[Holly_P]

Obama will not lose Illinois.....Take it to the bank.

[bcsco]

Obama will not lose Illinois.....Take it to the bank.

Likely? Yes. Done deal? No.

Voter registration in Chicago is down. Voter interest is down as well. Blacks will vote for the O overwhelmingly again, but the numbers likely won't be as large this year as '08. The same for democrats in general. If this holds true and if the GOP does well in collar counties and downstate, it could be an interesting night here in Illinois.

[Carriage Hill]

I worked for Nixon-Lodge Campaign in 1959-60, and until all the dead/illegal/bussed-in Cook Cty votes were counted for JFK, we were comfortably ahead in Illinois. Somehow, Mayor Daley always managed to come-up with just enough votes to win every election for decades. Not much has changed. “The Machine” there, is quite corrupt, criminal and formidable.

[tanknetter]

Obama will not lose Illinois.....Take it to the bank.

This smells bad to me, like a head-fake designed to pressure Romney and the RNC to spend money in Illinois rather than elsewhere.

Two historic precedents for this sort of thing. First the Bush/Cheney 2000 campaign leaking bogus polling info about Al Gore's support collapsing in CA (followed by a sudden trip by candidate Bush to the state) to draw attention away from what was happening in West Virginia and Tennessee.

Second, Ben Bradlee's infamous "in kind contribution" to the Mondale Campaign in 1984 with a bogus WashingtonPost poll showing Reagan's support in CA collapsing as well. The Reagan/Bush Campaign had to funnel over $1 million extra into CA for another poll and additional outreach ... thus denying Reagan Minnesota and a 50-state sweep.

The focus right now needs to be OH, VA, FL and NC.

[SamAdams76]

Obama will not lose Illinois.....Take it to the bank.

I wouldn't bank on it. I have family in Naperville, which is part of DuPage County just outside Chicago. I visit there about once a year. In 2008, the Obama signs were everywhere and he took the county by a 55-44 margin. (In 2004, Bush won by about the same margin.)

Not this year. My family reports that Romney signs are popping up like weeds and nary an Obama sign is to be found. There are a million people in DuPage Country and Romney is likely to win there by double digits (as Bush/Cheney did in 2004).

I'm not predicting that Romney will win statewide but I'm certainly not ruling it out and we shouldn't write it off.

[RobertClark]

Obama will not lose Illinois.....Take it to the bank.

I agree. There is a whole lot of stupid in the Land of Lincoln.

[Private_Sector_Does_It_Better]

100% correct! Bet the family farm on it. Too many of the 47% living there.

[seekthetruth]

Obama will not lose Illinois.....Take it to the bank.

I sure love hearing about the possibility that Obama just might lose Illinois!! If Obama, Gov.Quinn, and Durbin’s back door deal to bring GITMO terrorists to Thompson Prison gets attention.....who knows!!

The citizens of Illinois should be outraged about this:
Please see here:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1881402442001/could-new-federal-prison-house-gitmo-detainees/?playlist_id=903226511001

AND FROM TWO YEARS AGO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUQVUFBQ6NA

AND HERE IS THE FR THREAD:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2941119/posts

[The Sons of Liberty]

The Chi-town machine won’t let that happen, they’ll round up enough dead voters for their boy!

[trebb]

Normally, I would agree 100%. What hasn’t been covered is the true depth of Zeor supporters’ apathy this time around. It takes a LOT of energy to act excited about a lump of coal in the bottom of your stocking...Expect nothing, hope for a reason for a second bowl of popcorn.