A new FaceBook effort to rally conservative Illinoisans to the state's electoral process was launched by several youngsters out of the Rockford area and they've decided to make a few endorsements for some of the statewide races coming up soon in the February primary. The group is calling itself "Illinois Conservatives" and can be found on FaceBook.

Here are their endorsements thus far:

• Adam Andrzejewski - Governor of IL
• William J. Kelly - Illinois Comptroller
• Don Manzullo - U.S. House of Reps 16th Dist
• Phil Collins - Illinois 17th district
• Paul Mitchell - Illinois 62nd district

The new group says in its mission statement that they are trying to support candidates for "the betterment of Illinois."

The Illinois Conservatives Facebook group believes in conservative ideologies and supports political candidates who share in those beliefs for the betterment of the State of Illinois

I have to thank Tom Mannis of Chicago New Bench for alerting me to this group. On his site, Tom says of this effort, "Frankly, endorsements like the one from Illinois Conservatives means a lot more than those from the inbred, cloistered little Republican groups around the state." I couldn't agree more.

After all, the GOP establishment has been corrupted by years of Andy McKenna, good old boy, insider politics, and has been so thoroughly in the back pocket of the even more corrupt Illinois Democrat Party that it is hardly any representation of the voter's will.

I am still, however, supportive of new Party chief Pat Brady and hope that he can start on the road to cleaning this mess up. He has just begun his stint as Party Chief, so let's give him the benefit of the doubt and wish him all the best.