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It's really a shame that Ditka didn't run. He would have won, or at least come close. Keyes likely won't break 40%. I cannot believe this is who the Republican Party of Illinois, the Land of Lincoln, chose to be their candidate. A candidate from Maryland. There were apparently no good candidates in Illinois?

The Republican Party of Illinois had so much a few years ago. This is clearly a party in need of new management.

Not that anybody is asking me, but here's how I would have ranked the options:

1. PETER FITZGERALD. I would have made a major effort to get him to reconsider retirement. He has the obvious advantages of incumbency, plus a reputation as a anti-corruption reformer. This is precisely why George Ryan's idiots at the the State GOP hate him.

2. JACK RYAN. That's right, the pervert who (gasp) allegedly asked his wife for sex. He could have easily recovered from the "scandal." Believe me, there are plenty of people in the state who think he got unfairly screwed (no pun intended) by the Chicago Tribune. Again, it was the state GOP who finally did him in.

3. OBERWEISS. Rock solid conservative, who finished second in the primary despite every effort of the Springfield GOP dimwits.

When has the Republican party of Illinois been anything at all? Not in my life time, and I'm pushing 50. Even Everett Dirksen always went along to get along.