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As the race for the Republican nomination for President heats up, we can't forget about important U.S. Senate races across the county. And we have what could be the most hotly-contested race right here in Illinois. Democrats believe U.S. Senator Mark Kirk is highly vulnerable as a sitting Republican in what's been a pretty blue state in the past few decades...

Jay Cost of The Weekly Standard joined the show this week to talk about his new book "A Republic No More: Big Government and the Rise of American Political Corruption". Cost has been a top political analyst for nearly a decade. He got his start writing at RealClearPolitics...

There's much at stake on the November ballot here in Illinois, with the Governor's race taking top billing. But across the country, as we've discussed on the show, control of the U.S. Senate also is at stake. Recent polling gives Republicans a good shot at winning the 51 seats needed to make Mitch McConnell the new Senate majority leader...