Posted on 01/25/2010 5:46:36 PM PST by JSDude1
Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (D) still hold a considerable lead over their respective party opponents heading into the Feb. 2 primary, according to the third poll released in 24 hours about the open-seat Senate race in Illinois...
Kirk holds an even more commanding lead in the GOP primary field with 42 percent. His chief competition, real estate developer Patrick Hughes (R), had 9 percent of support in the poll and 39 percent were undecided. These results were also similar to the Chicago Tribune poll, but Hughes scored better by about 20 points in his own poll that he released today from a relatively unknown polling firm.
Seriously - could we not come up with a candidate who is at least right of center? Kirk isn’t even as conservative as Olympia Snowe, who is already left of center. What a shame.
Giannoulias?
Isn’t he the San Diego chicken?
It is Illinois. The land of Chicago crime lords and teleprompter fairies. In some States we have to take what we can get.
We can. His name is Patrick Hughes
Also, this poll indicates that 39% of Republicans are still undecided! One week to pull of an Illinois Miracle.
Where do we get info?
I don’t know where Illinois Freepers are. It seems to me that conservatives nationwide need to unite to defeat Mark Kirk and to help Patrick Hughes. We need a “Scott-Brown-Movement” once again, and we only have one week to do it!
Hughes has my vote in the primary.
I don’t know (and I just found out about Patrick Hughes — A few days ago, but through here, I also know KIRK is moderate Liberal who wants to ride the Tea Party movement, without having given it any feailty through his actual votes up untill this point~)!
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