Favored Ryan stand-in steps aside instead [immigration reformer Jim Oberweis needs help]

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | July 9, 2004 | Scott Fornek

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The Illinois Republican Party took another body blow Thursday, as the candidate considered the favorite by a number of GOP leaders dropped out of the running to replace U.S. Senate nominee Jack Ryan.

State Sen. Steve Rauschenberger said his late entry into the race would have made it nearly impossible to raise the money required to compete effectively against Democrat Barack Obama...

Aurora dairy owner Jim Oberweis argues that his second-place primary finish makes him the "logical" choice.

But many Republicans remain uneasy over TV commercials Oberweis ran during the primary attacking President Bush's immigration reform plans. Oberweis insists he only opposed illegal immigration, but the ads drew fire from immigrant groups and Republicans alike.

"There is a group in the party which obviously is enamored with Mr. Oberweis because he finished second," said DuPage County GOP Chairman Kirk Dillard. "[But] an Oberweis candidacy would present unique problems when it comes to immigration and race and ethnicity, [problems] which I'm not sure we want to take on at this time."

After Oberweis, the remaining 10 names on the list are not exactly household names...

[Barnacle]

Anyone who can pork the cute Borg girl in front of an audience in a Paris sex club can't be all bad.

Anyone who can do that to his wife is an enemy of traditional family values.

[Valin]

Until the Illinois Republican Party realizes that pro-life conservatives win elections, not pro-abortion moderates

When do you figure that will be? Theres been an ongoing fight over this here Mn. for 20 years we are now starting to see victory over the "country clubbers".