Articles filed under Republican Party
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GOP Straw poll message: Illinois not a Dem writeoffOct 31, 2011 12:00 am - Illinois shouldn’t be considered an electoral write-off for President Barack Obama. That’s the message the Illinois GOP intends to spread with its largest straw poll yet...
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Mark Kirk to address Palatine Twp. GOP groupOct 18, 2011 12:00 am - Palatine Twp. GOP/TOPPER’s next breakfast meeting will take place at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at Vittorio’s Restaurant, 154 W. Northwest Hwy., Palatine. Republican U.S....
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A look at key moments in the GOP debateOct 18, 2011 12:00 am - Big moment Republican presidential contenders forcefully attacked Herman Cain's economic plan as a tax increase waiting to happen. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesot...
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Fact check: Republicans stretch truth on jobs, taxesOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and the other Republican presidential candidates stretched the truth on health care, job creation and the deficit in a debate last night as they ...
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The bankruptcy of fiscal leadership must endOct 09, 2011 5:00 pm - The Civic Federation of Chicago two weeks ago projected that Illinois still will have an $8.3 billion budget hole by next June. That, despite a personal income tax incre...
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Subdued Perry tries to steady campaign in IowaOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - ORANGE CITY, Iowa (AP) — Rick Perry has lost some of his Texas swagger. Maybe that’s what happens when a governor tops Republican presidential polls the minute he joins ...
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Beck rouses crowd at tea party convention in SchaumburgOct 01, 2011 12:00 am - Media commentator and lightning rod Glenn Beck delivered a sermon of love and service Saturday night at the Midwest tea party convention, with attacks on President Obama...
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Dold faces tough questions at Wheeling town hall meetingOct 01, 2011 12:00 am - While some of his Republican colleagues were at TeaCon 2011, U.S. Rep. Bob Dold spent Saturday morning in a spirited-debate at a town-hall meeting in Wheeling. Dold star...
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TeaCon organizer skips Schaumburg event after arrest revealedOct 01, 2011 12:00 am - One of the key organizers of TeaCon 2011 in Schaumburg skipped the event Saturday after a political gossip website reported he was arrested more than a year ago in Chica...
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Cain gets 77% of straw poll votes at TeaCon in SchaumburgOct 01, 2011 12:00 am - When it came to choosing a Republican presidential nominee, Benjamin Franklin just couldn't commit. “It's too early. There's so many qualified people,” said Don Van Gogh...