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Adam Carolla: ‘I’m Republican, But I’d Like Pot Legalized’
Adam Carolla’s new book, ‘ In Fifty Years We’ll All Be Chicks ,’ is — we mean this — laugh-out-loud funny. The former ‘Loveline’ and ‘The Man Show’ co-host writes about plenty of hot button topics, including immigration and gay marriage, and many other less serious topics like the size of ketchup packets.
Chicago Young Republicans thrilled with national election results
Victories Show that Illinois is Ready for Real Reform This has been a great night for Republicans across the county and right here in Illinois. After more than a year…
Al Reynolds, Tea Party Candidate For Illinois Senate, Says Black Men Prefer Drug Dealing To Education
Republican Party leaders in central Illinois are calling on their own candidate for state senate to step down following racist remarks he made at a candidate’s forum last week. Al Reynolds, who is considered the Tea Party candidate in Illinois’ 52nd District, has been unavailable to the media since saying that African American men preferred dealing drugs to going to college, because it is “easier.” “I’ve been in the city and the dichotomy of the women and the men in the minorities, there is a difference in the fact that most minority women, either the single parent or coming from a poor neighborhood, are motivated more so than the minority men,” Reynolds said, when asked what he would do to increase diversity at state colleges.
Kirk Hopes to Ride a Red Wave to Senate
Illinois Rep. Mark Steven Kirk hopes he is going to be part of a GOP trend in which moderate Republicans beat the odds in decidedly blue states.
Rep. Mark Kirk votes against jobs bill he originally praised
What a difference a day makes. Just one day after he said he was “inclined” to support the measure, Rep. Mark Kirk on Tuesday voted against legislation that would help states pay for teachers and health care. The $26 billion legislation was approved largely along party lines, and President Barack Obama signed it immediately. Speaking Monday at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the Republican nominee for Illinois governor said he would support the bill designed to prevent teachers from being laid off.
In Colorado, reflections of an anxious electorate
LONGMONT, Colo. — Meet Lesley Hollywood, stay-at-home mom turned kingmaker. Thirty years old and new to politics, she has in short order become director of the Northern Colorado Tea Party…
Dillard still down, not conceding in GOP Gov. race
All the votes should be counted, but a winner in the Republican primary for Illinois governor is still not certain more than two weeks after voters went to the polls. State Sen.
Brady wants to ban same-sex marriages
The front runner for the republican nomination for governor, State Senator Bill Brady, wants to change the state constitution to ban same-sex marriages and same-sex unions. At the same time,…
Joe Walsh: I’m still the ‘Tea Party’ candidate
Republican candidate for the 8th Congressional District Joe Walsh said that he planned to continue his campaign the way he did in the primary –as the “Tea Party candidate.” Walsh…
Walsh to face Bean in 8th district
In recent weeks, whenever Republican Joe Walsh (pictured at right) spoke publicly about his bid for the suburban 8th congressional district seat, he opened with the same remarks. “I feel…