich
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,391473,00.html

CNN
-- McCain source: VP announcement not settled
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/25/veep.talk/

STATESMAN
-- Beware of the crisis in Latino assimilation - Rich Lowry
http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/07/14/0714lowry_edit.html

WASHINGTON TIMES WEEKLY
-- Is Obama ashamed of America? - David Limbaugh
http://www.americasnewspaper.com/

CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY
-- CQ Shifts Ratings For Three IL Races (8th, 11th, and 13th Congressional Districts) - Josh Kalven
http://progressillinois.com/2008/07/25/cq-updates-rankings

GOPUSA
-- Bush Should Strip Sanctuary Cities Of Federal Funds - Michael Reagan
http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/mreagan/2008/mr_07251.shtml

DER SPIEGEL
-- No. 44 Has Spoken - Gerhard Sporl
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,567919,00.html
(CHRIS MCNEIL: Please find below an article I read in Der Spiegel, Germany's most read newspaper. This author (and many authors I have read in European papers) seems to have already anointed Barack Obama our next President. I heard on 560am this morning a tape of someone at the Berlin rally shouting, "He is my new messiah." How does this play in Peoria, as the old saying goes? In my opinion, it doesn't play well here. From my experience, the American people usually bristle at the idea of American politicians pandering to foreign powers; they object to politicians being coronated into office; and they certainly will not like hearing about Obama canceling a trip to visit our wounded soldiers at a German hospital during the trip. It is also important to note that while Barack has gathered the world's media to Berlin, and has skipped his way through the Middle East, John McCain has been quietly GAINING ground in all the national polls as well as the local state polls. The candidates are now tied in Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan, and Colorado. This tie did not exist before this globe trotting trip. We may be witnessing the first real mistake of team-Obama: while they have been showing off to the world press, and making reporters swoon (including Katie Couric, Charlie Gibson, and Brian Williams), McCain has been hammering away at his town hall meetings in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire, Louisiana and Michigan. Each day Obama stays in old Europe, John McCain is battling it out -- talking to folks like us. This was a good week. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. SOURCE: http://www.chrismcneil.org/opinion)

SATIRE
-- Robert Novak Drives to Top of McCain VP List
http://smithismyrealname.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/07/robert-novak-dr.html