GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - August 2, 2008
ABC7
-- House speaker Madigan's letters containing profanity released - Charles Thomas
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6301887 (Includes video clip)
-- McCain raps Obama at Urban League conference - AP
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6301619
-- Who started it? McCain, Obama camps trade barbs - AP
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=6300722
CBS2
-- McCain Defends New Web Ad Mocking Obama - AP
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/john.mccain.barack.2.786024.html
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- Obama, McCain in statistical tie - Amanda Erickson
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/08/obama_mccain_in_statistical_ti.html
-- Once whisper, race now a roar McCain ads, Obama words propel issue - John McCormick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obama-raceaug02,0,5643288.story
-- Obama's seat: Jesse Jackson Jr. willing - Mark Silva
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/08/obamas_seat_jesse_jackson_jr_w.html
-- Traffic congestion divisive for Illinois lawmakers - Dennis Conrad
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-rail-freight,0,1255620.story
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Paul West crows about the success that Democrats have had in depressing Americans
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/08/the_other_election.html
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Those who hate American nameplate vehicles, who hate American's automotive industry, and who hate America are overjoyed that General Motors "could be forced to file for bankruptcy." Sadly, those vehicle buyers who continue to "punish" America's automotive industry are having success in destroying America.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sat-gm-earnings-0802aug02,0,3568975.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-earns-gm,0,5229087.story
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: OUTSTANDING: Federal Communications Commission orders Comcast to disclose the details of its "discriminatory network management" policy. GOPUSA ILLINOIS receives more complaints about non-receipt of emails from subscribers with Comcast addresses than from those who use any other Internet service provider.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sat-internet-fcc-comcast-aug02,0,1442111.story
-- Obama v. McCain on Google: No contest - Mark Silva
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/08/obama_v_mccain_on_google_no_co.html
DAILY HERALD
-- Illinois political spat gets uglier - Nick Shields
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=225204&src=109
-- FRONT PAGE: Does the Illinois Lottery pay for education? Well, sort of - John Patterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=225206
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Again, the Daily Herald argues against Hispanic assimilation
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=225254
-- Kane County must combat illegal immigration - Jonathan Radke, Chairman, Fox Valley Citizens for Legal Immigration, Carpentersville
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=224522&src=
-- Politicians still waste our tax money - James Peterson, Hoffman Estates
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=225044&src=
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- Chicago mayor mocks Blagojevich's offer of police help Daley says state can’t afford to send troopers - AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/x1542105288/Chicago-mayor-mocks-Blagojevichs-offer-of-police-help
-- VERY SAD: Springfield State Journal Register censures Ann Coulter article
http://blogs.sj-r.com/editor/
http://www.sj-r.com/opinions/x469171458/Editors-note
SOUTHTOWN STAR
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Associated Press, an arm of the Obama campaign, argues that voters should ignore the fact that many despicably racist and despicably sexist people want Obama to be America's next president
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1087475,080208obamahiphop.article
SAUK VALLEY NEWS
-- Legislators call for new leadership in Springfield - Joseph Bustos
http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2008/08/01/news/local/6190d4120d8ad042bfc372c254bb18c6.txt
SUBURBAN LIFE
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Bean, Biggert, Foster, Manzullo, and Roskam to attend EJ&E hearing in Chicago on Tuesday, August 5
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/lombard/news/x518451031/Congressional-delegation-to-hold-EJ-E-hearing-in-Chicago
BEACON NEWS
-- Democratic committee wants Oberweis suit in federal court
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/1085387,2_1_AU01_OBERWEIS_S1.article
-- Bean, Biggert, and Manzullo propose overhaul of federal rail authority - Andre Salles
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/1087582,2_1_AU02_EJE_S1.article
CHICAGO DAILY OBSERVER
-- Catholic Bishops Prepare to Finesse Election Issue of Abortion as McCarrick Plays His Hand - Tom Roeser
http://cdobs.com/archive/our-columns/catholic-bishops-prepare-to-finesse-election-issue-of-abortion-as-mccarrick-plays-his-hand%2C1463/
CHAMPION NEWS
-- Illinois Republican Congressional candidates should join the 'Fiscal Wake-Up Tour' - John Biver
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1112
-- Illinois Republicans: Improvement Requires Willingness to Change - John Biver
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1105
-- In search of a political defibrillator - John Biver
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1106
-- Bill Zettler continues to hand Illinois Republican legislators a huge issue - John Biver
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1113
HITN TV
-- The dream act: can it pass? (Interviewees include Rosanna Pulido)
http://www.hitn.tv/destinationcasablanca/wrt16_7_24_a.html (Includes video clips)
ABC NEWS
-- McCain Campaign Mocks Obama as Messianic in Web Video - Jake Tapper
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/08/mccain-campaign.html
-- Obama to McCain: Your "Juvenile" Tactics Are Fattening Our Campaign Coffers - Jake Tapper
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/08/obama-to-mccain.html
NEW YORK TIMES
-- With Genie Out of Bottle, Obama Is Careful on Race - Michael Powell
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/us/politics/02obama.html
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Bob Herbert argues that if you do not agree with Obama, you are a racist
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/opinion/02herbert.html
WASHINGTON POST
-- Race Proves to Be Unwelcome but Persistent Issue - Juliet Eilperin and Jonathan Weisman
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103481.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
-- A GOP Choice: Tom Coburn or Ted Stevens - John Fund
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121763231581006155.html
FOX NEWS CHANNEL
-- Obama Strategist: McCain Camp Manufactured Race Debate
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/01/obama-strategist-mccain-camp-manufactured-race-debate/
-- First Look at Controversial Obama Book by Dr. Jerome Corsi
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,395823,00.html
-- Rapping for Obama - Bill O'Reilly
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,395984,00.html
WORLD NET DAILY
-- Paris, Britney, Obama: Where's the beef? - Pat Boone
http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71252
AFP
-- African American protestors heckle Obama
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gCxGgPRNvgcPdBMrtMuTbLmwsndA
-- McCain mocks 'anointed' Obama in new broadside
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jIwV4jnexKDRkji1u2MXG8ovnwBw
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5je3YTubUyPBEnZEDxpcXdDqkAPSg
REUTERS
-- McCain appears before black group - Steve Holland
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN0143514520080801
BLOOMBERG
-- McCain, Obama Running-Mate Advice From Foes - Joe Sobczyk and Jonathan Salant
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aLHLgYhYbbcM&refer=us
NATIONAL REVIEW
-- My Preferences John McCain, Barack Obama, and civil rights today. - Ward Connerly
http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=NjhlYjhiOGZmYWJkNjJkNTgyNzc0Yjk3ZjQ4ZTQ1MmU
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
-- Barack Obama and the Race Card: Tread Carefully - Bonnie Erbe
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/erbe/2008/08/01/barack-obama-and-the-race-card-tread-carefully.html
POLITICO
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen seems to say that critics of Obama will be called racists
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12247.html
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Mark Q. Sawyer outrageously argues that only whites can be racist
http://www.npr.org/blogs/newsandviews/2008/08/obama_has_no_race_card_to_play.html
WEEKLY STANDARD
-- Barack Obama's Lost Years - Stanley Kurtz
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/386abhgm.asp
TIME MAGAZINE
-- Crushing on Obama When love backfires Reporters have a crush on Obama. Could that help McCain win the election? - Ramesh Ponnuru
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1828309,00.html
ROTHENBERG POLITICAL REPORT
-- Illinois 6: Roskam’s Poll Shows Him in Strong Position
http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/2008/08/illinois-6-roskams-poll-shows-him-in.html
