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Santorum delegate — Jay FarquharJay Farquhar, the Monee village treasurer,
grew up in Bourbonnais, and is now campaign-ing as a delegate for Rick Santorum. This is thefirst time he has sought a spot as a delegate.
Most important issue? I support Santorumbecause he has the right inner core values. Healso has the ability to deliver on all the otherissues. Why would a voter settle for aRepublican candidate like Romney who is basically “Obama-lite?”
Why Santorum? The most important thing to me is a candidate’spersonal convictions. You look under the shirt tosee if they are ‘for sale.’ The other candidatesare weak on convictions. Santorum has them.
Too many people are citing electability.Santorum has won as many states asRomney while being outspent 40-to-1. In reali-ty, Santorum is a gracious candidate who will
protect our God-given and constitutionalrights.
Second choice? Not at this point.Any Republican against
Obama? Yes. I cannot fath-om letting him ruin thefuture for our families. Hecommitted to getting unem-ployment below eight per-cent, and we haven’t beenthere yet.
Gingrich delegate — Darrel SmithDarrel Smith, of Bonfield, is running as a del-
egate for Newt Gingrich.Smith is a former chairman of the Kankakee
County Republican Central Committee.He’s been asked to run as a delegate before,
but this is the first time he has actually done it.“It was something I always considered,” hesaid.
Most important issue? The economy. Torephrase something that has been said before ‘It’s the jobs, stu-pid.’ The Obama administration hasrevised the methodology for countingunemployment at least twice that I’maware of. That’s why the problemfeels much worse than the num-bers show. We are just not gainingenough jobs.
Why Gingrich? He has the experi-ence. He doesn’t bounce back andforth on the issues. During theClinton years, he helped balancethe budget and got welfare reformthrough. There was more of a con-certed effort then to do things right.We were on the path to solvency then.
Second choice? Santorum.Any Republican against Obama? Hands
down.
Paul delegate — Lisa WoganLisa Wogan, of Momence, is running as a Ron
Paul delegate. She also campaigned for Paul in2008, running as a delegate then and servingas Paul’s communications director for Illinois.
She’s since been bitten by the political bugand has done public relations for Republicancandidates in Illinois congressional and mayoralraces. By profession, she is an independentmarketing consultant in Momence.
Most important issue? The economy and jobs. That’s what thepolls show. That’s the reason I am stillinvolved.
Why Paul? The main thing thatattracts me to him is his ability tosee everything as a package. Heconnects the dots. He shows howour commitments overseas affectour ability to get things done athome. What he says makes a lotof sense.
Second choice? I have nobody inmind; I am pretty confident aboutPaul’s chances. He’s doing prettywell.
Any Republican against Obama? Iwould have to assess that. I proba-bly would not vote for Obamaunder any circumstances, but Imight vote third party.
Illinois primary
S ATURDAY , M ARCH 17, 2012
Editor:Phil Angelo815-937-3382
E Tales of a drifter
Don’t stop after picking a presidential candidate
By Phil Angelo
You go to the voting booth on Tuesday,intending to vote for a Republican for pres-ident.
You make your choice. You mark your bal-lot completely with the black marker.
Does that ensure that the candidate of your choice will actually receive any dele-gates from Illinois?
Not really.That’s because, in Illinois, the real choice
rests with the delegates. Thus, if you wantMitt Romney to win, you will have to votefor Kurt Diekelman for delegate, or some-one else you may have never heard of.
To really make your vote count, you will have to drop down to thethird and fourth decision on the
ballot, where the delegates andalternates are selected. The dele-gates’ and alternates’ names arelisted, together with the candi-date they support.
There is an irony this timeout that Illinois, regarded asone of the most Democraticstates in the union for presi-dential politics and the home of PresidentBarack Obama, could have an impact onthe Republican presidential nomination.
Illinois will have 69 votes at the Republi-can National Convention, scheduled for Aug.27-30 in Tampa Bay. The Illinois’ countincludes two bonus delegates — one forelecting a congressional delegation in 2010that includes a majority of Republicans andone for electing U.S. Sen Mark Kirk.
Kankakee County ClerkBruce Clark explained that 54of those delegates will beselected Tuesday night, as vot-ers pick three delegates ineach of the state’s 18 congres-sional districts.
In 2008, for example, JohnMcCain won the majority of the delegate battles throughoutIllinois, but Mitt Romney wonthree Illinois delegates by car-
rying the congressional district in Moline andRock Island in the western part of the state.
Even after Tuesday, Clark said, there willstill be 15 delegates to be selected. A dozen
will be picked at the state convention, setfor June 8-9 in Tinley Park. Three othersare selected by the state chairman.
The delegates’ jobsBarbara “Bobbie” Peterson, of Beecher,
who has been a delegate to four Republi-can National Conventions, is on the ballotagain, running to support Newt Gingrich.
Delegates, she said, are bound to supportthe candidate they are pledged to on thefirst ballot. If the decision goes beyond thefirst round, delegates can vote for anyone.
While this scenario is much espoused inthe television media, because arguing makesfor good theater, it’s highly unlikely. The lastnational convention that was not decidedon the first ballot was the Democratic onein 1952, when Illinois’ Adlai Stevensonpulled ahead of Estes Kefauver.
Peterson explained that both delegates andalternates go to the convention, and therehave been occasions when alternates partici-pate because an elected delegate fails to show.
Both alternates and delegates, she said,pay their own way.
“Every dime,” she said.
What is the mostimportant issue for theRepublicans in 2012?
Why did you choose tosupport your candidate?
Do you have a secondchoice?
Will you support anyRepublican in Novemberagainst Obama?
Romney delegate — Suzy NewbergSuzy Newberg, of Bourbonnais, is campaign-
ing as a delegate for Mitt Romney.She campaigned as an alternate for Romney
in 2008. She’s long been active in politics. Sheis helping her father, David Newberg, campaignfor a seat on the DeWitt County Board. She’salso been active with campaigns for DanRutherford, the former state senator, who isnow the Illinois treasurer.
Most important issue? Getting theeconomy back on track.
Why Romney? It’s his private sec-tor business experience. He’s theonly one who knows what it islike to build a business. He’s theone up to the task. Rebuildingthe economy will not be fun. He’sthe only one who can see thepoint of view of business, when itcomes to work.
Second choice? I haven’t really
thought that far. But whoeverbecomes the candidate, we allhave to get behind.
Any Republican against Obama?
Absolutely.
The delegate list
There are some otherdelegate candidates inthe 2nd District thatyou may have heard of:
Barbara “Bobbie”
Peterson, of Beecher,who has been electedfor four national con-ventions, is running asa Gingrich delegate.
“He’s the right per-son to debateObama,” she said.“He would wipe thefloor with him.”
Kankakee County Sheriff
Tim Bukowski is run-ning as a Romneyalternate.
Kankakee County Board
Chairman Mike Bossertis running as aGingrich alternate. Hewas asked at the lastminute and thoughtgoing to the conventionwould be interesting.
The complete slate
in the 2nd Congressional
District
Romney delegates: KurtD. Diekelman, MarjorieMilone and Suzy J.Newberg.
Romney alternates: TimBukowski, Isaac Hayes
and Miriam Shabo.
Paul delegates: AnthonyRaczek, James P.Wogan and LisaWogan.
Paul alternates:Melanie Alejandre,Michael Neuliep andMichael Watson.
Gingrich delegates:
Barbara “Bobbie”Peterson, Judy A.Diekelman and DarrelSmith.
Gingrich alternates:Todd E. Arseneau,Michael Bossert andKimberly A. Curlee.
Santorum delegates:David E. Smith, Caesar
I. LeFlore and JayFarquhar.
Santorum alternates:
George L. Pearson andJames Skutt.
WoganSmith
Farquhar
The artistry and life of Marty Robbins.
Weekly Reader E3
NewBerg
It’s the delegates that count Tuesday
We asked each
of the four delegates
these questions:
