Sen. Kirk Gets a Fist Bump from President Obama

Mark Kirk and the president shared a moment as Obama entered the House Floor for the State of the Union address.

Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Highland Park) had a close personal encounter with President Barack Obama as the President walked down the aisle of the House of Representatives on his way to the podium deliver the State of the Union, according to a report on UPI. Kirk, who returned to the Senate in January after spending nearly a year recovering from a stroke, fist bumped the President before the two embraced as seen on the You Tube video. After the speech, Kirk endorsed the President’s call for tougher gun control legislation, as reported earlier today on Patch. “We should work as a nation to reduce gun violence and save lives,” Kirk said on Patch. “I believe we can pass a universal background check bill this year to keep guns away from criminals and …

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Inauguration 2013: Historic Tidbits About a Historic Day

Did you know inaugurations are never held on Sunday? If January 20 falls on a Sunday, the oath is given privately which is why President Barack Obama was sworn into office for a second term yesterday.

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Patch Is Collecting Questions for Obama and Romney During the Next Presidential Debate

If you have a question for the candidates, submit it in the comments section below and it could be asked during the televised Oct. 16 Town Hall Presidential Debate.

If last Wednesday’s presidential debate left you with more questions than answers, here’s your chance for the presidential candidates to address the issues that most matter to you, Huntley Patch readers. The next presidential debate will be a town hall meeting format at Hofstra University in Long Island, where voters will ask President Obama and Mitt Romney about domestic and foreign policy. Patch is asking you, our readers, to participate by submitting questions for the candidates. All you have to do is post your question in the comments section below and we’ll send it to the Commission on Presidential Debates. The Commission is partnering with Patch's parent company Aol, along with Google and Yahoo, to take questions from web users …

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Ice Cream (I Scream) for Romney or Obama?

Colonial Café & Ice Cream poll shows Romney taking lead in the Fox Valley.

  The results of a new poll of Fox Valley residents either has Mitt Romney with a cool lead or President Barack Obama chillingly behind, depending on which is your favorite. It’s the results of Week 2 of Colonial Café & Ice Cream’s Straw Polls, a non-scientific, all in fun look at the presidential race, Romney received a boost in the traditionally Republican Fox Valley from the Oct. 7 debate. While Monday’s national Gallup polls show Romney gaining ground — the two now are statistically in a dead heat at 47 percent each — Colonial’s Straw Poll shows Romney pulling ahead to a 51 percent lead in the Fox Valley, compared with Obama’s 41 percent, although the informal poll results vary significantly from community to community, according to …

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State of the Union: A Local Look

Local events scheduled in the northern suburbs tonight. Read what local members of Congress have to say about the speech Wednesday on Patch.

People in the northern suburbs will be gathering in public places as well as their living rooms at 8 tonight to listen to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Patch will provide coverage Wednesday of what local members of Congress have to say about the speech as well as candidates for Congress. Patch will also be liveblogging the event from a viewing party in Palatine. Local readers can participate in the discussion! People who want to watch with a group can go to Alek’s Restaurant in Lake Bluff or Michael Salerno’s Pizzeria in Vernon Hills. Ilya Sheyman, one of the candidates for the 10th Congressional District seat in the March 20 primary, will be at Michael Salerno’s.

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