Obama HQ Goes Crazy on Twitter

The hashtag #ObamaHQ is a happy one Tuesday night as supporters gather at McCormick Place.

Follow along on Twitter as supporters rally online and in person. 

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LIVEBLOG: Follow Along with Local Readers for the Presidential Debate Town Hall

Tuesday's round two between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney is Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. Central Time. The town-hall style debate will be moderated by CNN’s Candy Crowley. Patch will liveblog the event for local readers.

The second presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney is set for 8 p.m. Oct. 16. The debate is at Hofstra University in New York and will be moderated by CNN's Candy Crowley. In the first debate, the candidates focused on domestic issues, including the economy and taxes, health care reform and the role of government.  This second debate between the candidates is a town hall-style debate, including questions from the audience. It will focus on both domestic and international issues and will include questions from voters.  The tradition of holding live town hall debates for presidential candidates began in 1992 and has since proved to be one of the biggest challenges for debaters. Taking questions from the …

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The Reason Rick Santorum Downplays His Illinois Ties

Letter to the Editor.

The Illinois Republican primary should have a been a triumphant homecoming of sorts for the Santorum for President campaign. After all, the former Pennsylvania Senator briefly attended and graduated from Mundelein’s Carmel Catholic High School in north suburban Lake County. His chief Illinois backer is Al Salvi, a former state representative and failed U.S. Senate candidate who is not only a fellow Carmel graduate, but whose family’s wealthy trial lawyer fortune paid for the Carmel gymnasium that bears the Salvi name.  Santorum “supporters” created a “Carmel High School for Santorum” Facebook page, (apparently moderated by Salvi family members) that touts Santorum as model Carmel graduate who “embodies everything that true practicing …

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Donny

6:52 pm on Saturday, March 31, 2012

This Libertarian Conservative will be voting for Obama in Nobember.   more ›

Jewish Republicans See Obama as 1-Termer

Chapter labels president as anti-Israel as it weighs GOP prospects at Skokie gathering.

Between analyzing the electoral prospects of Republican presidential candidates and ridiculing the "level of mental illness among liberal Jews," members of the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) gathered in Skokie last week to discuss how they could help defeat President Obama in 2012. The standing-room only crowd came from throughout Illinois to fill a conference room at Holiday Inn, where they listened to political analysts and Republican scholars offer political red meat against Obama, whom one speaker accused of being "more pro-Palestinian than the Palestinians." Michael Menis, president of RJC's Chicago chapter, told Skokie Patch that his group was alarmed at Obama's policies toward Israel. "There's concern in the Jewish community as …

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Daily PatchCast: Election Day, Virus Outbreak, & Indecent Exposure

A roundup of the region’s major developments for Tuesday, April 5.

Here's what's going on in Patch sites around you: Your One-Stop Election Day Guide. Wilmette Site Sees 12% of Early Voters in Cook County. Updated: More Than 60 People Sickened in Retirement Home Virus Outbreak. Police Blotter: Man Allegedly Exposed Himself at Walker Bros.

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Daily PatchCast: Local Dems Protest in Madison & New Trier Wins State Title

A roundup of the region's major developments for Monday March 14.

Here's what's going on in Patch sites around you: VIDEO: Local Dems Join Thousands Protesting in Madison VIDEO: Yang Talks Murder Details with Best Friend on Wiretap Early Voting Begins Today VIDEO: New Trier Hockey Wins at United Center

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Warrior Watch

Teenagers Vote No on Voting

Students are taught how important it is to vote yet in this election a Deerfied High senior wonders why more of his peers didn't cast their ballots.

When the Deerfield Patch editor called me and asked me to write about the election, I decided to write about my peers who were fortunate enough to be 18-years-old by Tuesday. I decided to write about the lucky minority of high school students who were able to vote. In history classes we talk about the right to vote and regard it so highly. Voting is the foundation of our government and is at the core of being an American. Who would pass up an opportunity to have a part in this noble tradition and crucial process? Most of my classmates who can vote elected not to. I was shocked to learn this. Yet as I went around asking who was 18 and who had voted, the most common answer I heard was, "I just didn't register." Other common reasons teens …

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