[Theodore R.]

That reminds me, JohnnyZ, of the popular Edmund "Pat" Brown, Sr., in CA who warned voters not to support the "actor" Reagan because it was "an actor who killed Lincoln." Still, it will be hard to sell anyone named "Ryan" or any Republican for that matter in IL. Not only is IL heavily Democrat, most of the Republicans that it has elected have come from the left: Percy, Thompson, Edgar.

[Pubbie]

"Not only is IL heavily Democrat, most of the Republicans that it has elected have come from the left:"

I don't know, Fitzgerald is almost as Conservative as Santorum.