GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - October 31, 2008
Only 4 days until the election!
WALL STREET JOURNAL
-- Obama And The Chicago Boys - Editorial
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122541378179586551.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago Tribune promotes Obama, again
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obama-legislatureoct31,0,928290.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-transitionoct31,0,7493363.story
-- Roskam highlights Obama on Web site - Dennis Conrad
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-roskam-obama,0,4326606.story
-- Wisconsin GOP hopes 72-hour blitz will carry McCain - Scott Bauer and Ryan Foley
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-wi-groundgame-wis,0,2580171.story
-- Republican stronghold at crossroads Voters to decide whether to bolster GOP or Democrats in Statehouse - Liam Ford
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-west-statehouse-races-31oct31,0,5947963.story
-- Gorging appears over for boss hog Cellini - John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-kass-31-oct31,0,7932244.column
-- Indicting Illinois. Again - Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/newspaper/printedition/wednesday/chi-1031edit1oct31,0,2442268.story
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Chicago Tribune promotes Obama, again
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-obama-legislatureoct31,0,928290.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-transitionoct31,0,7493363.story
DAILY HERALD
-- Vallas returning to Chicago - Joseph Ryan
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=246805
-- Munson v. Farnham: Lots of cash in 43rd House race - Harry Hitzeman
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=246932&src=5
-- Cellini donations permeate local, state campaigns - Joseph Ryan and John Patterson
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=247039&src=109
-- Froehlich not telling voters about his party switch - Beth Anderson, Schaumburg
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=247034&src=
-- DIERSEN QUESTION: Will the Illinois Ballot Integrity Project suspect vote fraud if Democrat candidates get a lot of votes in Republican DuPage County?
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=246892&src=
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
-- Chicago Republicans join fray in Wisconsin - Abdon Pallasch
http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/1252852,CST-NWS-campbrfs31.article
-- FROM THE ARTICLE: And under Gov. James R. Thompson, Cellini turned state government into a cottage industry, averaging more than a deal a year during Thompson's 14 years in office. He continued under Governors Jim Edgar, George Ryan and now Blagojevich.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1252597,CST-NWS-profile31.article
-- 'Can you imagine what Tuesday will be like?' 1 MIL. EARLY VOTERS? 'I would wait much longer for Obama' - Kara Spak and Mark Konkol
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1252570,CST-NWS-vote31.article
-- Cellini indicted by federal grand jury in state corruption probe Feds charge political power broker William Cellini with conspiring to shake down a Hollywood producer for $1.5 million for a Blagojevich campaign fund and talking about getting U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald fired - Natasha Korecki
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1251481,cellini_indicted103008.article
-- Undecided? Here's two red flags on Obama - Steve Huntley
http://www.suntimes.com/news/huntley/1252150,CST-EDT-hunt31.article
-- Obama would fill courts with ACLU zombies - Peter Ferrara
http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1252218,CST-EDT-open31.article
CBS2
-- Long List Of VIPs (INCLUDES DILLARD) For Obama's Election Night Party Notable Names Left Off Invite List Include Blagojevich, Rev. Wright (AYERS?, DOHRN? REZKO?, JIM THOMPSON?, JIM EDGAR?, GEORGE RYAN?, JIM RYAN?, JUDY BAAR TOPINKA?, BOB KJELLANDER?, ANDY MCCKENNA SR. & JR.?, ETC.) - Mike Flannery
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/obama.party.vip.2.852832.html (Includes video clip)
-- Some Suburban Early Voters Scared By Long Lines - Mike Puccinelli
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/early.voting.suburbs.2.852814.html (Includes video clip)
WGN TV
-- State's ultimate insider William Cellini indicted - Jeff Coen, Ray Long and John Chase
http://www.wgntv.com/landing/?States-ultimate-insider-indicted=1&blockID=122603&feedID=1536
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
-- Illinois insider William Cellini accused of scheming for campaign cash - Mike Robinson
http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/524032.html
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
-- Blagojevich issues statement denying role in alleged improper acts - Ryan Keith
http://www.sj-r.com/time_out/x1157505402/Blagojevich-issues-statement-denying-role-in-alleged-improper-acts
WTTW
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VIDEO CLIP: Cross, Marin, Robling, and Topinka discuss the Republican Party
http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=42,8,1&pl=New%20Video%202
SUBURBAN CHICAGO NEWS
-- Political eye opener Plainfield student Matt Starr gets glimpse of Obama, McCain in candid moment as a Biggert Intern - Louise Brass
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/plainfieldsun/news/1249041,6_1_NA31_INTERN_S1.article
PIONEER LOCAL
-- Morgenthaler has Republican voting record - Rafael Rivadeneira
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/elmhurst/news/forum/1250506,em-ltrrivadenei-103008-s4.article
SOUTHTOWN STAR
-- Capital budget, education reform top state race agendas - Lauren Fitzpatrick, Stephanie Gehring, and John Ryan
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1252495,103108statelegroundup.article
WHEATON SUN
-- Roskam faces veteran in bid to keep seat - Ron Pazola
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/wheatonsun/news/1251644,6_1_NA31_WSSIXTHUS_S1.article
HERALD NEWS
-- McAloon v. Gordon: Familiar faces in 75th House District - Kim Smith
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/1252244,4_1_JO31_75THREPRACE_S1.article
SUBURBAN LIFE
-- Roskam Web site reaches out to Obama supporters, split-ticket voters - Jerry Moore
http://suburbanshoutout.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/roskam-web-site-reaches-out-to-obama-supporters-split-ticket-voters/
REPUBLICANS FOR FAIR MEDIA
-- Obama, Media's Attempt To Say It's All Over May Backfire and Aid McCain Comeback - Daniel T. Zanoza
http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2008/10/obama-medias-attempt-to-say-its-all-over-may-backfire-and-aid-mccain-comeback.html
TOM ROESER
-- If the “Catholic Vote” Goes Obama, the Responsibility is Clear.
http://www.tomroeser.com/blogs/blogview.asp?blogID=24803
ILLINOIS REVIEW
-- From the GOP state trenches: Murphy, Forte-Scott and Dahl races - Fran Eaton
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/10/from-the-gop-st.html
-- Again, What with Illgop-dom? - Chris Robling
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/10/again-what-with.html
CHAMPION NEWS
-- This Barack Obama message brought to you in part by fraudulent contributions - John Biver
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1342
-- Issue videos on several topics to help get fence-straddlers to move right - John Biver
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1344
-- This Sunday on Champion News Talk Radio
http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1347
CAPITOLFAX
-- Cronin wants Peraica out of the picture in Cook - Rich Miller
http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2008/10/30/dupager-wants-peraica-out-of-the-picture-in-cook/
ILLINOIS REASON
-- Rob Nesvacil argues that a) the payouts that Alaskan citizens get are a type of "spreading the wealth" and b) Jack Ryan and Rod McCulloch caused Jack Ryan's problems.
http://illinoisreason.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/spreadin-that-wealth-also-and-jack-is-back/
PROGRESS ILLINOIS
-- Hardball Highlights "Obama Voters For Roskam" Website - Josh Kalven
http://progressillinois.com/2008/10/30/hardball-roskam-website
CHICAGO DAILY OBSERVER
-- Russ Stewart and Tom Roeser Predict the Elections
http://cdobs.com/archive/our-columns/russ-stewart-and-tom-roeser-predict-the-elections%2C1979/
FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS
-- Axelrod’s Mastery - Goebbels 2.0 - Claude Benson
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1631/pub_detail.asp
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION
-- Ethics complaint filed against Senator Barack Obama
http://www.conservative.org/pressroom/2008/GiftRuleComplaintBarackObama.asp
FOX NEWS CHANNEL
-- Is The L.A. Times Covering for Its Guy?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,445207,00.html
CNS NEWS
-- Next President Must Understand Challenge of Radical Islam, Former Senator Rick Santorum Says - Kevin Mooney
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=38453
TOWNHALL
-- If Obama Can't Win It He'll Steal It - Floyd and Mary Beth Brown
http://townhall.com/columnists/FloydandMaryBethBrown/2008/10/30/if_obama_cant_win_it_hell_steal_it&Comments=true
ROLL CALL
-- Illinois: Nervous Roskam Eyes Possible Ticket-Splitter - Matthew Murray
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_52/politics/29662-1.html
UPI
-- Peter Fitzgerald urges Obama real estate investigation
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/10/30/GOP_urges_Obama_real_estate_investigation/UPI-65501225401886/
MSNBC
-- Obama predicts ‘significant recession’
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27460758/
CNN
-- RNC, GOP tweak tactics to lure conservative Democrats - Stuart Rothenberg and Nathan L. Gonzales (DIERSEN: Because the Democrat Party exists to advance liberalism and socialism, people who want to advance liberalism and socialism should be Democrats. Because the Republican Party exists to advance conservatism and capitalism, people who want to advance conservatism and capitalism should be Republicans. People who do not want to advance liberalism, conservatism, socialism, or capitalism should consider joining some other political party or forming some other political party.)
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/30/rothenberg.tactics/
-- GOP candidates embrace Obama's message of change - Chris Lawrence (DIERSEN: Because Obama is so outrageously anti-Republican, by definition, anyone who helps elect Obama is not a Republican.)
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/30/gop.change/
REUTERS
-- Palin: Obama "incapable" of handling security tests - Deborah Charles
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE49T9HE20081030
-- al Qaeda wants Republicans, Bush "humiliated": Web video
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUSTRE49T76620081030
MARKET WATCH
-- Judicial Watch to Illinois State Board of Elections: Obama Campaign Election Day Text Messages May Violate Law Against Electioneering in Polling Places Illinois State Law Prohibits Political Speech "Within Any Polling Place"
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Judicial-Watch-Illinois-State-Board/story.aspx?guid=%7B7D89B674-D394-4C2C-AC26-499470D0399B%7D
NEWSMAX
-- Obama's 'Change' Is Socialism - Michael Reagan
http://www.newsmax.com/reagan/obama_socialism/2008/10/30/145755.html
-- Expect the Worst From an Obama Administration - John LeBoutillier
http://www.newsmax.com/john_leboutillier/obama_administration/2008/10/29/145287.html
-- Romney: Obama Would Kill Millions of Jobs - Ronald Kessler
http://www.newsmax.com/kessler/romney_obama_mccain/2008/10/30/145961.html
-- Ex-CIA Expert: Obama Took Millions in Illegal Foreign Donations - Kenneth Timmerman
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/obama_illegal_donors/2008/10/29/145612.html?s=al&promo_code=6F6F-1
NATIONAL JOURNAL
-- Which Obama Would America Get? The Liberal Ideologue Could Be A Well-Meaning Failure; The Pragmatic Reformer Could Be A Great Leader. - Stuart Taylor Jr.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/or_20081101_5949.php
AMERICAN THINKER
-- Getting the 'Ayers Issue' Straight - M. Jay Wells
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/getting_the_ayers_issue_straig_1.html
HUFFINGTON POST
-- Breaking blue: How Illinois Will Vote - Nate Silver
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/30/breaking-blue-how-illinoi_n_139422.html
FORBES
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Because Obama is so outrageously anti-conservative, by definition, anyone who helps elect Obama is not a conservative.
http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/10/30/conservative-vote-obama-oped-cx_rw_1030wilcox.html
-- A Message From The "Mainstream Media" - Peter Robinson
http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/10/30/media-liberal-polls-oped-cx_pr_1031robinson.html
NEW YORK OBSERVER
-- Erica Jong Tells Italians Obama Loss 'Will Spark the Second American Civil War. Blood Will Run in the Streets' - Jason Horowitz
http://www.observer.com/2008/politics/erica-jong-tells-italians-obama-loss-will-spark-second-american-civil-war-blood-will-r
NEW YORK TIMES
-- FROM THE ARTICLE: Some critics say Mr. Obama’s role in the death-penalty moratorium has been exaggerated. Christine Radogno, a Republican state senator, said that Mr. Obama took credit for work accomplished by Gov. George Ryan, a Republican who imposed the moratorium, pardoned a number of death-row inmates, and established a commission to study capital punishment. “To claim that Barack was the impetus for those reforms is an overstatement,” Ms. Radogno said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/us/politics/31crime.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
PHILADELPHIA EVENING BULLETIN
-- Why The Election Of Obama Would Mean The End Of America - Herb Denenberg
http://www.thebulletin.us/site/index.cfm?newsid=20183853&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=576361&rfi=8
WASHINGTON POST
-- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Tragically, the Democrat Party platform promotes liberalism, dependency on government, socialism, and worse. Tragically, virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Joe Davidson helps explain problems that Republican presidents have faced, that Bush is facing, and that future Republican presidents will face.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/30/AR2008103004366.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
-- McCain, Palin demand L.A. Times release Obama video The GOP running mates assail the newspaper, which says it will keep its promise of confidentiality to the source who provided the tape of Obama. - James Rainey
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-newvideo30-2008oct30,0,5073968.story
CORVETTE ACTION CENTER
-- Talks at GM have workers on edge - Jenna Mink
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/showthread.php?p=926876#post926876
DIERSEN QUESTION: Members of the Combine who claim to be Republican, people who claim to be Republican who work for members of the Combine, people who claim to be Republican who want to be a member of the Combine, and people who claim to be Republican who lack what it takes to stand up to the Combine will be asked to assign blame for any losses that Republican might suffer on November 4. Who will they blame?
ANSWER: They will blame people known as "conservatives" and "platform Republicans," that is, people who are involved in Republican politics to advance the party's platform. They will argue that those people:
-- are "extremists" and "intolerant" and cause all the party's problems
-- were too harsh on Obama and created a "backlash"
-- failed to do enough, especially failed to give enough money to McCain and to the Illinois Republican Party
-- caused Jim Ryan to lose in 2002, caused McKenna to lose in 2004, caused Judy Baar Topinka to lose in 2006, etc., etc.
