Don't be fooled. Dennis was popular in the district. Ninety-nine per cent of the voters there don't know one millionth of what we know about him. But he wasn't running.
Oberweiss was a poor candidate, having lost one important race in the state already.
Why did he really lose? We're seeing portents of things to come, i.e., conservatives and mushy-middle GOPers crossing over and voting Dem because of the high cost of living in northern Illinois, the high cost of fuel in an area with lots of farms, the enormous influx of legal and illegal immigrants into the district, and discontent with the tone-deaf, out-of-gas George Bush who evinces perceived indifference to these problems of ordinary folk........and who hasn't and isn't doing one thing of any note for the party or its candidates. The sins of the father are being visited upon the sons, etc.
He shows no leadership, even now at this critical time for the party....and the Dems are pouncing merrily into the vacuum.
He should have made at least one side trip on behalf of Oberweiss, though it's a toss up if it would have made any difference in retrospect. The malaise of voters crosses party lines......and Oberweiss was not a strong enough or charismatic enough candidate to make lemonade out of a lemon.
I stated many moons ago on this board that GWB has almost effectively destroyed the GOP as a sharp, functioning party and I took a lot of heat for it. I almost started a daily prayer thread for myself. But I reiterate my position.
This is why I pray that Obama will be the Dem donkey-carrier. It's probably our only hope.
If Hillary is the nominee, Dem voters in each state will vote within Democrat party lines, and there's way more of them than there are of us.
However, an Obama candidacy will throw the party-line vote up for grabs because perhaps millions of folks of both parties will not base their vote for or against him just because he's of the Democrap Party, but for other reasons including a lack of experience to be CIC in wartime, balloning mention of financial scandals and the (whispered) fact that he's a black with a Muslim background.
A recent poll showed that approx 20% of Dems will not vote for Hussein.....and that's a pretty good chunk of the voting populace.
Obama as the nominee is the best oportunity we have in an otherwise bleak picture.
Leni
Excellent post. Thanks
If you see the excitement for the liberal dems it is strong, back in 2006 a very conservative pombo lost in a very conservative district in calif and that was just the beginning. 2008 is going to be a massacre and it will make for some ammusing times(if not scary).
Pres obama or hillary no difference but coming to a theatre near you
What made Oberweis a poor candidate?
"I stated many moons ago on this board that GWB has almost effectively destroyed the GOP as a sharp, functioning party and I took a lot of heat for it. I almost started a daily prayer thread for myself. But I reiterate my position."
Spendin' George and his "Compassionate Conservative" brand of socialism has destroyed the Republican party for at least the next decade. Maybe longer depending on how long it takes the country to dig out of the coming recession his fiscal policies have helped bring.
The best thing for conservatives to do is distance themselves from him and his. If we're lucky, sooner or later people will forget how we got here. In the mean time, maybe we can turn the rest of the party around or see the start of another that isn't Democrat-Lite...
...so you agree that Rush is simply sucker-punching the electorate and pushing for a Hillary win that will more easily be parodied. And his daily fare will be more valuable than if PC shuts him up forever under a Pres.Obama...