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GOP Moderate Kirk Wins Ill. Senate Primary
http://www.newser.com ^ | 2-2-2010 Updated 22 minutes ago | By Will McCahill

Posted on 02/02/2010 8:11:31 PM PST by Maelstorm

Newser) – Moderate Mark Kirk has won Illinois’ Republican Senate primary, blowing away two conservative opponents backed by tea-party contingents. The congressman has 56% of the vote with more than 82% of precincts reporting—giving him a 37% lead over Patrick Hughes. Analysts predicted that a clear Kirk victory would take much of the steam out of the tea-party movement.

On the Democratic side, the Chicago Tribune reports, state treasurer Alexi Giannoulias looks close to clinching the nomination, setting up a fight with Kirk for the Senate seat vacated by President Obama.

(Excerpt) Read more at newser.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 2010midterms; acorn; gayrino; giannoulias; gopprimary; il2010; illinois; kirk; party; patrickhughes; rino; rmsp; tea
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To: Maelstorm

in what alternate universe is this bolshevik considered a moderate?


61 posted on 02/02/2010 8:41:13 PM PST by Armedanddangerous (Montani Semper Liberi)
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To: Maelstorm

Probably name recognition. Rasmussen reported more than 50% of conservative republicans supported Kirk, and 45% of all GOP had no opinion of Hughes (positive or negative).


62 posted on 02/02/2010 8:41:48 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: TheClintons-STILLAnti-American
Don't know much about politics, but an observation from the peanut gallery. Where was the national tea party 6 months ago in Ill? We can't wait until the last week before an election before sending a donation and hope to elect a conservative in a blue state. We have to organize, organize, organize at the local/state level to change the dirty politics from the bottom up. Money is not going to get the job done. If we can't get out there and root out the corruption all the time, and campaign like crazy for the good candidates, then of course nothing will change.

As for Ill. I'm guessing that the people who live there never expect their vote to count for anything. They know that Chicago has always been the home of crooks and gangsters who control all things political. The people don't believe that they can make a difference, so they just take whatever they get. Most of them probably don't ever vote. At least they don't know that they voted.

63 posted on 02/02/2010 8:42:16 PM PST by WVNan (.)
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To: Maelstorm

Aslo becuase I think alot of Conservatives were convinced Hughes could win in November, so they went with the guy they thought could win.

Regardless, I still think Conservatives are going to have a very good 2010.


64 posted on 02/02/2010 8:45:39 PM PST by PawtucketPatriot71 (Democrats. Moderate Republicans......What's the difference?)
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To: grey_whiskers

similiar to GW’s eyes


65 posted on 02/02/2010 8:46:19 PM PST by A_Tradition_Continues (formerly known as Politicalwit ...05/28/98 Class of '98)
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To: greeneyes

Hughes ran ads claiming to speak for the Tea Party movement.

Kirk ran ads highlighting his military service and portrayed himself as a fiscal conservative. His slogan was a “Different kind of GOP leadership.”


66 posted on 02/02/2010 8:48:08 PM PST by yongin
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To: Maelstorm
Moderate Mark Kirk has won Illinois’ Republican Senate primary, blowing away two conservative opponents backed by tea-party contingents.

Two conservative opponents backed by tea-party contingents. Yes, that's tea party contingents, with an "s". As in more than one tea party contingent.

Wow, good move tea-party contingents.

67 posted on 02/02/2010 8:49:46 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: yongin

Well, if Kirk wins in Nov. we should hold his feet to the fire 24/7. When we end up with progressives in D.C. there needs to be a concerted effort to keep them nervous.


68 posted on 02/02/2010 8:50:45 PM PST by WVNan (.)
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To: Maelstorm

My prediction is that Kirk will loose to the dum in November. There is little (if any difference) between Kirk and a democrat. He will have gafts during the campaign and agree with the dum and even Hussien. When the differences in a RINO and a dum are so low, the dum usually wins.

No money for you Kirk or the RNC.


69 posted on 02/02/2010 8:54:26 PM PST by TMA62 (TMA62)
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To: Maelstorm

About the only good news that i see in this, is that the democrats will be forced to spend big bucks to hang on to this seat.


70 posted on 02/02/2010 8:55:21 PM PST by proudpapa (Obama - Worst One Ever!)
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To: PghBaldy
thanks...i had already read it. I must have missed something. Here's what I'm seeing
the article's assertion:"Analysts predicted that a clear Kirk victory would take much of the steam out of the tea-party movement."

No "analysts" were named that predicted anything, though they link to "Talking Points Memo" as the analysts, then they
have 1 guy's sound bite with no context
"This blows a hole in that whole narrative," said Brian Walsh, a spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee.

I'll stand by my rant
71 posted on 02/02/2010 8:56:44 PM PST by stylin19a
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To: yongin

Sounds like Kirk ran a superior campaign.


72 posted on 02/02/2010 8:59:28 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Maelstorm

y’know, in that picture he looks a bit like george w. bush.


73 posted on 02/02/2010 8:59:51 PM PST by madamemayhem (defeat isn't getting knocked down, it's not getting back up)
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To: tubebender

Rather than get off the RNC list, I look forward to when they call so they can hear WHY they are not getting any money from me.

They need to hear from all of us that if they don’t back conservative candidates, they will not get any money.

I tell them emphatically that the only candidates who will get my support are those running in and out of my state who are CONSERVATIVE, and I will support them directly, without going through the RNC. Tell them to pass the message along.


74 posted on 02/02/2010 9:00:23 PM PST by adc (Rush '12All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently oppos)
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To: Maelstorm
"What in the hell happenned here?"

I don't know for sure, but he's from the state that gave us Barack Hussein Obama, if that gives you any kind of clue.

75 posted on 02/02/2010 9:03:51 PM PST by Redbob (Pray for Pres.Osamabama: Psalm 108;v.7)
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To: Falcon28
I’m from New England and have no idea what Cook County is. Can you explain?
76 posted on 02/02/2010 9:04:37 PM PST by warsaw44
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To: Maelstorm
"What in the hell happenned here?"

I don't know for sure, but he's from the state that gave us Barack Hussein Obama, if that gives you any kind of clue.

77 posted on 02/02/2010 9:05:11 PM PST by Redbob (Pray for Pres.Osamabama: Psalm 109;v.7)
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To: warsaw44

Cook County is Chicago. The 2nd most populous county in the US - and very liberal, even Republicans.


78 posted on 02/02/2010 9:06:45 PM PST by Falcon28
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To: Soul Seeker

Actually the majority of Republicans in this state are conservative. But they split their vote and the Combine Publicrats almost always win.

Just look at the Republican primary for governor: Dillard, Brady, Proft, Andrzejewski are all conservatives and they got 65 % of the Republican primary votes. Thankfully Ryan and McKenna split the liberal Republican vote and it looks like Brady will win over Dillard by a hair—in this case, both wings split their vote and we, for the first time in decades, many decades, get a conservative candidate for governor and a super-conservative for Lt. Governor (Plummer is top-notch).

So Kirk won because there simply was no decent conservative alternative. But the party as a whole in this state is not liberal. Its leadership has been in a cozy relationship for decades with the Democrats and they’ve always managed to coopt or divide and conquer the majority grass-roots conservatives.


79 posted on 02/02/2010 9:09:00 PM PST by Houghton M.
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To: peggybac

That’s the problem...he is a Republican in the RNC’s book.

This is precisely why I withdrew from the republican party last year and am now registered unaffiliated.


80 posted on 02/02/2010 9:10:00 PM PST by mek1959
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