Why the hell are Shimkus and Roskam helping this liberal Democrat Combiner try to hijack the “R” nomination ?
You might want to ask Rick Santorum.
Let’s try to be realistic about this. Electing a Republican in Illinois these days is very, very different from trying to elect a Republican in Utah or Wyoming. Shimkus and Roskam have concluded that Mark Kirk is the best chance to take the seat for the Republican Party.
I’m not happy about it either. But at this point, we really have to try to be a “big tent” party. I will support anyone who gets the Republican nomination, unless his last name is Blagojevich. And nobody named Blagojevich is going to win the nomination anyway.
I hope you understand and accept this in the spirit with which it’s intended. Let’s beat the Democrats first. We can worry about ideological purity later.
Roskam is being strong armed by the DC establishment to give cover for Kirk. Remember Roskam’s district went big for Obama last year. The DC establishment told Roskam, “No support for Kirk means no support for you.”