I agree on that. If Kirk is the nominee, the RATs are only in danger of "losing" on paper. In reality, Kirk is a defacto Democrat and will be Harry Reid's 61st vote in the Senate. It's a net gain for the Dems, since Kirk's "bipartisan" support for Obama's agenda will be much more effective for their cause than our current tainted lame duck RAT Senator Roland Burris is. Check Kirk's voting record (pro-abortion on demand, pro-banning all guns, pro-gay marriage, pro-amnesty, pro-TARP, pro-cap n' trade, anti-Iraq surge, just voted in favor of transferring terrorists out of Gitmo, etc.) He's so liberal he's actually to the left of over a dozen DEMOCRAT Illinois state legislators.