[stylin19a]

Obama was a shoo-in the minute he announced he was running...no matter who the Repubs put up.
Your assessment about the Repub party in Illinois is right on the money.

Du Page County, at one time the most Republican county in the nation, is now becoming Rat infested.

[Esther Ruth]

"Du Page County, at one time the most Republican county in the nation, is now becoming Rat infested."

And it is getting worse every day, will get worse before it ever gets better, if it ever does. We're not in Kansas anymore as Dorothy says, haven't been for a long time.

Regarding "what was Ryan thinking" running w this in his past. Most people who are into certain things usually think they are mainstream and everyone is into it just like them. Like an alcholic who puts away dozens of beers on Saturday night, he thinks everyone else drinks this much also, can't imagine only having 1 or 2, everyone he hangs w puts away this much alcohol also in an evening. It's perspective. You really need to get outside peoples circle of friends to find out who a person really is!!