When the Metra train hit a Cary-Grove High School Bus in 1995, there were calls for seat belts in school buses. My brother-in-law, the doctor heading up the emergency room to which most of the teens were taken that horrendous … Continue reading
Category Archives: Tammy Duckworth
Here are the Mock Election results from Crystal Lake Central High School: All Republicans carried the CLCHS Mock Election. … Continue reading
Here are the Mock Election results for those voting in Jacobs High School: A lot of Jacobs High School is in Algonquin Township where Peter Roskam is the Republican candidate for re-election to Congress. Randy Hultgren and Jim Walz are … Continue reading
Not only has Donald Trump and the rest of the Republicans down to State Representative achieved victory in the McHenry High School District Mock Election, but they have also done so at Cary-Grove High School. Results can be seen below: … Continue reading
And, so did the other Republicans on which McHenry teens voted. You can see the results below: … Continue reading
Another yard sign for Donald Trump disappeared between 5 last night and when I got the mail about 9:30. A stop and snatch, I guess. I told the policeman he could just xerox the last report and change the date. … Continue reading
Under an August article, commenter “Priest” advanced the best reason for supporting U.S. Senator Mark Kirk in the November election. You can read it and react to it below: Mark Kirk is problematic as a candidate. He’s not fully recovered … Continue reading
Just got a call from an unidentified source asking ten questions: Registered voter or not? Gender (only two choices) Age (29 or younger, 30-44, 45-64, 65 or older) Party (Democrat, Republican, Independent) Opinion of State’s Attorney candidate Ray Flavin (Favorable, … Continue reading
When Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate against Mark Kirk, I remember Kirk saying something like they would match disabilities. Kirk pulled out his yesterday in response to Duckworth’s attack on him for saying the President … Continue reading
Found that the former Democratic Party Congresswoman Gabby Gifford has endorsed incumbent Republican Mark Kirk for re-election over Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth. This race is getting stranger and stranger. … Continue reading
Earlier I ran the following information I picked up last Wednesday’s meeting of the McHenry County Democratic Party Central Committee: Democrats’ Take on Election Day McHenry County Democratic Party Chairman Mike Bissett addresses Wednesday night’s Central Committee meeting about the … Continue reading
Other publications have been speculating that former Congressman Joe Walsh would run against incumbent Randy Hultgren. If so, I figured, he would announce his intentions at the big rally at his home in Lake County yesterday. He had promoted it … Continue reading
Don’t know how, but I’ve gotten on some Democratic Party congressional fundraising email lists. Thought you might be interested in how Democrats are using House Speaker John Boehner’s announced resignation from the top post. Before today, their pitch was aimed … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Joe Walsh: Rep. Walsh Responds to Reports of Voter Intimidation by Duckworth Campaign The Walsh Campaign has received numerous phone calls and complaints from voters claiming hired workers from Chicago have gone door-to-door in the … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Joe Walsh: House Chairman Questions Duckworth’s Record of Taxpayer Waste Today, Congressman Joe Walsh was joined by Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Jeff Miller (R-FL) and committee member Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) to … Continue reading
A press release from the Now or Never PAC: NOW OR NEVER PAC BUYS MORE AD TIME IN IL-8 RACE AFTER DUCKWORTH’S PUBLIC INDICTMENT IN WHISTLEBLOWER CASE Washington, DC – The Now or Never Political Action Committee (NON-PAC) announced today … Continue reading
Breaking through the “noise” of the end of a campaign is tough, but Congressman Joe Walsh is still trying. Below is a press release from him: Rep. Joe Walsh Reacts to Duckworth’s Attempted Cover Up On Monday, The Washington Free … Continue reading
Polls may show Congressman Joe Walsh trailing Tammy Duckworth, but that is not slowing Walsh down. Read his personal campaign plans for the next week: Friends, Because of my goal to meet every voter in the district, starting today I … Continue reading
After the deluge of publicity about how “extreme” Congressman Joe Walsh is on the abortion issue went unanswered, my frustration level grew so much that I posted the following on Capitol Fax Blog: Cal Skinner – Monday, Oct 15, 12 … Continue reading