They are both 48 years old, but one is at the beginning of a Congressional term and the other near the beginning of the end. While liberal Democrat Melissa Bean has not conceded her narrow loss to conservative Republican Joe … Continue reading
In close elections you need every vote. There is an irony how Melissa Bean broke her promise to move into the 8th District. The promise was made six years ago. It’s interesting how liberal editors and journalists give liberal candidates … Continue reading
A subhead in the 2,400-word analysis starting on the front page of the Sunday Northwest Herald made me smile. It read, “Banking on Bean” Although probably not the copy editor’s intention, it reminded me of how much money that incumbent … Continue reading
The following email just arrived: Election Day Vote Fraud Alert The Walsh campaign is engaged in a battle to ensure the victory that was attained on election day is preserved. It has come to our attention that certain questionable activities … Continue reading
Google searches for articles having “Joe Walsh” and “Melissa Bean” in them for me. A lot have been popping up about the closeness of the race. The Los Angeles Times highlights the closeness of the race. “Of the five incumbents … Continue reading
An email from Joe Walsh: Friends: It’s been an amazing week. One week removed from election night, we remain absolutely confident in our victory — with virtually all of the absentee votes from Cook County in, our lead is 350 … Continue reading
With Joe Walsh holding onto a several hundred vote lead before absentee ballots are counted in Lake and McHenry Counties, both of which he carried, the rumor mill on Capitol Hill has 8th District Democrat Melissa Bean being appointed head … Continue reading
And Joe Walsh ran one of the best. In August Melissa Bean had all of the obvious traditional advantages over her challenger Joe Walsh. Bean had a million dollars. Walsh had next to none. Bean had name recognition from 8 … Continue reading
They all endorsed Melissa Bean for the 8th Congressional District seat. But, voters ignored the newspaper endorsements. They picked someone who represents their interests and not the liberal special interests of San Francisco. They elected Joe Walsh. That’s in spite … Continue reading
As the mainstream media begins to figure out that Joe Walsh may have actually beaten Melissa Bean, Walsh has sent out the following email: Dear Friends: Thank you all for staying up so late last night. Victory is at hand. … Continue reading
Here’s the press release that was sent out about 4 AM: (Grayslake, IL) Joe Walsh addressed over 500 volunteers and supporters at their victory celebration in Wauconda, IL at the Mill Creek Banquets and stated “Tonight was a victory for … Continue reading
It didn’t happen until after the polls closed, but, hey, you take what you can get. The Chicago Sun-Times has finally noticed that there was a hot race out here in the boonies. It and the other mainstream media enablers … Continue reading
Joe Walsh’s lead narrowed with the latest results being reported at fifteen of midnight by the Chicago Tribune. 726 ahead of Melissa Bean now. Down to 615 ahead two minutes later. … Continue reading
Of course, all of the ballots have been counted, but somehow tension mounts as the number of precincts reporting results approaches 100%. Now, with 97% having been tallied by the McHenry, Lake and Cook County Clerks, Republican Joe Walsh is … Continue reading
The Tribune reported at 10:43 that Joe Walsh was leading Melissa Bean by 92 votes. Can’t you feel the tension at the Grayslake party being held by Joe Walsh supporters. … Continue reading
Self-identified Tea Party candidate Joe Walsh was leading by 834 votes at 10:28 PM, according to the Associated Press. All of the votes cast today in McHenry County have been tallied. You can see the results below for the 8th … Continue reading
If the early and absentee votes come in looking like the paper and computer ballots cast on election day, it looks like people will be considering recounts. In a computerized world, however, they rarely change the vote by much. The … Continue reading
Read the following paragraph and ask yourself why the Chicago Tribune didn’t pick up on the closeness of the race before. “In the closer-than-expected contest, northwest suburban 8th Congressional District, Democratic U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean had 49 percent to 48 … Continue reading
WLS-Radio Sunday night talk show host Tom Roeser publishes election predictions today on his blog, along with those of Russ Stewart. He is the first I have seen predict that Joe Walsh will beat Melissa Bean in the 8th Congressional … Continue reading
I haven’t done a story on sign stealing, but it certainly is happening. I should have taken a photo last week of the missing Mike Mahon sign between the Keith Nygren and Sally Wiggins signs on the northeast corner of … Continue reading
