Jeff Wartman

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Over the last two days, both the Daily Herald and Chicago Sun-Times have written important endorsements of Congressman Mark Kirk in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
From the Daily Herald:
Not only is Rep. Mark Kirk of Highland Park by far the most qualified in the GOP field, he would be the most formidable candidate Republicans [...]

While I’m generally not a “protest” type of guy,  I decided to attend a demonstration I heard about in downtown Joliet across from Debbie Halvorson’s office.  It was an interesting experience to say the least, and I wanted to share some thoughts from the front lines.
(Note:  For the sake of brevity, I’m going to use [...]

Adam Kinzinger, the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress in Illinois 11th Congressional, is getting some good press in CQ….Adam’s website is here and you can click here to donate.
Kinzinger, an Iraq War veteran, filed a campaign report with the Federal Election Commission Tuesday that said he raised $112,000 in this year’s second [...]

While I’ve lost the link, the Daily Southtown did publish a letter to the Editor I wrote last Tuesday.  I have reprinted it below.
In response to Lauren Fitzpatrick’s article on June 28th titled, “Southland moderates split on Obama energy bill,” it is insulting to call Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson a moderate.  While she ran as one [...]

Most of you know that I will be helping to coordinate Will County for Adam Kinzinger, a candidate for Congress in Illinois 11th Congressional district.  He is a former McLean County Commissioner and a member of the Air National Guard.  He is seeking the Republican nomination to take on incumbent Democrat Debbie Halvorson.
The website should [...]

h/t Club For Growth
“It is a fundamental principle of our country that the people are sovereign. While they recognize the undeniable authority of the state, they have established as its instrument a Government of limited powers. They hold inviolate in their own hands the jurisdiction over their own freedom and the ownership of their [...]

Much has been made about the recent back and forth between President Obama and former Vice President Cheney on national security issues.  Today, they “squared off”, with Obama giving a speech to the National Archives Museum, while Cheney gave a subsequent direct response to the American Enterprise Institute.
Over at Hit & Run, Katherine Mangu-Ward has [...]

Here is a quote from Teddy Roosevelt in 1910, outlining what he called his ‘Square Deal’.
Stand and take notice, fellow Republicans.  Teddy was right.
“Practical equality of opportunity for all citizens, when we achieve it, will have two great results. First, every man will have a fair chance to make of himself all that in him [...]

As most of us are now well aware, former Congressman/Presidential candidate/Vice-Presidential nominee Jack Kemp has died of cancer.  This is a sad day for both the Republican Party and the United States.  He will be missed.
Jack Kemp personified the direction the Republican Party currently needs to go; he was a staunch advocate for limited government, [...]

Don’t be fooled by the empty rhetoric of Arlen Specter.  Out of political self-preservation, he switched parties.  No ideological change occured — he himself said that none of his opinions have changed.  He won’t be voting differently.  He did this for one reason, and one reason alone:  he couldn’t win the Republican primary, so he [...]