Most of Kirk's congressional district is in Lake County. The Cook County portion, consisting of the far north suburbs along the lakefront, is the wealthiest portion of the state. Towns like Kenilworth where the average home costs a million bucks. It has very little in common with the rest of Cook. Kirk talked about his "suburban agenda", which was limited to his own district. He gave the other 90% of suburbia the middle figure and was AWOL at every event I attended.
Bill Brady is from downstate Bloomington-Normal. His son Will attends law school at DePaul University in Chicago so he has a visible presence here. His son was kind enough to drive by my house during the primary and drop off supplies when I couldn't get any. After the primary, Bill Brady realized he needed to get his message out here so from Feb. to Nov. he had roughly 75% of his campaign events in Chicagoland. Bill Brady was in my local community at least half a dozen times in the past few months (at the opening of the Worth Township Republican office, Evergreen Park Independence Parade, etc.), meeting and greeting thousands of voters -- mostly middle and working class communities. Mark Kirk was AWOL at every one of them. I never ONCE saw Kirk in the southwest suburbs (gee, we have only 500,000 people, must not be important). Even Kirk's website says the only event Kirk had in "my region" the entire campaign was a closed-door fundraiser in Palos Heights.
This election was fixed. Wake up, Inyokern.
He’s just playing stupid, he knows the score. He’s one of the online footsoldiers for the fix. The most corrupt farce in Illinois since November 1960, and a visceral affront to a free republican democracy. Why bother with voting when the results are predetermined ? Well past time the people return the favor upon these tyrannical oppressors with all due vigilance.
He should just show uo with his sleeping bag and refuse to leave the senate seat.
Explain to me again why the Dems would fix the election to have Kirk beat Obama's best buddy Giannoulias. Or maybe you believe Labno actually won.
I am not saying the Dems never steal elections. Of course they do and I am worried about the Walsh/Bean race northwest of Chicago. I think they are trying to steal that one. However, anyone who thinks the Dems would purposely lose Obama's old Senate seat to Kirk is just plain delusional.
I live in what used to be Kirk's congressional district. I had never heard of Brady before he won the senatorial primary. Are you saying you HAD? How many people around Chicago knew who he was? He had been a state senator from Bloomington. Unfortunately, Quinn was able to paint him as some kind of radical and Brady never was able to introduce himself to the electorate.