Kirk is “conservative” for IL just like Scott Brown is for Mass. Unfortunate but incremental.
IF ONLY he looked like Scott Brown !
I disagree. Brown may be moderate but he's much further to the right than Kirk will ever be. For example, Brown has a lifetime "A" rating from the NRA, Kirk has an F. Many of the leftist groups that were supporting Coakley in that race were the same groups that endorsed Kirk for Congress. And Mass. is MUCH more Democrat than Illinois will ever be, proving Scott Brown didn't "have to" support Kirk's extreme liberal agenda to "win" in a heavily RAT state.