I'm really looking at this as potentially good news. A lot of the Democrats here are cool to Blago, and the fact that someone like Oberweis is running well, too, means that maybe -- just maybe -- if conservatives get behind one conservative and knock off Topinka, we could have.....Well, I'm not even going to say if for fear of jinxing things.
Traditionally, moderate Republicans don't do well in state-wide Illinois GOP primaries.
If Oberweis has a decent effort down-state and in the collar counties of Chicago, he stands a good chance of winning the primary.
If Oberweis wins the primary, you can expect the MSM and Dems to paint him as an extremist (ala Al Salvi).