GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - August 18, 2008

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- Illinois Senate President Emil Jones set to announce retirement Exit of governor's top ally likely to cause scramble for post - Ray Long
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-emil-jones-retires-18-aug18,0,2532058.story
-- McCain, Obama: On faith at Saddleback - Mark Silva
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/08/mccain_obama_on_faith_at_saddl.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- State Senate leader Jones to reveal retirement plans today - Dave McKinney and Chris Fusco
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1112967,CST-NWS-Jones18.article
-- Shameless spectacle McCain, Obama debase process by genuflecting before preacher; Edwards: God thinks I'm swell; Pro-life President: But will it matter? - Neil Steinberg
http://www.suntimes.com/news/steinberg/1112766,CST-NWS-stein18.article
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Puente unethically bases her arguments on statements made by anonymous "blog posters." People should not give any weight to any statement made by someone who hides behind anonymity or phony names.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/puente/1112880,CST-EDT-puente18.article
-- Lie, survive - why Clinton, not Edwards? - Roger Simon
(Not posted as of 5:00 AM)

DAILY HERALD
-- Setting stage for Obama-Clinton ticket? - Paul Green
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=228069

CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
-- Reports: State Senate leader Jones to retire - AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=30629

NAPERVILLE SUN
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: The prosperity and safety created in the suburbs by Republicans attracts Democrats who have severe health problems, financial problems, and other problems. People flee the poverty and crime created in the cities by Democrats for the prosperity and safety created by Republicans in the suburbs, but then, outrageously continue to vote for Democrats. They should face the fact that the Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime because it discourages individual responsibility and encourages dependency on government, moral relativism, illegal immigration, abortion, promiscuity, homosexual activity, and many other very other bad things.
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1112483,6_1_NA18_FOODNEED_S1.article

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
-- Obama campaign is a financial windfall for some
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/436406.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- An interview with John McCain - George dienhart
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/08/an-interview-wi.html
-- John McCain needs YOU! - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/08/john-mccain-nee.html

CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY
-- 2008 Election Forecast: Illinois is Sweet Home for Obama - Greg Giroux
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002938548
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The fact that Sen. Barack Obama is popular at home in Illinois precludes any doubt that his home state’s big cache of 21 electoral votes will be in his column. The Hawaii-born Obama, who settled in Chicago after receiving his law degree from Harvard, took a whopping 65 percent of the vote in the Feb. 5 “Super Tuesday” Democratic primary — even though his chief rival, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton , grew up in a suburb of Chicago. Republican nominee John McCain may pass through Illinois for the odd fundraiser or factory tour, but he is very unlikely to spend much time and capital when the best it appears he can hope for is to trim Obama’s expected solid victory margin in the state. Yet any Democratic nominee, even if not a favorite son such as Obama, would be strongly favored to win Illinois. For many years a Midwestern Republican stronghold, and then a battleground swing state for many years after that, Illinois has taken on the trappings of a Democratic stronghold over the past couple of decades. In 2004, John Kerry defeated President Bush in Illinois by 10 percentage points. His victory was aided by his huge 70 percent vote share in Cook County, which includes Chicago and its inner suburbs. This transpired in the state historically known as the Land of Lincoln after the iconic 16th president who began his political career in the state capital of Springfield. The state went Republican for president in 16 of 18 elections from 1860 through 1928. Even after the rise of Franklin D. Roosevelt prompted a big Democratic breakthrough, Illinois spent years as one of the nation’s leading presidential bellwethers. John F. Kennedy’s crucial Illinois win in 1960 over Richard Nixon was by two-tenths of a percentage point. Republican candidates scored six consecutive wins in Illinois as recently as 1968 through 1988. But the Democrats gained the initiative, with the key change coming in the suburban “collar counties” ringing Chicago that have become much more hospitable to the Democrats in recent years. Democrats today hold both Senate seats, with Obama’s colleague Richard J. Durbin , a shoo-in to win a third term in November, serving as majority whip. Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich is a Democrat, as are 11 of Illinois’ 19 House members and majorities in both state legislative chambers. This year’s action in congressional elections reflects the Democrats’ muscle-flexing, in a state where Democratic candidates can be expected to grab onto Obama’s coattails as tightly as possible.)

JILL STANEK
-- Breaking news: Obama campaign changes story, admits he misrepresented Born Alive vote
http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2008/08/breaking_news_o.html

WORLD NET DAILY
-- Truth hurts Obama - Roger Hedgecock
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=72661

HUMAN EVENTS
-- McCain's Saddleback Grand Slam - Jed Babbin
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=28063

NATIONAL REVIEW
-- How McCain Won Saddleback In an unusual setting, his experience overwhelmed Obama. - Byron York
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTBjN2RkY2Y3ODZhYmRmYTZjYTI1NTQ4ZGNkM2Y2YmU=
-- William Ayers, Model Citizen? The Obama campaign’s lame defense. - David Freddoso
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODVlZTZlM2M5NTMxMzllMjJkODVkNzQ3YTFjMTY0NzE=

WASHINGTON TIMES
-- McCain pulls into a tie in new polling Analysts cite Georgia response - Donald Lambro
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/18/mccain-pulls-into-a-tie-in-new-polling/

CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Usually, your judgment improves as you get older. Sadly, the Cleveland Plain Dealer draws attention to a sad 22-year-old whose judgment has deteriorated as he has gotten older.
http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/08/former_bush_backer_wins_obama.html

NEW YORK SUN
-- Obama Facing Attacks From All Sides Over Abortion Record - Russell Berman
http://www.nysun.com/national/obama-facing-attacks-from-all-sides-over-abortion/84059/

NEW YORK TIMES
-- For Convention, Obama’s Image Is All-American - Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/us/politics/18convention.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin

LOS ANGLES TIMES
-- Who's rich? McCain and Obama have very different definitions To Pastor Rick Warren's question, Obama says someone making more than $250,000. McCain gives a figure of $5 million per year. His campaign says he was joking. - Greg Miller
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-rich18-2008aug18,0,3413584.story

WALL STREET JOURNAL
-- Obama on Clarence Thomas By all means, let's compare credentials - Editorial
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121901817146948231.html

HUFFINGTON POST
-- McCain Attacks Obama Over Chicago Crime
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/17/mccain-attacks-obama-over_n_119434.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
-- Rosanna Pulido gives outstanding presentation at TAPROOT picnic - Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
Rosanna Pulido gave an outstanding presentation at the TAPROOT annual picnic yesterday, Sunday, August 17, in Westmont. She fielded many outstanding questions from the attendees. Attendees included Don Castella, Carolyn Connell, Jesse DeSplinter, Bob Graham, Bob Grogan, George Kocan, Vern McCarthy, Sean O'Kane. Marilyn Rickert, Bob Schmidt, and Joan Solm.