Posted on 10/09/2001 11:45:16 AM PDT by BillyBoy
The main difference between Durbin and Mostly-Fraud is that Durbin hasn't been hurt by any "scandals", which means he'll faces an advantage going into November 2002. But that certainly doesn't make him IMMUNE to defeat.
Furthermore, this article is written by none other than Steve Neal, a nortouously liberal political anaylist. Neal is always propping up far left wing morons in this state as being "rising stars" and dissing conservative Republicans as all being jokes. His bias is most notable when he writes columns talking about how great it is that a liberal Democrat beat a "moderate" Democrat in the primary; but then he goes on to talk about how much better it would be if a "centrist" Republican (i.e. a RINO) defeats the conservative candidates here.
If EVEN Steve Neal is saying Durbin is vunerable, then Durbin IS vunerable.
Control of the Senate will be decided by the states on the mightly mississippi next year. We're one of them. In addition to the unknown John Cox challenging Dick Durbin, there are a handful of strong Republican candidates who COULD enter the race against Durbin next year but have not announced. I'm personally gunning for former Governor Edgar to run (kinda the Illinois version of Rudy Giuliani-- pretty liberal on social issues, but actually CARES about the people so he's earned the respect of the conservatives). If don't like Edgar, that's fine...write to Jack Ryan or Mike Singletary and encourage them to run. Just encourage SOMEONE!
The Illinois GOP better WAKE UP and start putting up a fight here with the opportunity they got. Let's get out there and freep the Dick!
;-)
Sure he does, just check to see which way the wind is blowing
Who's (GOP) likely to challenge him? We do need a winner!
Durbin is a clymer who has IRRITATED the heck out of me ever since I first saw him on the Senate floor. Blathering like only a trial lawyer can, he finds every conceivable way to argue with reasonable positions...after all, his desire to circumvent Constitutional freedoms is matched ONLY by his obvious quest for PERSONAL power and self-aggrandizement.
He and John Edwards are liberal wolves in sheep clothing, and making sure they are defeated at the ballot box next time around should be a TOP priority of every FREEPer in their states.
John Cox for U.S. Senate-- Offical Website
COX first Republican to announce run against Senator Durbin
Rags to Riches Republican Targets Illinois Sen. Durbin (D) for Defeat
CALL TO ACTION FREEPERS: Help show Senator "Dick" Durbin the door
Columnist Steve Neal attacks Senator Fitzgerald (R-IL) as "spolied rich kid"-- FREEP this idiot!
And just for members of the Chicagoland Chapter:
***EXCLUSIVE CHAPTER POLL*** Who should we back for the Senate in 2002?
I think Durbin is Carl Levin's Twin. And it is a similar situation unless a Jim Edgar runs.
Both are running in dem leaning states, with big cities and inner suburbs tilting the election that way. Chicago with Peoria and Springfield as a lesser case in your state, Detroit with the Saginaw Valley(Flint, Saginaw, Bay City), Lansing, and Ann Arbor in Mine.
It will be a longshot, especially to take out Levin, but should we try? HELL YEAH! And if I lived in IL, I'd vote for Durbin's opponent, whoever it is. Even if the GOP'er wasn't great on guns. The GOP senator wouldn't vote for Chuck Scumer and Pat Leahy on judiciary, and they can't be worse than Lenin or Durbin on this issue anyway.
Two words
COMMITTEES
JUDGES
Gee, does this mean that making yourself one of the Senate's top antigun nuts and anti-cigarette tyrants doesn't endear you back home in Illinois - particularly outside of the Chicago area?
Does this mean that - even with the help of the Daley machine - sharing Richard Daley's antigun passions doesn't sell outside of Chicago well enough to make a Democratic incumbent's reelection reasonably a sure thing?
Enough reason for me to defeat him
See, Illinois Freepers, even DanfromMichigan would hold his nose and vote for a "moderate" like Governor Edgar to kick Durbin out! Dan makes a good point about judges. Even if in a worse-case scenario--pick out a liberal-light Illinois Republican like "Bill Jim" Thompson-- they'll STILL better than Durbin. Thompson testified in FAVOR of Robert Bork's nomination, for instance. Can you imagine DICK Durbin doing that? Our guy is so far left he makes Lincoln Chafee look conservative.
It's really nice to see that five years of Durbin's swarmy, cocky attitude on the Senate floor has finally caught up with him. He looks like he's going to lose his "hometown" of Springfield for the same reason Gore lost Tennessee-- he's become a Daley-machine whore and abandoned his hometown roots.
Let's just pray the Illinois Republican Party is not too stupid to take advantage of this sitution.
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