By: barry915barry (Diary)  |  March 11th at 10:14 AM  | 

MY original diary is here: http://www.redstate.com/barry915barry/2009/03/10/there-is-hope-for-the-illinois-gop-after-all/ Here is the committee vote on Illinois SB600: The committee voting record on SB 600 was: Voting “Yes” David Luechtefeld (R)* M. Maggie Crotty (D) Terry Link (D) Michael Bond (D) James T. Meeks (D) Voting “No” Dale A. Righter (R) Dan Rutherford (R) Randall M. Hultgren (R) Louis S. Viverito (D) *Senator Luechtefeld (IL-58) was a co-sponsor of | Read More »

By: barry915barry (Diary)  |  March 10th at 03:32 PM  | 

I just received a call from (state) Senator Chris Lauzen’s(IL-25) office moments ago.  SB600 has passed out of committee on a 5-4 vote.  While we don’t know yet how the actual roll call vote went, we do know that this is excellent news for the Republican party and more specifically the grass roots conservatives in Illinois. Warner Todd Huston has written on this several times, | Read More »

By: barry915barry (Diary)  |  January 26th at 03:09 PM  | 

According to a report by Stewart Stogel of Newsmax.com, the US will pursue diplomatic talks directly with Iran. “We remain deeply concerned about the threat Iran’s nuclear program poses to the region and indeed to the United States and the entire international community…We look forward towards engaging in vigorous diplomacy, that includes direct diplomacy with Iran as well as collaboration and partnership with the Permanent | Read More »