If she is a gun grabber and is nominated to oppose Blago, then I would be very surprised if she can win. What has Blago done for folks to reject him in favor of a dem-light like Topinka?
Blago balanced the state budget by raiding the pension funds of state workers. Plus, he appointed a black Muslim to the state hate crimes commission. The black Muslim supports Louis Farrakhan's assertion that "Hollywood Jews and homosexuals misled Bush into invading Iraq." The Jewish members of the hate crimes commission resigned on disgust. Blago is standing by the black Muslim.
Blagojevich couldn't find Springfield on a map of the state, Topinko probably could, other than that there's no discernable difference.
Oh, one more - One's male and one's female. Only Rod looks a little girlish from time to time.