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Electing a Republican in Illinois these days is very, very different from trying to elect a Republican in Utah or Wyoming.

I understand what you are saying, and I disagree, especially for Illinois.

If we took your analogy, and substituted Pennsylvania for Illinois, Specter for Kirk, and Santorum for Roskam, it would seem to make sense.

Of course, now Specter is officially a Dem, instead of a RINO.

Even a big tent needs stakes to mark territory. In Illinois, one can be pro-life and pro-gun and still draw Dem votes. Glenn Poshard proved that. Those of us who live in Illinois can consider supporting the party above all else when the Judy Baar Topinka's and other combine operatives stop sabotaging good guys like Peter Fitzgerald, You may recall that was HIS seat. When he sent Patrick Fitzgerald snooping around on both parties he was told not to bother running for re-election. That opened up the seat for Obama.

Here in Illinois, it is not Republican vs. Democrat, it is Combine vs. not-so-Combine. I would vote for a Poshard over a Ryan (and did, and was proven right), and I would vote for a 3rd party over a Judy Baar Topinka. The state Republicans started it with the way they treated Fitzgerald, and later Keyes (a bad situation, but they didn't even put their game face on).