[Mike Bates]

Could be, although Kerry doesn't appear to be exciting all that many black voters, while Obama is. Or so press reports suggest.

[raloxk]

After Carol Mostly Fraud and Lisa, never tried a case in my life, Madigan, IL voters will elect anyone so long as they are a D. Hard to believe that this is the state that voted for Ford over Cater by 2% and gave Reagan a larger margin of victory in 1980 than he had nationally.

Illinois south of I-80 and west of I-355 needs to suceed from the rest of the state. It would actually be as conservative as Kansas and about the same population too.