Joel Pollak for Congress

Jan Schakowsky Electioneering Inside Polling Places

ashley — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:00:27 +0000

Jan Schakowsky has been electioneering inside polling places across the 9th congressional district. All day long, she has been visiting election judges inside polling places and giving them candy. At 3:30 p.m., at Unity Northwest Church, on E. Central Road, in Des Plaines, Jan Schakowsky promised to help an election judge obtain a congressional internship. Schakowsky has been using pollwatcher credentials to electioneer inside polling places. We believe that is an inappropriate use of pollwatcher credentials. We demand that the Cook County Clerk immediately stop Schakowsky’s electioneering.

Schakowsky’s electioneering inside polling places shows a contempt for the people of the 9th district and for the free and impartial process through which we elect our representatives.

Voters who want to put a permanent end to this corrupt Chicago politicking should go to the polls and do what the Cook County Clerk has failed to do: remove Jan Schakowsky.

Sprint to the Finish

ashley — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:18:37 +0000

Election Day is going great—and we are gaining momentum by the hour! Across the district our supporters are busy pollwatching, placing signs, making calls and voting for Joel! The turnout at the polls today has been fantastic and victory is within sight!

But we still need your help! If you haven’t voted yet—it’s time to cast your vote before the polls close at 7:00 p.m. If you have already voted—it’s time to call your friends, family, and coworkers and remind them to vote for Joel!

If you still want to help out–we still need pollwatchers and volunteers to make Get Out The Vote calls. Contact Campaign HQ at (224) 217-9669 for more information!

Where in the 9th District is Jan Schakowsky?

ashley — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:15:48 +0000

Pollwatchers have already spotted Jan Schakowsky illegally electioneering inside several polling locations this morning. Within the last hour, reports have come into Campaign HQ that Schakowsky was spotted at Lincoln Middle School, Resurrection Nursing & Rehab and George Washington School, all in Park Ridge.

According to eye-witnesses, Ms. Schakowsky entered the polling places, handed out candy, talked to election judges and pollwatchers and asked about turnout.

If you see Jan today—take a picture, call Campaign HQ immediately at (224) 217-9669, or send us an e-mail at info@pollakforcongress.com.

Examiner: Joel Pollak’s journey from Democrat to Tea Party favorite to Schakowsky nemesis

ashley — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:37:21 +0000

Residents of Illinois’ 9th congressional district have gotten used to seeing something this election that many have never seen in their lifetimes: a legitimate Republican nominee to challenge the Democrat incumbent. In fact, it is hard to miss evidence of Joel Pollak’s campaign wherever you turn. Whether it is yard signs throughout the district, billboards on buses, ads on radio and television, or even a fleet of “Pollakmobiles,” the Republican’s campaign has become almost ubiquitous.(Read Me)

http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-chicago/joel-pollak-s-journey-from-democrat-to-tea-party-favorite-to-schakowsky-nemesis

We finish strong; they finish wrong

ashley — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:45:50 +0000

In the last 24 hours before polls open, our campaign is finishing strong–canvassing, phone banking, and building enthusiasm and excitement as we head into Tuesday. We know we can do it!

Our opponent, by contrast, has been finishing wrong–harping on a negative message and scaring seniors. Her supporters are stealing yard signs and removing our literature from doorknobs.

The contrast is striking–and revealing.

We are going to stay positive, and remain focused on our goal: winning more votes on Election Day! After 14 months of hard work, this is our chance to give the people of the 9th district a fresh start.

Keep going door-to-door, keep calling, and keep spreading the word. In 36 hours, the polls will close–and we will begin the new task of rebuilding our district and our nation.

Now is the time for us to make a difference and to make history!

Tea party movement alienating young voters

ashley — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:29:13 +0000

WASHINGTON — The tea party is failing to woo young voters despite a loose structure that could make it easier for those under 30 to achieve leadership roles, analysts and political activists say as the grass-roots movement prepares to flex its muscles in midterm elections. (Read More)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/30/AR2010103001128.html

Schakowsky’s negative campaign will backfire

ashley — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:16:50 +0000

In the final days of the campaign, my opponent has resorted to negative campaigning of the worst sort, sending false and nasty mailings that accuse me of saying and doing things that I never said or did. The only uniformly positive mailing she sent was done by a special interest group on her behalf.

Her negative strategy is, in my view, the result of Robert Creamer’s intervention. After Scott Brown won in MA in January, Creamer wrote:

“The moment Brown began to surge, the campaign should have hit back and defined him as a shill for the Big Banks and insurance companies — not the attractive, charismatic outsider he appeared to be to many voters.” Creamer did not care if the charge was true or not–he simply wanted Martha Coakley to demonize Brown, regardless. That is the contempt he has for the truth–and for the voters’ intelligence.

Yet there is reason to believe Schakowsky & Creamer’s last-ditch effort may backfire. Voters in Illinois are sick and tired of negative campaigns. My campaign has focused on the positive things we offer voters. When we have criticized my opponent, we have based our arguments on the available facts. We have vigorously contested any attempts by Schakowsky and her supporters in the media to claim otherwise.

Voters in the 9th congressional district who read Schakowsky’s mailings have learned two things: 1. that she is just like many other career politicians, and worse, when it comes to lying about her opponent; and 2. she in fact has an opponent this time, who is close enough to victory to have her running scared. Few voters will believe the charges she has made. Many more believe that now is the time for us to vote for a fresh start!

American Thinker: Why Doesn’t Everyone Know Jan Schakowsky’s Husband Wrote ObamaCare in Jail?

ashley — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:14:22 +0000

I know who’s got my vote for the cutest couple since Bonnie and Clyde. It’s the larcenous lovebirds from Chicago: Jan Schakowsky, the most far-left member of Congress, and her bank robber husband, Robert Creamer, who wrote Obamacare in jail. (Read More)

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/10/why_doesnt_everyone_know_jan_s.html

ashley — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:12:03 +0000

Voter regulatory revolt.

For those concerned about financial regulation overreach, a congressional race to watch is that of long shot Republican candidate Joel Pollak in Illinois’ 9th Congressional District. Pollak, whose exchange with Barney Frank over the causes of the financial crisis is now a YouTube classic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjn8jAGQZPI), is challenging long time representative Jan Schakowsky. (Read More)

http://online.wsj.com/community/groups/financial-markets-459/topics/voter-regulatory-revolt

Jerusalem Post: Reps urge Obama to oppose Palestinian state declaration

ashley — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:10:07 +0000

“WASHINGTON – The chairman of a major Republican congressional caucus is urging US President Barack Obama to oppose any UN effort to recognize a unilaterally declared Palestinian state.” (Read More)

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=193366