-By Warner Todd Huston
Looks like Jim Purcell, a solid conservative, has decided not to run for the 14th District seat after all. That still leaves four Republicans in the race.
Still in:

Jeff Danklefsen Campaign website, FaceBook page.
Ethan Hastert, son of former Speaker Dennis Hastert – Campaign website, FaceBook page.
Randy Hultgren, current 48th District State rep- Campaign [...]

-By Frederick Meekins
British Balls calls for mandatory sex education. The Secretary of Education there has announced that students over the age of 15 can no longer be exempt from compulsory instruction regarding human procreation and physical relationships. The parents of students failing to report to these classes could be fined or prosecuted.

-By Warner Todd Huston
It never ceases to amaze me how differently the Old Media treats Republican presidents compared to how they treat Democrat Presidents during times of unemployment reporting. Today, in the vaunted era of Obama, the unemployment numbers for November 2009 have come out and it shows some of the highest unemployment numbers since [...]

Nothing to See Here, Folks…
The leaked e-mails of the Climategate scandal have been nothing short of stunning—except, of course, to the true believers in the White House. You can watch Obama’s press secretary Robert Gibbs in full denial mode by clicking the image above. Meanwhile, stay tuned for our newest report, set [...]

-By Warner Todd Huston
With President Obama carrying on his “jobs summit” this week blaming business for “not hiring enough workers,” it is interesting to see the reaction of at least one major U.S. business to the Obama administration’s actions during this economic downturn.
On November 11, David N. Farr, Chairman, CEO and President of Emerson Electric [...]

Several Illinois candidates have been signing no-tax pledges of late and 5th District candidate David Ratowitz is the latest. This from the campaign…
“Cap and Trade is a disaster that will sacrifice jobs and increase energy costs.”
CHICAGO – December 3, 2009 – U.S. House candidate David Ratowitz (IL-5) this week signed Americans for Prosperity’s “No Climate [...]

-By Warner Todd Huston
Well, Illinois voter, say you go to the polls and you decide you don’t like any of the candidates for lt. governor or secretary of state but you are all fired up about your choice for governor. So, you just don’t want to vote for the ones you don’t like but you [...]

-By Warner Todd Huston
EXCLUSIVE: Last night I spoke to William J. Kelly and he assures me that he is staying in this race to the end and WILL be on the primary ballot in his race for State Comptroller. Kelly was adamant that he is in it to win despite the “vicious campaign” that [...]

- By Josh Painter
The Palin haters have now seized on an apparent mis-attribution in Sarah Palin’s memoir Going Rogue in their never-ending, nit-picking campaign to discredit her. Such attempts are worthy of Wyle E. Coyote, the hapless cartoon critter who never manages to put the little road runner out of commission.
In the book, the former [...]

-By Warner Todd Huston
Cal Skinner of the McHenry County Blog has reported his shock that the County Board has voted down video gambling by a 13 to 10 (with one abstention) victory.
Skinner reports that all ten Republicans voted for the ban and three Democrats crossed the aisle to join them.
This is good news for McHenry [...]