You made the right choice. Jim Ryan may be a squishy moderate, but he certainly isn't an evil liberal George Ryan clone like the Skinnerities portray him as. (however, Cal Skinner IS a Pat Buchanan clone). Jim Ryan also has a shot at winning. Compare Jim's running mate to Cal's and tell me who has better judgement?
Not that there isn't a place for voting LP. In a race between a Libertarian and a Democrat, I vote Libertarian. Lesser of two evils, and gives me a choice when some GOP wimps already conceded the race.
Oh, best of luck of Shimkus pulling this one off. I'd vote for him. Unfortuantely, I see the 19th congressional district race as the one of the few races where BOTH candidates are fairly good and decent people. Too bad the Illinois establishment had to punish Phelps instead of a socialist Chicago 'RAT.
Voted Saturday in FL - pre-election touch screen absentee. It's so insanely easy that if there are ANY individual problems then the voters in question should be shipped to NM as poster children for their voting qualifications initiative.