GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - August 10, 2008

CBS2
-- John Edwards' Ex-Lover Nixes Paternity Test Rielle Hunter, Who Had Affair With Edwards In 2006, Rules Out DNA Testing - AP
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/john.edwards.scandal.2.791765.html (Includes video clip)
-- Blagojevich Jokes About DNC Role
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/democratic.national.convention.2.791812.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- Why polls aren't worrying Obama's team - Carol Marin
http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1099400,CST-EDT-carol10.article

SOUTHTOWN STAR
-- Jerry who? Catching up with Weller - Kristen McQueary
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/mcqueary/1097723,081008mcqueary.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: DEMOCRATS OVERJOYED: Southtown Star wants the homeless to register to vote and to vote. The Southtown Star knows full well that the news media blames all problems that the homeless have on Republicans and that if a homeless person does vote, he/she will in all likelihood vote for Democrats.
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1098633,081008aacoverstory.article

HERALD NEWS
-- Oberweis hits the streets in campaign effort - Dan Campana
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1099820,4_1_JO10_14THDISTRICT_S2.article

COURIER NEWS
-- Oberweis v. Foster: Strategy or coincidence for GOP in Fox Valley race? - Dan Campana
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/1100215,3_1_EL10_A3CONGRESS_S1.article
-- Springfield's 1908 race riot Violence in Lincoln's hometown shocked nation, led to formation of NAACP - Christopher Wills
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/news/1100279,3_1_EL10_A1RIOT_S1.article

DAILY HERALD
-- Why hall of fame came calling for Prairie Path - Jake Griffin
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=226695&src=5
-- How to make identity theft worse - Wall Street Journal
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=226451

CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Greg Hinz promotes the foreign Canadian National Railway and blasts the American Peter Roskam
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl?articleId=30390

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- McCain ad either an ‘insult’ or ‘lighthearted shot,’ Governor in talking mood, Shimkus on energy bill - Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news_columnists/x802816870/Bernard-Schoenburg-McCain-ad-either-an-insult-or-lighthearted-shot
-- Same old song - Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/opinions/x126448271/Statehouse-Insider-Same-old-song

SOUTHERN ILLINOISAN
-- Silencing critics and shutting out the press: It's just another day in Illinois - Kurt Erickson
http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2008/08/09/opinions/guest_columns/25364575.txt

LAKE COUNTY NEWS SUN
-- Illinois State Fair a family tradition for 155 years - Dan Moran
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/entertainment/1099228,5_5_WA09_FAIR_S1.article

NAPERVILLE SUN
-- ProCure v. NIU: Centers wage legal battle over DuPage proton therapy centers - Katie Foutz
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1099819,6_1_NA10_PROTON_S1.article

PUBLIC AFFAIRS
-- Berkowitz to join Mayor Geils on Roeser's Sunday night Radio Show: From opposing O'Hare expansion to the Springfield show-down to Barack Obama
http://jeffberkowitz.blogspot.com/2008/08/berkowitz-to-join-mayor-geils-on.html

CBS NEWS
-- [GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY] Key To Democrat Platform Democrats Edge Party Closer To Clinton Position, Heading Off Potentially Divisive Debate
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/09/politics/main4335598.shtml

CNN
-- McCain skewers Obama's judgement on war in speech to vets
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/09/mccain-skewers-obamas-judgement-on-war-in-speech-to-vets/

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
-- McCain Takes No Vacation From Pummeling Obama
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/09/mccain-takes-no-vacation-from-pummeling-obama/

HUMAN EVENTS
-- Obama's Catholic Problem - Linda Chavez
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=27965&page=1

WLWT TV
-- Sheriff Blasts McCain For Silence On Illegal Immigration Richard Jones Would Rather 'Watch Paint Dry' Than Attend McCain Fundraiser
http://www.wlwt.com/politics/17125095/detail.html?rss=cin&taf=cin

NATIONAL POST
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Charles Lewis outrageously exploits naive impressionable uninformed Wheaton College students to promote the anti-Christian Obama
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/08/10/charles-lewis-an-opportunity-awaits-obama-among-the-evangelical-vote.aspx

NEWS HERALD
-- Biased media easily entranced by Obama’s magic - Don Tate
http://www.newsherald.com/articles/obama_67327___article.html/iraq_surge.html

TWIN CITIES
-- McCain's local base gets injection of youth What he lacks in flash, they tell their peers, he makes up in understanding real issues - Megan Boldt
http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_10148604

NEW YORK TIMES
-- Compromise Platform Draft Goes to Democratic Convention - Sara Wheaton
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/compromise-platform-draft-goes-to-democratic-convention/
-- Draft Democrat Party Platform: Learning to Read Democrat - Michael Kinsley
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/opinion/10kinsley.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Kinsley%20platform&st=cse&oref=slogin

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
-- Barack Obama's poll lead slim despite ailing economy, unpopular Bush - Michael McAuliff
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/08/09/2008-08-09_barack_obamas_poll_lead_slim_despite_ail.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
-- McCain can't be sure veterans will fall in behind him At a major Las Vegas convention, some veterans express concern about his positions on veterans' benefits. - Bob Drogin
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-veterans10-2008aug10,0,6583664.story

HONOLULU STAR BULLETIN
-- The coming Republican fall Pay no attention to the national polls, an analysis of state voting trends shows Obama's the guy - Larry Meacham
http://starbulletin.com/2008/08/10/editorial/commentary2.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Draft Democrat Party platform calls for Democrats to take over America's health care industry
http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/aug/10/democrat-platform-includes-healthcare/

CHICAGO LIFE (August 10, 2008 Sunday New York Times insert)
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: CBS2 Political Reporter Mike Flannery gushes profusely over Obama and denigrates the Illinois Republican Party
www.gopillinois.com (Files page in PDF format)

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
900 attend outstanding 14th annual Lauzen Porky Picnic in Aurora; speakers include Pat Brady, Demetra DeMonte, and Dan Rutherford - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
About 900 attended an outstanding 14th annual State Senator Chris Lauzen Porky Picnic at Blackberry Farm's Pioneer Village in Aurora on Saturday, August 9. Speakers include Illinois Republican National Committeeman elect Pat Brady, Illinois National Committeewoman elect Demetra DeMonte, and State Senator Dan Rutherford. Attendees included Tim Bivens, Julie Brady, Mike Fortner, Joe Hedrick, Rich Johns, Ann Jorgensen, Bill Keck, Gerald Marchese, Ruth O'Connell, Kaaren Oldfield, Dave Pittinger, Marilyn Rickert, Keith Wheeler, Terri Wintermute, Gabriel Wyatt, and Jon Zahm. Event sponsors included the Family Taxpayers Network.

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