Now this is interesting:
U.S. House - District 10 - GOP Primary
Illinois - 447 of 511 Precincts Reporting - 87%
Name Party Votes Vote %
Dold , Robert GOP 16,073 39%
Coulson , Elizabeth GOP 12,439 30%
Green , Dick GOP 6,095 15%
Friedman , Arie GOP 5,758 14%
Hamann , Paul GOP 828 2%
Now this is the Republican primary to nominate someone for Kirk’s open House seat. Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Dold the conservative and Coulson the moderate?
I honestly have no idea. I live very near michelle Bachmann’s MN district. :)
was just checking the Ill vote counts while listening to a hockey game online.
Dold is no conservative, he's Mark Kirk c. 2000 back when Kirk talked out of both sides of his mouth (or Colin Powell if you'd like) and convinced some conservatives he was on their side. Dold refuses to give a clear statement on ANYTHING, and when it comes to bailouts and closing down Gitmo, he does a Kirk style "I've given some deep thought over this issue" and then concludes the Obama/RAT position is "a good start, with some reservations of course". Indiana's Dick Lugar is throwing his weight across the state line and pushing hard for Dold to get the nomination.
Coulson is Dede Scozzafava. She's always been a Kirk-type RINO in office, but lately she's been running to the LEFT of Kirk.. in her last state house race she actually put out campaign literature touting herself as Blago's biggest ally! Even Kirk wasn't stupid enough to tie himself to that guy.
Dick Green has been compared to Oberweis (spends zillions of dollars but voters still dislike him), but Oberweis ran as a conservative, and Green is running as yet another "fiscal conservative and social moderate", so ideologically he's more like Chris Shays.
Arie Friedman is the only thing remotely resembling a conservative in that race. He's with us on about 75% of he issues and is unapologetic pro-gun, pro-WOT, pro-limited government, and anti-illegal immigration. But it's not looking good tonight.