Posted on 01/22/2010 2:26:55 PM PST by Falcon28
My fellow Freepers, the biggest liberal in the Republican Party, Mark Kirk of Illinois, is less than two weeks away from winning the GOP Primary for the US Senate seat. Illinois has the earliest of all primaries in the country (Feb 2nd). Polls show him up over the conservative Patrick Hughes by double digits. However, with nothing short of a nationwide Scott Brown-effort, I believe Hughes can pull off a miracle.
Do we really want Kirk in the the US Senate. Let's review who Kirk really is:
1) Kirk voted for Cap and Trade
2) Kirk is pro-abortion (got a 100% rating from Planned Parenthood and NARAL)
3) Kirk voted against the Surge in Iraq
4) Kirk got an "F" rating from the NRA
5) Kirk is a John McCain RINO - only more liberal
That's just the tip of the iceberg. Patrick Hughes is the conservative in this race and needs a little financial help to pull off this little miracle on Feb. 2nd.
Hughes is pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment, anti-Cap and Trade, supports free market healthcare reforms, is opposed to all forms of Amnesty, and is a low tax fiscal conservative.
If my FRiends can head on over the Hughes' website and drop a donation, we can help defeat this clown Kirk from every stepping foot in the US Senate. Time is short, though. We have to do this quickly. Thank you.
1) Kirk voted for Cap and Trade
2) Kirk is pro-abortion (got a 100% rating from Planned Parenthood and NARAL)
3) Kirk voted against the Surge in Iraq
4) Kirk got an “F” rating from the NRA
5) Kirk is a John McCain RINO - only more liberal
If he got the nomination I’d......vote Democrat or stay home.
We cannot cede one Senate seat. We need to fight for every single one!
Ex-Gov. Jim Edgar is all over the radio in Southern Illinois touting Kirk’s Trib and Sun Times endorsements. blechh
Kirk is a liberal. He is not a moderate. If he wins we need a third party candidate.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2433867/posts
Read the entire thread, NO COLAs for seniors or retired military, cuts to Medicare, increases to Tricare for Life retired Military's health ins.
Can you link the RINO to these votes?
I’ll be there voting for Hughes. Count on it.
I am giving money Today; and spreading this around Facebook, Tea Party Patriots, my online meet-up groups, tea party groups, and local tea party people I know!!..
Excellent! We can do this.
Don’t let IL send two corrupt Combiner liberals to the general election.
As far as I can tell, the only conservative in Illinois who could win this thing is Jim Ryan. His sights are on the governorship.
The decent conservatives who have energy and vision in this race and would be acceptable in the general election are Brady, Proft, and Adam the phone book company guy.
Latest numbers from the Chicago Tribune had Adam had 6% in Dec. 13th, and 7% a month later. Proft had 2% on Dec. 13th, and 6% a month later. Brady had 10% on Dec. 13th, and 9% in Jan.
If this is true, the momentum is with Proft. Brady and Adam seem stagnent. If Proft is ahead of Brady on Feb. 2nd he gets my vote. If Brady is still polling best of the three conservatives on Feb. 2nd, he gets my vote. I'm preparing for either scenario and stocking up on both Brady and Proft literature for when I knock on doors on Jan. 30-31. I can't see any scenario where Adam has a sudden surge. He might be a great speaker and solid on the issues, but he lacks the credentials for the job.
Bottom line, it seems the only way we're get to nominate a non-combiner in that race would be to poll ALL of Proft, Brady, and Adam's support into one candidate.
Ironically, alot of Adam's supporters were Oberweis people in 2006 who demanded Brady drop out and "get behind" Oberweis when Obie was polling ahead of Brady in the polls. When he didn't, they accused him of being in kahoots with Topinka. Now that the shoe is on the other foot and their conservative has the least support of the three, I see no demands that Adam drop out and throw his support to Proft or Brady. Apparently this "rule" only applies when the candidate they prefer is polling best.
Exactly. Kirk may win the primary only because the primary is just days away. Hughes may not have enough time, unfortunately because of the attention to the Brown race.
Can Hughes run as an independent or 3rd party candidate if he loses?
Under Illinois state law, no. That's precisely the reason why Dr. Eric Wallace dropped out of the primary race -- he saw the conservative vote was divided and Kirk was likely to win the GOP primary. Wallace is now considering a Doug Hoffman-type third party bid if Kirk wins the primary (Wallace will be sacrificing his job as Cook Co. GOP Vice-Chairman if he does so, of course).
I wouldn't want Hughes to run as a third party candidate anyway if Kirk kicks his butt in 10 days. Hughes has 10X more money than any of the other conservative primary challengers but he has been running a very poor campaign. We may have to vote for him anyway if he's the only one with statewide presence on Feb. 2nd.
The main issue though, is IL's primary is way too early. Here in Wisconsin, our primary election isn't until September. Plenty of time for candidates to declare and gauge their support. Hughes would had to have preparing as far back as October, and who would be paying attention then?
Why isn’t Kirk running as a DEMOCRAT.
That's my view also. And if Adam is clearly ahead of both of them I'll vote for him but I also do not expect that to happen. With Bob out he may finish dead last.
As to old Jim Ryan, my opinion of him is heading south. I voted for in the 2002 primary instead of O'Malley because I thought (he's ok and he will win in Novemeber), I regret that vote. I loathe combiner McKenna for his role in the 2004 senate election but right now I can't say I think Ryan is clearly better than him. The worst imo is Kirk Dillard a RINO/combine disaster.
I'd much prefer it if Ryan was running for the Senate. He's not the right man for the Governorship, it'll be like a bad time warp if he's the nominee.
No EEE there will not be any unity in the Senate race, someone said Hughes brought the idea up to the others, they said "why don't you be the one to get out?". Hughes dismisses the others an unviable. He may be right, but there is a dearth of independent polling. Judge Don Lowrey is most qualified candidate.
I think it probably is Hughes or bust and that's unfortunate cause his candidate skills are poor.
The primary was moved back to help Obama (though it used to be in March, still too early) and now it's helping Kirk. If our primary was in October Kirk would quite possibly be toast.
I voted for Don Lowery. He and Hughes agree about many issues, but Lowery has political experience, since he was a judge for 26 years and a state’s attorney for four years. He was in the army, with tours in Korea and Vietnam.
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