Prepared by John Biver

"Americans seem mesmerized by the word 'change.' And, by golly, they sure got it last week from the California Supreme Court. It is difficult to imagine a single social change greater than redefining marriage from opposite sex to include members of the same sex."

"Nothing imaginable -- leftward or rightward -- would constitute as radical a change in the way society is structured as this redefining of marriage for the first time in history: Not another Prohibition, not government taking over all health care, not changing all public education to private schools, not America leaving the United Nations, not rescinding the income tax and replacing it with a consumption tax. Nothing."

By Doug Ibendahl

Roger Claar, one of the 19 members of the Illinois GOP's State Central Committee contributed $1,000 to Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress, Jerry Bennett on September 30th of last year. Bennett was making a primary challenge against incumbent Democratic Congressman Dan Lipinski.

Claar not only contributed money, he contributed his endorsement. Bennett's campaign website is still available online and you can view the endorsement page here.

Claar made his $1,000 contribution to Bennett through an organization called ActBlue. One of the enabler blogs described ActBlue as a "DuPage Democratic group" - but that's not correct.  ActBlue is in fact a national organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It describes itself as "the online clearinghouse for Democratic action."

Through the Republican Renaissance Project we'll continue to expose the problems and behavior that led to our Illinois Party's total collapse.

We'll keep the spotlight on and inform Republicans about the opportunities available, as well as about the process and requirements for getting involved at all levels.