The last time the good guys won a big primary like this was with Peter Fitzgerald in 1998. You will remember that many pro-lifers did not vote in the Republican primary. They went to the Democrat primary to vote for Proshard against traitor George Ryan.
So, without the pro-life voters, how did Peter Fitzgerald win the Republican primary? The building trades union members ... both Republican and Democrat came out in mass in the Republican primary for Peter because he had stood with them against the corrupt combine on McPier where all the money was sent to the Bob Kjellander style bond holders and none to the trades union members.
Not only did these members and their families vote for Peter, these union members went door to door selling Peter to their friends and neighbors.
Who wins this time depends on who actually votes. Who votes depends on who asks for their vote. The Good Book says: Ask and ye shall receive. That is a true of salvation. But it is a universal truth that applies to sales, and to politics, and to most all of life.
The only way for Ives to win is for good people to recruit their friends and neighbors into Ives voters. Those neighbors are not anti-Ives right now. They are not focused on politics. They are thinking of family, work, church and things far removed from voting in the primary.
They want to be good citizens. Someone just needs to ask them to be good citizens.
Spintreebob, you were incorrect when you said that, in the democrat primary, Proshard ran against Ryan. Ryan ran in the republican primary. Proshard and Ryan ran against each other, in the general election.