Yesterday, Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s spokeswoman Abby Ottenhoff defended his position against a parental notification law by outrageously advocating that victims be kept trapped and silenced from receiving legal help. According to NBC5.com, “[Ottenhoff] said the governor does not support such a notification law because he believes minors who become pregnant after they were raped by […]

The new Gidwitz-Rauschenberger alliance increases conservative gubernatorial odds to win in both the primary (even if both Brady and Oberweis stay in) and the general. Social conservatives now have fewer to choose between in March. They will never vote for pro-gay, pro-abortion Gidwitz, no matter with whom he teams. At any rate, Rausch – according […]

Cross posted on Illinoize. The ILGOP thought Judy Baar Topinka’s entrance into the gubernatorial primary would “dramatically recast” the GOP’s prospects for recapturing the mansion. But the ILGOP apparently did not consider that abortion proponents would oppose JBT in the general, thereby sealing the deal for Blagojevich. Carole Marin agreed with that potential, saying Blagojevich’s […]

Have just received word Rep. Schock agreed to co-sponsor HB4156 and HB4157. Thanks very much.

Wow, that was fast. It was only a year ago that Aaron Schock was the homeschooled wunderkind of the conservative movement. But I have become suspicious in recent months that the ILGOP establishment has been bottle-feeding the boy combine kool-aid when he rebuffed six (count ’em six – 9/22, 9/23, 10/24, 11/14, 11/16, 11/21) phone […]

Bowing to political correctness, editors of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst’s, college newspaper The Daily Collegian have changed the title of an article describing the recent visit of Planned Parenthood’s president from “Pro-abortion group leader gives speech” to “President of Planned Parenthood gives lecture.” On November 10, PP’s interim prez Karen Pearl gave a lecture […]

I caught the last half of Tom Cross’s bloggers’ conference call today, in time to hear a question posed whether he thought abortion and gay rights would be election issues. Part of his response included, “In our caucus, there are a good number that are pro-choice and a larger number that are pro-life.” This acknowledgement […]

Hardball with Chris Matthews featured Democrat National Committee Chairman Howard Dean on October 31, discussing the Samuel Alito nomination to the Supreme Court. We increasingly see Democrat Party leadership shy away from being known as the pro-abort go-to political party. In the interview, Dean said he hesitated being labeled “pro-choice” because, “I think it’s often […]