Titans, I do agree that we must get rid of Judy and Gidwitz. As you well know I seriously don't like Oberweis. And you know I'm working for Brady and supporting him. I guess my thing is, how can we get our vote out? Isn't that the real issue?
I'm wondering about the St. Louis Dispatch poll. I think it's flawed and not truly representative of who will vote next Tuesday. But maybe I'm wrong. Prove it to me. Also. What are collar counties? Are those outside Chicago? Then I do feel this is wrong. Why not have a larger sampling of people across the state?
Look, I love Bill Brady. As I said, I wish he were within spitting distance of Judy so that I could stay up all night next week getting out last-minute papers, and then working the get-out-the-vote effort for him.
But the Topinka thing has skewed my ability to be a "True Believer" this time around. I have voted for the most Conservative candidate almost every time, so long as the alternative (likely winner) was at least an acceptable representative of the party (Buchanan vs. Dole, Keyes vs. McCain/Bush). In this case, Judy Baar is an extenuating circumstance. She is entirely unacceptable, so I will vote for Oberweis, as he is a fine candidate and the only one who can beat her.
As far as the polls go, I expect this poll is fairly accurate. I would usually gripe about including more downstate voters, but we do have to consider the crossover city vote coming for Topinka from the union endorsements. Also, I refer you to Bill Brady's own internal polling that he released yesterday when he started his "don't believe the polls" campaign after getting a heads-up about the St. Louis Post-Dispatch poll. His internal polling, with a disproportionate number of downstate voters chosen to add to his numbers, showed him at 15%. Check his website.
That's right - his OWN numbers, from his OWN pollsters, arranged specifically to create a best-case scenario of turnout in HIS strong areas, shows him at 15%.
That's why I've gotta vote Oberweis.
Anyhow, I urge you to do the same. But I would rather not make enemies here at Free Republic. We all seek the same thing in this race, really.