Candidates Spend Saturday Preparing a Strategy
Democratic and Republican candidates in the Illinois Senate race prepared campaign strategies last week, and reporters from the Collegiate Scholar Times were there to capture all the action. In the picture to the left Democratic Candidate Barak Obama is hard at work producing a campaign message. The Obama campaign released a three point strategy on the economy, the community and education. Touting Obama as a candidate who is experienced in life and law, they promised to say no to the Bush tax cuts, to raise the minimum wage, to meet the needs of all communities, and to protect education for all income levels.
The photo to the right shows the Jack Ryan campaign hard at work developing a strategy for the Republican candidate. Claiming that Jack Ryan is a new leader for a better Illinois this campaign also proposed a three point strategy. They point to Ryan's position as a political outside, the claim he will protect equal opportunity in education and employment and they promise to return your tax money to your pocket.
On Saturday February 7th, the candidates will make their first speeches of the campaign.
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Tuesday, September 7, 2004 
Senatorial candidate Barak Obama told a Galesburg, Illinois crowd that reversing the trend of sending America’s high paying jobs “starts right here, right now, with us.”
Local 2063 Hosts Jobs Rally
Hundreds of soon-to-be-furloughed Maytag workers, their families and supporters gathered over the Labor Day weekend to protest the impending shutdown of Maytag's Galesburg facility on Sept. 16. More than 1,600 factory jobs will disappear and thousands more in the surrounding area will vanish after Maytag completes its planned move to Reynosa, Mexico.
Illinois Senate candidate Barak Obama, Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Galesburg Mayor Bob Sheehan and Knox County States Attorney Paul Mangieri joined IP Tom Buffenbarger and local union members calling for an end to the overseas exodus of high value U.S. manufacturing jobs.
