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Obama may have already triggered ideological quake in Ill. GOP
McClatchy Newspapers ^
| September 27, 2004
| Lawrence M. O'Rourke
Posted on 09/28/2004 3:57:34 PM PDT by MikeJ75
Edited on 09/29/2004 7:27:03 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Barack Obama, a little-known state senator from Chicago's South Side, shot to public notice this summer when he keynoted the Democratic National Convention in Boston.
Now Obama stands on the edge of election by a landslide to the U.S. Senate. He would become the first black male Democrat elected to the Senate, and overnight he could become a party heavyweight.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: electionussenate; keyes; obama; wishfulthinking
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Money quote: "Keyes will lose in a landslide, but his candidacy will make over the Republican Party in Illinois," Thomas Roeser, a GOP analyst, said in an interview. "Keyes is serving as a purgative, driving the moderates out of the party and catching Republicans in Illinois up to the conservative revolution started by Ronald Reagan that passed over Illinois."
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posted on
09/28/2004 3:57:35 PM PDT
by
MikeJ75
To: MikeJ75
"Keyes will lose in a landslide, but his candidacy will make over the Republican Party in Illinois," Thomas Roeser, a GOP analyst, said in an interview. "Keyes is serving as a purgative, driving the moderates out of the party and catching Republicans in Illinois up to the conservative revolution started by Ronald Reagan that passed over Illinois." Here's to losing the battle and winning the war, then.
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posted on
09/28/2004 4:00:22 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(It is dangerous to be right when wicked is called 'good.')
To: MikeJ75
Hope that analysis about the "make over" is true.
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posted on
09/28/2004 4:01:12 PM PDT
by
k2blader
(It is neither compassionate nor conservative to support the expansion of socialism.)
To: MikeJ75
Post #1 is a bunch of gobbledygook. Lets face it Keyes shot his mouth off the first day on the campaign trail and lost the race all by himself. George Ryan can take the blame for the Republican party in Illinois.
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posted on
09/28/2004 4:06:23 PM PDT
by
chainsaw
(Vote American - Vote for BUSH)
To: MikeJ75
Yeah you'll drive out the "moderates" and then Illinois will look at lot like California...a small party of purist Republicans who can win no election on their own and then grouse like mad when the Dems roll over them all the time....
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posted on
09/28/2004 4:07:05 PM PDT
by
jnarcus
To: MikeJ75
Obama is pro-life. That means he may have already triggered an ideological quake in Illinois RATS - eh?
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posted on
09/28/2004 4:10:38 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(911th Internet Reconnaissance Brigade - Jammie Commando Battalion)
To: jnarcus
Keyes should have stayed home.
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posted on
09/28/2004 4:11:12 PM PDT
by
sgtbono2002
(I aint wrong, I aint sorry , and I am probably going to do it again.)
To: MikeJ75
Obama is the darling of the press. No one would do well against him unless he does something really nutty.
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posted on
09/28/2004 4:11:29 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: MikeJ75
He would become the first black male Democrat elected to the SenateWhich means, until Nov. 2nd, only black male republicans have been elected to the Senate.
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posted on
09/28/2004 4:19:31 PM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Advantages are taken, not handed out)
To: jnarcus
Yeah you'll drive out the "moderates" and then Illinois will look at lot like California...a small party of purist Republicans who can win no election on their own and then grouse like mad when the Dems roll over them all the time....Bump for saying what I wanted to, better.
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posted on
09/28/2004 4:23:03 PM PDT
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: Libloather
Obama is pro-life. That means he may have already triggered an ideological quake in Illinois RATS - eh? Bill Clinton, Algore, and a host of other top democrats were pro-life at the beginning to middle of their policital careers. But once the brass ring of democratic leadership power was seen, they had to ditch it for a pro choice stance to advance their careers.
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posted on
09/28/2004 4:26:09 PM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Advantages are taken, not handed out)
To: Libloather
Obama is pro-life. WHAT?!!??!!!
To: jnarcus
Yeah you'll drive out the "moderates" and then Illinois will look at lot like California...a small party of purist Republicans who can win no election on their own and then grouse like mad when the Dems roll over them all the time....
I couldn't agree more.
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posted on
09/28/2004 4:28:17 PM PDT
by
Akira
(Experience is a hard teacher, but fools will have no other.)
To: jnarcus
Yeah you'll drive out the "moderates" and then Illinois will look at lot like California...a small party of purist Republicans who can win no election on their own and then grouse like mad when the Dems roll over them all the time....Exactly. Couldn't have said it better myself. And for those who are hip-hooraying this, us people who live in this state would rather it not end up like California, thank you very much.
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posted on
09/28/2004 4:28:43 PM PDT
by
egarvue
(Martin Sheen is not my president...)
To: MikeJ75
Keyes is a man yielded to God, and thus a conduit with unfathomed potential.
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posted on
09/28/2004 4:35:22 PM PDT
by
vessel
(How long has your candle been burning? Only you and the light know for sure.)
Comment #16 Removed by Moderator
To: vessel
Keyes is a man yielded to God, and thus a conduit with unfathomed potential. Be that as it may, he still needs one vote more than his opponent in order to win election. And he ain't gonna do it here.
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posted on
09/28/2004 4:50:17 PM PDT
by
Non-Sequitur
(Jefferson Davis - the first 'selected, not elected' president.)
To: madprof98
WHAT?!!??!!!WHOOPS! I meant to say anti-gay marriage. I hope this doesn't screw up anyone else in Obama's Christian neighborhood...
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posted on
09/28/2004 4:58:28 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(911th Internet Reconnaissance Brigade - Jammie Commando Battalion)
To: Non-Sequitur
he may not win...but his attitude inspires others around the country to fight/speak out for whats right and whats wrong in this world
To: Libloather
Obama is NOT pro-life.
Did you make a typo or something?
He is about as far from it as possible.
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