Jim Oberweis has frequently attended Minutemen gatherings. During the Summer of 2006, he was in AZ with the Minutemen patrol. The IL Minutemen would be pro-Oberweis more than anything.
Oberweis’s past campaign ads were poor. In his attempt to portray himself as pro-border security, the ads fail to insert the word “illegal” when talking about immigrants. By omitting that word, Oberweis was easily tarnished as a mean spirited old man.
The Republicans need to go with a new theme: Clean house and senate with new, non-beltway politicians. Get x-military (good fighting ones), strong records of service, and lots of appeal, smarts & money. Long term congressmen and women need to be retired. I heard that Jeff Beatty is a strong R candidate considering pulling out the rug from John F’ng Kerry in the senate next year. We need a list started of all good candidates and send money directly to them...