"The Republican party in Illinois didn't exist prior to Keyes (President Bush didn't have a campaign effort here until the past month). Our state's party was decimated from within by RINO's over the past 30+ years."
Boy are you right. RINO's are ruining our party here in Illinois. I truly believe they will vote for Obama rather than vote for Keyes. Of course, this will damage Bush who needs as many Pubs as possible in the U.S. Senate. The only thing I take exception to in your comments, is Blagojovich being more conservative. He is in some areas, but now your tolls are going to go from 40 cents to 80 cents on the IL tollways,and truckers are really going to get socked, to fund more highway building & maintenance, even though George Ryan had hit us taxpayers up for the same thing with his Illinois First program a while back. Well, I still find it unfathomable that Illinois Pubs will go into the voting booth on election day and vote for Bush and then vote for Obama? Or not vote for senator at all? They are screwing Bush over by doing this and keeping a Pub out of the Senate. What fools, what RINO's. How disgusting.
He didnt need one. Bush had a better chance of winning California or New York. Why waste resources on a state where Keyes is going to depress the Republican vote.