Wheeling Opinion
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Political games don't serve the peopleFeb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Republicans suffered a significant defeat in the 2008 elections. Democrats picked up eight seats in the Senate, twenty-one in the House, and decisively won the White Hou...
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Obama can't fix everything overnightFeb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - There's no quick fix or way to take a pill and get healthy overnight. Give me a break (and Obama too). The previous administration had eight years to screw up the econom...
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Cut spending, taxes for economic fixFeb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - The president's budget proposal for 2011 is so upside down it should scare every American to death. It just may do that. He is proposing $3.8 trillion of which $1.56 tri...
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Sign up to support fair representationFeb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - The turnout for the recent primary was abysmal. Why? Because people in Illinois are disgusted with our state government and feel very helpless about ever changing how t...
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Cohen earned more votes than BurrisFeb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - It is amazing how our representatives (ie. Durbin, Quinn, Davis) sway in the political winds. Not too long ago, they vowed not to seat Roland Burris to the vacant U.S. ...
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Don't blame voters, blame the mediaFeb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Don't blame the voters for the election of Scott Lee Cohen as the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor. The Daily Herald's editorial says he was nominated "in part...
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Thanks for votes for Kane judgeFeb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - I want to express my deep appreciation to Kane County voters for your vote of confidence to be your Republican candidate for Judge of the 16th Circuit Court of Kane Coun...
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Tort reform needs constitutional fixFeb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - With a vote of 4 to 3, the Illinois Supreme Court struck down the state's malpractice law passed in 2005 which limited "pain and suffering" damages to $500,000 for indiv...
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This generation must fix health careFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - We are incredibly close to passing real health reform. I stand with President Obama in calling on Congress to finish the job. Cost of inaction is grave and troubling. We...
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Thanks for help in winning primaryFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - I would like to express just a small portion of the overwhelming gratitude I am feeling today following my election as the Democratic nominee for circuit court judge in ...