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Unfortunately the situation for "conservative unity" in the U.S. Senate race is not looking good at the moment. We now have the sudden entry of Patrick Hughes to deal with, and from what I can see alot of big name leaders in the "movement" ( Family PAC's Paul Caprio, Rev. Bob VandenBosch of Concerned Christians of America, David Diersen of TAPROOT Republicans, former State Rep. Penny Pullen, talk show host Sandy Rios, Tom Roeser, Ralph Rivera of Illinois Citizens for Life, Phyllis Schlafly of Eagle Forum and David Smith of the Illinois Family Institute, and maybe consultant Jon Zahm as well?) have thrown their support to him, further fracturing the anti-Kirk conservative base in the primary.

I'm not sold on Hughes, sounds like another good guy but unknown political amateur. Doesn't have nearly the seasoning, articulation of the issues, or political involvement that Dr. Eric Wallace has on his resume (plus Wallace is bringing in some heavy hitter conservative activists from around the nation like Ken Blackwell and Herman Cain to stump for him).

Supposedly a lot of these leaders are drawn to Hughes because he has the "personal funds" to compete. If so I hope he has about $10 million of "personal wealth" he can burn easily, otherwise I can't see why he'd be stronger choice than Wallace.

Worse, there's a large number of conservatives who actually seem to believe Kirk's little dog and pony show about being adamantly against Obamacare. I hope no Illinois freeper is foolish enough to believe Kirk's routine. Of course he's going to pretend to be on our side now that he needs conservatives money and volunteers for a statewide race. Anyone who thinks Kirk is back on the reservation and genuinely changed his ways should consider what happened after he pulled the same stunt with "re-elect me because I support President Bush on the WOT" in 2006 and then promptly switched sides once he was returned to office. I don't trust Kirk as far I can throw him. He has proven he will say anything to get votes.

Now more than ever, getting conservatives on the same page in Illinois seems to be like trying to herd cats with a water pistol. I just wish we could get all these conservative candidates in a room together and have them emerge with ONE agreed upon consensus candidate that everyone else will agree to support. Draw straws if you must (and please nothing like 2006 where Oberweis says 'I should get a bigger straw because I have much better name ID, nevermind the fact I can't get elected dog catcher')

At least we can thankful the comptroller's race appears to have shaped up into a one-on-one battle between RINO combiner Topinka and conservative reformer Bill Kelly.