Also, quite frankly, he's a far better campaigner than Jim and that's why he wins primaries with no money while Jim spends millions and gets nowhere. I'll be the first to tell you that if Ray is slated against Emil Jones in the fall, he's not likely to win unless a miracle occurs.
Oberweis cultists, on the other hand... seriously, he's lost... how many times? By my count, six failed bids for political office now, and spent millions of his own money. What does it take for them to figure out this guy is unelectable? There's something seriously wrong with entrusted a guy who has never won anything in his life (I've held more offices than Obie) to the highest levels of government.
And Kuskool is right, all you "Brady needs to go away so Obie will beat Blago" people need to accept this election proves the Brady's supporters were right. Oberweis had NO shot in that election and it was his ego that caused the Topinka fiasco. We waste money in the primaries because of people like him who are bored and decide they can buy themselves a high political office they don't deserve. We had a qualified conservative official willing and able to run before the zillionaire showed up and demanded conservative allegiance to him.
I like Steve Forbes, but after he lost two Presidential primaries in a row I pretty much took the hint this would never go anywhere. Ditto with Alan Keyes and his third failed Senate bid. I get that they won't win. The Oberweis cultists, as proven by their shoving him down our throats in 2008, will never understand that.
Of course, I supported Obie over the socialist Foster. Hope that doesn't make me cultist.