That's when I march into the polling place and they ask me which ballot I want, without having to say I'm either a republican or democrat, it doesn't matter, I can have either one I want at the moment.
Wanna see my Id.? Nah we don't need no steenkin' Id.
Illinois republican primary voters will go for Romney.
I was a bit harsh in my previous post friend. What section of the state do you live in? I’m in central Illinois, near Pekin.
I have no use at all for the Illinois Republican Party, they bombard one of my email inbox constantly, begging for money, I leave them unblocked, it’s a junk account anyway.
I hold them responsible for the election of Obama to the U.S. Senate, among other things.
On the one hand, I don't trust the state party one bit as its filled with combiners and RINOs -- plus "online voting" makes it easy for them to stack the deck in their favor (I have no doubt the Romney loving GOP establishment will be voting in this "poll"), and they force you to donate $5 to the state GOP, which they will probably spend on RINOs. Plus I'm worry if I give these guy a cent they will bombard me with phone calls and emails to "thank" me for my "past support of the Illinois Republican Party" and beg me for more money (even if I don't give out my email or phone number during voting, they always get their hands on it) That scumbag Mark Kirk is promoting this event. Also, as Phil Collins noted, they don't even list all the candidates running and won't let you vote on minor candidates like Buddy Roemer.
On the other hand, if we wait around until the actual, binding primary date (it's going back to late March now that the Dems no longer need Illinois to be part of Super Tuesday to help Obama), it's almost certain our vote won't count for anything because the GOP nominee will already have been decided by then. Many of our favs will probably drop out before Illinois even gets to vote (even last time around with our Feb. 2, we were down to Huckabee, McCain, Romney, and I guess you could count Ron Paul) as our choices. This might be our only chance to vote for our favorite major candidates. The more conservative that vote, the less the IL GOP can claim that Illinois Republicans like "moderates". Some conservatives have said if you don't vote in the straw poll, don't whine the next time they shove a RINO down our throats. I can spare $5, even though I'm employed part-time this makes the Illinois straw poll much cheaper than straw polls held in early primary states like the Iowa GOP charging $30 to participating in the Ames straw poll (even though the results are non-binding like the IL GOP straw poll)
What's the word, Illinois freepers?