2. Carpetbaggers (especially Hillary and the second generation of Kennedys) tend to parachute in and land on legitimate homegrown talent, excluding them from the race. This was not the case in Illinois. We had nobody. Jim Oberweis was the best vote-getter we had, and he's a walking bag of manure.
3. Do you really think we should let a real died-in-the-wool socialist and cheerleader for baby-killing just waltz into this Senate seat over a technicality like carpetbagging? Do you understand at all that this Obama puke could be President someday if he has this seat to run from? We need to fight this one, and I don't care if the GOIP pick is from France if he's a real conservative and can make it a real race.
1 - it's carpetbagging when you run somewhere you don't live, getting an engraved invitation form the party only means that the state party machine is horribly broken
2 - There's millions of people in Illinois, roughly 1/3 of them are registered Republican and at least half of them are over the age of 30 and can legally run for Senate. The illusion that you had nobody is 100% BS.
3 - Keyes is gonna get whipped like a redheaded stepchild, "inviting" him to carpetbag isn't going to stop Obama from winning, if anything it will ensure it, no way a hard-right conservative like Keyes can win in Daley country. Bringing in Keyes is throwing in the towel, not only will you lose this election but you've just announced to the Illinois Dems that their competition is thuroughly bereft of talent and might as well close shop. You should care if the GOIP pick is from France, that would be a blatant violation of the Constitution as written (as opposed to just the intent like Keyes' run), for the party that's supposed to actually respect the Constitution that's a disgustingly reprehensible thing to say.
A ringing endorsement!
Well stated. The carpetbag issue is such a trivial point, a non-issue.