Rick Santorum will drop out of the presidential race Tuesday afternoon, according to a campaign consultant, essentially guaranteeing Mitt Romney the GOP nomination. His decision comes after a slew of primary losses made it harder for him to catch Romney in the delegate count and it follows a meeting the former Pennsylvania senator had with [...]
Hispanics and the 2012 Elections
April 10, 2012 By
It is, to be sure, a population that continues to grow in size, voice, and importance. In the 2008 election, Hispanics turned out in force — 9.7 million Hispanics voted, and those numbers are projected to grow to 11.8 million to 12.2 million in 2012, with particular importance in presidential battlegrounds such as Colorado and [...]
Political Insiders vs Voters
April 6, 2012 By
The decision by Congressman Tim Johnson this week to not seek re-election is another example of how political insiders thwart the will of the voters. Instead of allowing an open primary allowing the voters to choose whom they want to replace Johnson, he ran again, withdrawing after the primary. This allows the political insiders to [...]
Right to Work on the Move
March 28, 2012 By
Recent polls indicate Americans are fed up with Big Labor’s schoolyard bully tactics and their utilization of taxpayer money to support political candidates and liberal agendas. Additionally, Americans are tired of government deficits driven by public sector pay, overblown benefits, and restrictive work rules. To read this new blog posting at Devil at my Doorstep, [...]
David Orr Violates IL Law
March 28, 2012 By
[i]Security is put in place to provide a tamper-resistant environment. Security does not ensure fraud doesn’t take place, it provides mechanisms for fraud to be prevented through fear of detection; it provides an opportunity to stop fraud while in progress and retroactively, through reverse engineering various aspects of the voting processes. When security is ignored [...]
On Primary Day in IL, 5 Things to Watch For
March 19, 2012 By
The Illinois primary Tuesday is the next key marker in the grinding race for the Republican nomination, the latest front in a GOP contest that has become political trench warfare between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. Here are five things to watch as the returns come in. To read this article on The Daily Beast, [...]
American Majority to conduct Activist Training in Illinois
March 12, 2012 By
American Majority’s Activism Training will teach you how to be a leader in your community and an effective advocate for liberty. While we saw growth in the liberty movement through the tea parties of 2009, attending a protest or a rally is not enough for the times we live in. To secure liberty for our future generations, we [...]
Rick, Newt, Mitt: How Did Their CPAC Speeches Stack Up?
February 29, 2012 By
This year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) comes only months prior to a presidential election, one where the GOP is in hopes of retaking the White House. That being true, three of the four main presidential candidates — Santorum, Gingrich, and Romney — took to the podium in an attempt to convince the conservative faithful [...]
Republican Establishment intent on steamrolling Tea Party conservatives
February 29, 2012 By
Much has happened since I last expressed my distaste over the unseemly playbook being employed in the ongoing Republican presidential race: Newt won big in Georgia and Romney romped to a big victory in Florida and the Nevada Caucus is taking place as I write this article. Not encouraging was a posting I read by [...]
Political Insiders: Continue the Status Quo
Dee Beaubien is considering running as an independent this fall for the 52nd House seat. She would be facing David McSweeeney who just won the Republican nomination for the seat or current State Rep. Kent Gaffney and newcomer Danielle Rowe. To give you a little background: Dee Beaubien is the wife of the late State [...]