Friday, October 29, 2010


A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that two-out-of-three Americans (67%) feel the country is not better off today than it was five years ago.


This finding comes at a time when just 32% of Likely U.S. Voters believe the country is heading in the right direction, while 64% say it's heading down the wrong track.


Eighty percent (80%) of Republicans and 74% of adults not affiliated with either major political party say the country is not better off than it was in 2005. Perhaps surprisingly, a plurality (48%) of Democrats agree.



Will the House of Representatives and the Senate turn Republican? A better question is, will Congress finally start to listen to the people and not to party insiders and special interest groups. Only we the people can force Congress to truly represent us by voting in members that will represent us. Whoever wins the race for Congress, we need to let that person know what we expect from our member of Congress. If they don't truly represent us then in two years we can replace them.


Tuesday, October 26, 2010


The 8th Illinois Congressional District has made it to the Glenn Beck show on Fox. People are still talking about the one and only candidate forum (debate?) that Congresswoman Bean would agree to. Before it even started our friends and neighbors of the 8th Dist. decided to say the pledge of allegiance even if the people running it did not want to. You can see the whole thing with Glenn Beck comments on the Joe Walsh website.


http://walshforcongress.com

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Congress for Sale


Congresswoman Melissa Bean represents our community of the 8th District, but who has paid for her campaign to stay in office?
Here are some of the numbers showing that money from outside the 8th District has paid for her seat in Congress. Who does she represent?

Melissa Bean (D) *
Raised: $1,995,576
Spent: $1,737,966
Cash on Hand: $441,318
Last Report:October 13, 2010
legend PAC contributions $1,228,118 (62%)
legend Individual contributions $765,500 (38%)
legend Candidate self-financing $0 (0%)
legend Other $1,958 (0%)

Top Industries, 2009-2010, Campaign Cmte

Insurance$216,750$22,250$194,500
Securities & Investment$192,900$77,500$115,400
Lawyers/Law Firms$99,324$78,925$20,399
Real Estate$86,825$29,850$56,975
Commercial Banks$86,700$17,700$69,000
Pharmaceuticals/Health Products$81,800$5,800$76,000

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Joe vs Bean

Joe debate.jpg


Congresswoman Melissa Bean finally came out to face Joe Walsh and the people of the 8th District. On Wednesday October 20th, approximately 400 voters filled the Grayslake Central High School auditorium to witness a forum on the issues that concern the people of the 8th District. This will be I'm sure the first and last time Congresswoman Bean will face Joe Walsh. She tried to look brave but the crowd and questions were against her. Maybe it would have helped if she spent more time in the community she represents. She claimed that the people were much better off with her votes on the Health Care bill, Cap & Trade, and the Stimulus Bill. She believes Congress is currently headed the right direction.

If you want more of the same vote for her, if you want smaller government, less spending, and lower taxes vote for Joe.