The only hope is that Chicago goes bankrupt and is put under an emergency manager, who takes away the ability of the aldermen to buy gang support. Unfortunately, Chicago dominates state politics as well.
Yep. I believe, in stark contrast to others, that inroads can be made using what would be termed RINOs. They’d be conservative on economic issues and some social issues, but they’d be soft per the FR standard.
We have natural allies against SSM in the black community. Latinos don’t vote and are ambivalent about homosexuality, which seems unusual given their macho culture (but, look at Islam for the same thing).
The same goes for vouchers and even guns for self-defense. On the economic front my findings indicate that Illinois voters are government consumers. They want choice and accountability and if you can deliver the services at a lower cost than currently you can win.
Illinois is America’s North Korea. It isn’t an easy road out after 7 generations (20 years) of utter criminal government.
Read those other links and get the books. Getting this info out to our friends and families and swing voters may make the difference in the national elections in 2014.