[Impy]

Hull and Obama should take care of that.

The others are also-rans imo.

[Theodore R.]

Have any Republicans yet announced for the race to succeed Fitzgerald? With the state of the GOP in IL, the party may decide to just forfeit the race.

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Hull and Obama should take care of that."

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I think we need to pray for Hull to buy his way to the RAT nomination. Have you ever seen a picture of Hull? Not only does he not "look Senatorial," he looks like a monkey's behind. (On the other hand, it seems to me that Hynes and Obama are fairly good-looking guys, but I'll ask my wife to make sure.) There's NO WAY that Hull can beat Jack Ryan. Even pro-choice women, pro-gun-control suburban will vote for someone who looks like Ryan over someone who looks like Hull. It may sound shallow, but having a good-looking young candidate instead of an ugly old one is worth at least 3% in the final vote. Do you think Jon Edwards could have beaten Lauch Faircloth if the two switched looks?

Another thing, we need to avoid guys with mustaches, at least white guys with mustaches. Every time they showed a white guy with a mustache on Election Night 2002, it was to say he had lost. And we all know that we haven't had a president with facial hair since William Howard Taft . . . .