Dold, Schneider Differ on Medicare

See Patch's July 15 story showing the difference between Schneider and Dold on Medicare and learn the facts about proposals affecting the health care plan for America's seniors.

Dold Discards Norquist Pledge in Debate With Schneider

Candidates for 10th District Congressional seat pledge bipartisanship and trade criticism.

Pledges of bipartisanship came from both Democratic challenger Brad Schneider of Deerfield and Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) during a debate Sunday in Lake Forest as Dold threw away a pledge made to Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform to never raise taxes.  Both Dold and Schneider talked about the economy, government spending, balancing budgets, the Middle East, women’s health and other issues in front of more than 600 people in a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters, Patch and the Union League Club of Chicago. Earlier: Follow the League of Women Voters Debate With Dold, Schneider and State, County Races When asked if they would support deficit reduction solutions which would both increase revenue and reduce spending, …

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Bringin' Down Briarwood

10:28 pm on Friday, October 19, 2012

Changing the whole thing to a parliamentary system? Wow! Interesting idea, but I don't have any faith in the intellect of the electorate (or the politicians themselves) to consider such an outside-the-box idea. Can you imagine how established politicians and PACs would line up against such a thing? In the end, all of this is on us - the electorate. We say we don't like the way anything is run, …   more ›

Official Vice Presidential Debate Viewing Event at Grayslake's Last Chance Saloon Thursday

Lake County Young Republicans will host the only official viewing event in the state for the vice-presidential debate at Last Chance Saloon in Grayslake Thursday, Oct. 11.

Pre-event ticket registration is required to join the Lake County Young Republicans vice presidential debate viewing event at Last Chance Saloon in Grayslake from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11. The free event will include food, games, Republican candidates and elected officials such as Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford. Each attendee will receive a limited edition Romney lapel sticker. "Come join us as we cheer the Romney/Ryan campaign onto victory as the only official debate watching event in the state!" Last Chance Saloon is located at 129 Center St., in downtown Grayslake. Doors open at 7 p.m. with cash bar and networking opportunities. At 7:45 p.m. there will be an election update from Illinois State Treasurer Dan …

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Illinois Republicans Feeling Good About the Future

While November's elections are important, GOP leaders gathered at Republican National Convention say they're focused on strengthening the party for the long term.

TAMPA, FL -- With President Barack Obama carrying Illinois by 25 percentage points in 2008 and with a new poll showing him leading Mitt Romney by about the same margin, one might think there's not much joy among delegates and party leaders gathered here for the Republican National Convention this week. And while even the reddest of the Republicans acknowledges that GOP presidential candidate Romney has little chance of carrying Illinois, those in Tampa stress that they're focused on building the party for 2014 and beyond. "The presidential race will be an uphill climb for us," said state party Chairman Pat Brady, adding that Republicans are concentrating their efforts more on congressional and state legislative races this fall. "In 2014, …

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Guido McGinty

8:31 pm on Monday, September 10, 2012

Sherlock has solved the mystery. We shall be free of the scourge of Ocean Staters.   more ›

Dold Won’t Run From Ryan Budget Votes

Schneider Blasts Republican for support of plan authored by vice presidential nominee.

National political pundits think Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) will try to run as far away from the national Republican Presidential ticket of Gov. Mitt Romney and the newly minted vice presidential nominee, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), as he can. Despite those predictions, Dold is neither shying away from his own record or Ryan’s ideas. The North Shore Congressman, who is defending his seat against Deerfield Democrat Brad Schneider, thinks the presence of Ryan on the ticket will center the campaign on issues he considers most important. Earlier: Dold, Schneider Clash on Ryan Budget “What the Ryan nomination will do is focus the campaign on fiscal issues we need to discuss,” Dold said. “It’s about jobs and the economy. It’s very important.” …

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Dold, Schneider Respond to Ryan Pick

10th District Congressional candidates offer their opinion on Gov. Romney’s choice.

Both Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) and the person hoping to replace him as the member of Congress from the 10th Congressional District, Deerfield’s Brad Schneider, were quick to react to Gov. Mitt Romney’s selection of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as his running mate. Dold, who voted for the 2010 and 2011 House Republican budgets authored by Ryan, thinks Romney’s choice of Ryan will get Americans to focus on issues he believes are important to the country. Earlier: Dold, Schneider Clash on Ryan Budget “Our country needs strong leadership to put us back on a path to prosperity.” Dold said. “Paul Ryan has worked tirelessly to come up with solutions to the enormous fiscal challenges we face.  I am optimistic that Mitt Romney's choice for vice …

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Poll: Does Mitt Romney's Choice Of Paul Ryan For Vice President Change Your Vote?

Mitt Romney announced Saturday that his choice for vice president is Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan.

Mitt Romney announced Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Janesville) as his vice  presidential running mate Saturday morning. Ryan, 42, has served in the House of Representatives for 14 years, currently chairing the House Budget Committee and serving on the House Ways and Means Committee. In January 2010, Ryan gained attention nationwide after unveiling his "Roadmap for America’s Future." The New Yorker called the choice of Ryan the "most daring choice of Romney's political career." The magazine noted that the selection of Ryan was a deliberate change in direction for Romney and a move meant to make the campaign into more of an ideological debate. Romney has been trailing Obama in key states and nationally in recent polls. The polling average at Real Clear…

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SHARON SANDERS

10:48 am on Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Perhaps you need a mirror. You might see who's actually doing the lying. You should be ashamed to be part of the same party that has thrown the smears, lies, and racism at Obama. He's not perfect, Dems aren't perfect, but the alternative is a hell of a lot worse. He inherited Bush's mess. Do you really want a country that has no regard for it's own people, where companies show profit by shipping …   more ›