A friend of mine, who is involved in grassroots politics, called to tell me a close friend was being asked to be the Chairman of Catholic outreach for the Illinois Republican party. She said she was going to write a column about how GOD has chosen this as a test for him; would he do the right thing or would he allow himself to be used to get Catholics to support Mark Kirk?

I asked her who she would choose between Kirk and Ginnoulias. Her answer seems to be what …

I can’t figure out why but the Obama administration and the Democrat controlled Congress have decided to bring immigration reform back into the headlines.

I don’t know if they believe their own press releases or if they have a death wish but the majority of Americans both Democrat and Republican are against any move to legalize any of the 12 million illegals in the country.
With unemployment hovering around 10% and over 20% in the construction industry bringing this issue up will be a death knell for any politician of either party. …

If people want to know why some conservatives felt kind of queasy about Kirk Dillard’s candidacy for Governor they should listen to Jim Edgar’s interview on public radio a few weeks ago and his speech Thursday at Elmhurst college and it will become clear. In his PBS interview Edgar said we need to cut spending before any talk of tax increases because “without cuts any increase would be spent without solving our current crisis” no problems there, “everything should be on the table” for spending cuts, no problem there either.

The …

Supposed dog lover, Governor Quinn, thinks he has hit on a huge issue and with the help of the media is milking it for all it’s worth. Senator Brady reacting to some Veterinarians sponsored a bill allowing more than one Animal to be euthanized in a gas chamber at one time. A gas chamber takes longer for the animals to pass and it seems they were worried that the animals would attack each other too. The pro animal groups got all upset over it and Senator Brady took his name …

I think we Chicagoans were witnesses to the beginning of the end of the credibility of local Main Stream Media in Chicago last night. Since when does the news media get to choose who is going to be the states elected officials? This whole election cycle the Chicago media seemed to have singled out their favorites by who they chose to cover. They kept calling Jim Ryan, Kirk Dillard and Andy McKenna the big three. Why? Because they were so far ahead of the others in the race? Did recent …

Well it’s happened again, a big trade show announces it’s leaving the city of Chicago and the Media and Mayor point the finger at the workers and how much money they make as if that’s the problem. Mayor Daley never mentions the cuts labor has already taken over the last 10 years to try to work with him and the Show Producers; like giving up double time for time and a half or the cut in crews from three to two in the case of Machinery Movers. Instead of acknowledging …

Monday July 20th Congressman Mark Kirk (R IL-10) announced that he would seek the open United States Senate seat being vacated by Roland Burris. Right away allot of conservative voters let everyone know that Kirk was unacceptable to them. I know that Kirk is more “moderate” than some of my conservative brethren would like, but let’s look at the bright side.
Mark Kirk is a media favorite because he is their kind of Republican; he is Pro Choice, anti Second Amendment and gets conservatives angry. With him on the ticket, the …

Redlining Miguel Estrada
To many liberal Democrats, it’s the height of racism for Republicans to oppose the Supreme Court nomination of likely pro-abort Catholic Sonia Sotomayor. But few remember the Dems’ lynching of the first prominent Latino named to a high judicial post-a pro-life Catholic.
He was-and is-Miguel Angel Estrada Castanada, foreshortened by Hispanic custom and known as Miguel Estrada. In 2001, at age 40, he was nominated by George W. Bush to the District of Columbia’s prestigious Court of Appeals, the first Hispanic to be named to this post. Because his …

I am one of the Republicans who thinks it’s a good idea to change the way the Republican State Central Committee (SCC) is chosen. I am for the direct election of members. I have also called my State Rep and Senator and told them to vote against SB600. I know I just said I was for the direct election of SCC members but not if it’s pushed on the GOP by the Democrats in the General Assembly.
Why do you think Democrats are taking time to push this legislation when they …

This is an open letter to Andy McKenna and the GOP leadership. Please stop asking for a special election. Senator Burris was just put into place after the Democrats publicly and openly screwed up and you want to help them get rid of their problems. We don’t need to give the Democratic leadership, including new Governor Quinn, cover to fix what they did. There will be an election for Burris’s seat! It’s the elections of 2010. We’re in that cycle now; let the voters have their chance to show their …