“IL-10 has virtually all of the Illinois’ Jewish population....”
“In short, Kirk has “concerns” about Hagel because he thinks Jewish voters would retaliate against him.”
Okay, true (especially Schakowsky's district) but those are safe RAT Chicago based districts. I meant Kirk's had virtually all the Jewish voters in a district where a politician's voting record mattered. And yes, pretty much all the Jewish voters in the collar counties are in IL-10. The biggest point, however, is that the demographics of IL-10 are in no way reflective of Illinois as a whole. Durbin is a reliable partisan Dem hack but even he PRETENDS to care about the whole state with the dog-and-pony shows he does when he visits the rest of Illinois. In effect, Kirk is U.S. Senator from IL-10. The other 17 districts are totally ignored by him and get no representation in the U.S. Senate.
>> Kirk’s pro-Israel stance is one of the very few conservative positions he has held in his 10+ years in Congress, and maybe it’s partly because he’s scared of losing Jewish votes, but perhaps he actually is pro-Israel. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. <<
True, it's one of the few issues he's good on, but represent this kind of mentality is what causes legions of gullible conservatives to concentrate their time and energy to helping re-elect that socialist Joe LIEberman at the expensive of good conservatives. Sometimes conservatives can be their own worst enemies. Someone who is "with me" 20% of the time is NOT my friend.
My feeling is, he’s doing the right the thing for a change, I don’t really care why.
Hagel as SecDef= Bill Clinton as Secretary of Moral Values
I welcome the support of pro-Israel libtards in working to defeat this pig.