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(ATAW/AR) Illinois Republican candidate for US Senate, Mike Psak, joined Dave Nemo on The Dave Nemo Program on XM Satellite Radio’s Open Road Channel 171, this morning for two hours of informative discussion on his candidacy and the issues facing not only Illinois voters but voters nationwide. With topics ranging from the elimination of toll roads to Psak’s full support of the Second Amendment, the candidate showed once again he is the man to beat incumbent Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) in November. With Psak’s background not only in business but as an American trucker, he understands the negative economic impact...

GOP rookies set sights on Durbin 1/9/2008 By Jim Jaworski News Sun Three Republican candidates are vying to challenge incumbent Dick Durbin for his seat in the U.S. Senate. While Durbin has name recognition, campaign funds and political power, the GOP hopefuls want to energize the party to take the primary Feb. 5 and upset the second-ranked Democrat in Congress. Steve Sauerberg Sauerberg, who has never run for political office, has positioned himself as the front-runner by securing key endorsements from top Illinois GOP officials, including Illinois Republican Chairman Andy McKenna and Republican County Chairmen's Association President Randy Pollard. Sauerberg,...

War divides Republican Senate hopefuls By John Patterson | Daily Herald Staff SPRINGFIELD -- None of the three candidates vying for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination want to set a specific timetable for getting troops out of Iraq, but they differ on whether the war ever should have started or has been successful. Neither Steve Sauerberg, a Willowbrook physician, nor Andy Martin, a Chicago Internet writer and lawyer, said he would have voted to send troops to Iraq. "Knowing what we know now -- that Saddam Hussein did not have significant stockpiles of WMDs -- I would not have voted...

(ATAW/AR) What will it take to defeat Senator Dick Durbin? American trucker, Mike Psak, is on the February 5, 2008, Republican primary ballot in the State of Illinois. In the spirit of the true grass roots, Psak has gone from trucker to a viable threat to Senator Durbin. Durbin’s record speaks for itself: He recently called for probe of whether or not the CIA “violated the law” by destroying tapes and has questioned the treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees by our troops. He has not once spoken against the torture and massacre of American citizens by the very terrorists we...

America is coming to a crossroads in the upcoming 2008 elections. With Congressional approval hovering at a record-breaking low of 16%, it is time that we as voters take a hard look at those whom we’ve elected to represent us. Simply stated, going forward we need to make educated, informed decisions about these people based not on name recognition and media hype, but on issues that are best for the American people and for the future of our country We now have elected government officials who are playing dangerous games with the safety of our families and country, and with...