This item in my local south-central Illinois newspaper caught my eye Sunday morning: Illinois GOP leader urges strong party turnout for Trump State GOP Chairman Tim Schneider told Sangamon County Republicans last week that even though President Donald Trump might not win Illinois in November, he should get as many votes as possible. Talking to about 700 people at the $100-a-plate Lincoln Day Dinner at the Bank of Springfield Center, Schneider shared stories from the Republican National Committee winter meeting in January at the Trump Doral golf resort in Florida. “And I was given the order down there,” Schneider said.