[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Speaking of Didrickson and the area GOP efforts, I saw NO Fitzgerald signs around here (northern Crook County - Northbrook, Northfield, Glenview, Glencoe, Winnetka) and chalked it up to the lazy GOP organizations at the grass roots around here. It's like every person for him/herself, I guess. I figured it was wasting my time to try to light a fire under these people, so I visited the Fitzgerald campaign office in Palatine myself and threw my hat in the ring. Told 'em they could have 48 hours of my life :-) (this is all I could realistically give as a wife and full-time mom employed out of the home). I put signs up near every precinct on the list in the surrounding suburbs and I got pollwatcher credentials out of the Fitzgerald campaign and shut down several instances of Democrap electioneering on Election Day. I'd like to think my efforts played a small part in Fitzgerald succeeding in the polling places around here.

[SpyderTim]

Usconservative: "I would expect to see Durbin hitting on Durkin's pro-life voting record (screaming at women that Durkin will take away their "choice")"

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Exactly. Conservatives need to work harder to convince liberals and Democrats that Republicans aren't going to take away their "choice." In addition, conservatives have to stop making abortion the No. 1 issue. This applies mostly in liberal to moderate states like Illinois. There is no other way for a conservative to get elected.

BillyBoy: "(although Bush solidly beat McCain in the Illinois GOP primary)"

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Keep in mind that McCain's primary campaign was more or less finished already.