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" [He's] Better than Barack Obama"
- Carol Calabresa/The Sierra Club, 2008
" The strength of our campaign remains the Democrats"
- Mark Kirk, 2008
Posted on 07/19/2009 10:37:41 PM PDT by Scanian
Given that my American Thinker blog of June 28 -- Betrayed by my Republican Congressman -- took to task my renegade 10th District congressman, Mark Steven Kirk, for his "yes" vote on the Waxman-Marky bill, I was somewhat amused when I received late in the afternoon of Thursday, July 16, an e-mail invitation to join Mark Kirk this morning at 10:30 A.M. in Kenilworth, IL, to help him launch his candidacy for statewide office. As Mark Kirk noted on my invitation: "I want you to be there as we begin a campaign to restore pride to Illinois and put our country back on track."
Kirk's decision to seek an upgrade to his title did not come as a surprise. For months Kirk had expressed interest in running either for the U.S. Senate or the governorship of Illinois. Senator Burris' announcement that he would not seek reelection to a full term in 2010 -- Burris was appointed to the U.S. Senate by the then and now impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich to replace Senator Obama -- apparently gave Mark Kirk the impetus he needed to think that he could be successful in his senate bid.
One must understand the nature of politics in Illinois to comprehend what prompted Mark Kirk to believe he could be successful in a statewide run for office. Mark Kirk represents the moderate/liberal wing of the Republican Party. Kirk even prides himself on being an independent, maverick Republican, as was evident when he decided to vote with 211 congressional Democrats and against 168 of his fellow Republican congressmen on the Waxman-Markey bill. Kirk does have the reputation in his 10th Congressional District of deciding how to vote by sticking his finger in the air to determine which way the wind is blowing.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The deal that was made to clear the way for Kirk is that Andy McKenna (another RINO moderate) is going to move back into the 10th and run for Kirk's old seat.
No, they probably won’t ask him that question. Within the past four months, I emailed Don & Roma (on WLS-AM), three times, and I asked them to ask him why he’s a Republican, although he’s pro-choice, pro-gun control, pro-gay marriage, pro-spending increases, pro-illegal alien, and anti-Iraq surge. They haven’t asked him.
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