Posted on 01/22/2009 3:35:55 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) said Monday that he expects a crowded field to pursue the Senate seat of Roland Burris (D) and that it might include him.
“I do think that Roland Burris is going to be political sorbet,” Roskam said of embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s (D) appointee. He added: “I think you’ll see a whole host of folks coming forward.”
In an interview with The Hill, Roskam promoted his Illinois GOP colleague, Rep. Mark Kirk, saying he would be “a very, very strong candidate.”
But Roskam also said he would consider the race.
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In a surprise, Peter Roskam is plugging Mark Kirk as a Senate candidate. Kirk is hardly the ideal conservative, but given the dominance of the Chicago area, we may have no better options.
I don't get it.
>> I do think that Roland Burris is going to be political sorbet
What the hell is “political sorbet”?
sorbet
an ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency; usually made from fruit juice
I think that about sums it up.
I’ll buy that.
Conservatives have lost their f’n minds.
But he sure is an ideal liberal. I wouldn’t support another RINO of Kirk’s vintage for the Senate if my feet were on fire.
Sorbet is sometimes served in multi-course meals before the main course to cleanse the palate of the previous appetisers, salad, soup, etc.
Based on past statements, you would never support a RINO like that for an executive position, like Governor, but you’d bite the bullet in a legislative race in a liberal constituancy due to the fact that it’s a collective responsibility rather than a personalized one. Has that changed?
I hope not. We don’t need another Arlen Specter in the Senate.
I’d be thrilled to have a Tom Coburn clone elected in states like Illinois and New York. But we have to deal in reality.
I might, under certain circumstances, support certain candidates in the House, though that window is rapidly closing. I’m completely disgusted with the Senate, and I don’t want to see the election of a single more liberal RINO. When I watched the near-complete capitulation of the Republican caucus in confirming Cabinet members of dubious ethical, moral, and ideological makeup, I have to wonder what the hell we even need an opposition party for ? Hillary Clinton having only TWO people vote against her, and one (DeMint) who had to preface his vote by kissing her ass ? I’m sorry, but there is something seriously f**ked up here. She has enough ethical and criminal violations to choke a horse. Was Billy Dale EVER mentioned ? The FBI files ? Rose Law Firm billing records ?
Nope, Kirk would just be yet member to compound the problem. We need an ACTUAL opposition party. If not, then we might as well let Burris stay put, because we’re not gaining a damn thing here. Seriously.
Tom Coburn didn’t even vote against Hillary.
Yeah...that’s what we need. Another anti-gunner in the Senate.
No more RINOs. Period.
We had a RINO senator in Oregon. He bent over backwards to appease the suburban moderates.
He lost to a real liberal.
The RINO strategery doesn’t work.
Otherwise, there's no value in showing up at the polls IMO. If it's Burris or a RINO, may as well stay with the devil we know IMO.
I get that he is “dessert,” or the end of the meal at the end of the day. His successor will be “political breakfast,” the beginning of the next day.
Oh I think Kirk would win, if it’s him versus Roland Burris (and a green will be around to take rat votes).
But the question is what would we win? One of the 4 most liberal Republican Senators.
I’ll vote for him if he’s the nominee, I’d rather have half a Republican Senator than nothing. But some IL conservatives likely wouldn’t see it that way.
In Oregon Gordon Smith had been moving left and made like Obama and Ron Wyden supported him. Then they both came out and said “hell no we don’t” and Smith looked like a fool. He POed enough conservatives that they voted constitution party and the rat won with 48%. Would that happen in Illinois? No, our Libertarian and Constitution parties are weak.
I do think a better Republican can beat Burris also. I don’t think we’re like NY where no conservative need apply.
I’m confident a non-corrupt conservative would have beaten Blagojevich. Instead we had the horrid Topinka and you actually had some Republicans joining some democrats in protest voting for the Green who won enough votes to givethat party permanent ballot access for 4 years!
I am SO done voting for RINOs antithetical to Conservative doctrine. I voted against Lamar! last November, and so help me, if our f**kwitted party puts up another damn RINO next year for Governor, they can kiss my ass. As for Kirk, the last thing IL needs is the next Chuck Percy.
He’s not quite as bad as Percy or any of those old school RINO Senators.
But yes he stinks. And he kinda has a face like a human gloworm.
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