[LdSentinal]

The Republicans should give Fitzgerald some popular bills he could co-sponser like the Patient's Bill of Rights or Bush's tax cuts. Once they pass, he can take credit form them and boost his chances of winning.

[Coop]

He just got a bill signed into law, if I remember correctly. But that's the problem. Fitz isn't well liked by the GOP or Dems.

Rep. Lahood: Fitzgerald Can Take a Hike

LaHood said he told a recent meeting of Illinois Republican members of Congress that he planned to look for somebody to run against Fitzgerald in 2004. LaHood said he asked if any of them would speak up in support of Fitzgerald or provide an example of how the senator had helped them. "There was a big silence in the room. No one said anything," LaHood said.