Ironically, Brady was in the position in 2014 that Oberweis was in back in 2006 (losing a third time because he overstayed his welcome). A fresher conservative state legislator with lots of $$$ might have posed a credible threat to Rauner. (Of course, in that hypocritical scenario, I think the combine would have destroyed that candidate like they did to Jack Ryan and Dan Rutherford).
Brady shouldn't have run this time, and hopefully will take the hint after this election, but sadly Obeweis and his fan club NEVER take the hint, and Oberweis is always held to a different standard (he can endorse Topinka and it's fine, but if Brady does it, it's treason). His fan club will always love him matter what he does. I agree with PhilCollins' predictions for November (Durbin beats Oberweis 2-to-1, probably 65% to 35%). Oberweis fans will blame everyone else for his loss (they'll even blame Truax supporters, claiming we didn't blindly worship Obie enough), again, and gear up to “Draft Oberweis 2016”, just like before. If they haven't figured out after FIVE losses that he's a lousy candidate, they won't figure out it after six losses, either.
>>> I know that as a FReeper I’m supposed to hate Dillard to the exclusion of all else, but going into the primary it was clear that Brady wouldn’t be able to catch the liberal Rauner, so if I lived in IL I would have voted for the pro-life, pro-marriage Dillard <<
Kirk “I was for McCain in '08 even though I appeared in an Obama campaign ad gushing over Barack” Dillard is indeed an awful choice, but Rauner is worse and to his left. (although Dillard may be even worse than Rauner on fiscal issues) Every conservative agreed in 2010 that Dillard sucked, the fact some Andrejewski supporters flip-flopped this time around and tried to pretend Dillard was the conservative choice in 2014 didn't change the fact he sucked and was a yes-man for the IL GOP establishment. Impy is correct that no poll showed Dillard had a chance of beating Rauner, the only reason it was close is because the union thugs crossed over in big numbers for union suckup RINO Dillard (and they would have went back to the more liberal Quinn if Dillard had been the GOP nominee). If you put a gun to my head and forced me to pick between Dillard and Rauner, then yes Dillard would preferable, but they're both combiners and they both suck.
>> Well, if financially supporting the worst of the donkey criminal enterprise (Rahm, Daley, Rendell, etc) is the highlight of your past political involvement, I wouldn’t put real high hopes in many of the fine sentiments expressed in his media barrage. If elected, I expect Rauner to be Illinois’s answer to Bloomberg, without (perhaps) the antipathy to BigGulp sodas. <<
There's no combine in NYC that I know of, but Rauner as the Illinois eqivilent to Bloomberg is an apt comparison (wealthy slimy socialist who has spent years bankrolling the RATs behind the scenes runs for office as a “Republican” and has slick ads that portray him as a fiscally conservative honest reformer and non-politician with business smarts). I agree that he will govern lllinois in a similar manner as Bloomie, and use his clout as Governor to help RATs like Hillary nationally.
At least I don't think the New York "Tea Party" ever cheered on Bloomberg in the primary. The same can't be said for the Illinois "Tea Party" leaders.
>>> I voted for Rutherford. I didn’t like any of the republican governor candidates, but he’s the one I disliked the least, the least of four evils. <<<
Rutherford was probably the least of the four evils. It's a shame the combine thoroughly destroyed him. He didn't even get 5% in my pct., and I heard he got an even lower percentage statewide. I voted for Brady but I didn't expect him to get the nomination, either, and if he had been the nominee, the results would have likely been identical to 2010 (Brady ahead of Quinn in the polls for weeks, wins everywhere EXCEPT Crook Co., Quinn gets 120% of the vote in Crook Co. and its enough for Quinn to "win" statewide)
>> Overall it was a pretty awful night for Conservatives in IL. We won almost nothing. We couldn’t even oust gay marriage supporters in GOP primaries. This state is so lost........ <<
Yep. I've lived in Illinois my whole life but I've pretty much given up any hope since the results in 2010, and this just reinforces it. Disgusting and sad.
Good overview, and you’re right on the button on damn near everything.
Voted for Dillard because I thought he was the only possible impediment to Rauner, but even after three showers I couldn’t get the stink of that vote off my conscience. I would’ve preferred to go with Brady, but it didn’t look like he had a chance.
As awful as Dillard was, at least you knew who bought him (the unions, especially the teachers); Lord only knows who Rauner’s going to be scheming with, but I expect the very worst in this God-forsaken state. I truly despise that man for the way he manipulated the less-informed conservative voters, who find themselves in a state of despair over the corruption and incompetence in Springfield and the city.
A move across the Wisconsin line is looking better and better all the time (logistically it would be rough on the wife and kids though).
“Impy is correct that no poll showed Dillard had a chance of beating Rauner”