Dold is no conservative, he's Mark Kirk c. 2000 back when Kirk talked out of both sides of his mouth (or Colin Powell if you'd like) and convinced some conservatives he was on their side. Dold refuses to give a clear statement on ANYTHING, and when it comes to bailouts and closing down Gitmo, he does a Kirk style "I've given some deep thought over this issue" and then concludes the Obama/RAT position is "a good start, with some reservations of course". Indiana's Dick Lugar is throwing his weight across the state line and pushing hard for Dold to get the nomination.
Coulson is Dede Scozzafava. She's always been a Kirk-type RINO in office, but lately she's been running to the LEFT of Kirk.. in her last state house race she actually put out campaign literature touting herself as Blago's biggest ally! Even Kirk wasn't stupid enough to tie himself to that guy.
Dick Green has been compared to Oberweis (spends zillions of dollars but voters still dislike him), but Oberweis ran as a conservative, and Green is running as yet another "fiscal conservative and social moderate", so ideologically he's more like Chris Shays.
Arie Friedman is the only thing remotely resembling a conservative in that race. He's with us on about 75% of he issues and is unapologetic pro-gun, pro-WOT, pro-limited government, and anti-illegal immigration. But it's not looking good tonight.
I read that Hughes just conceded. It’s a dissapointment, but no surprise at all.
National Review states unequivocally that Dold is a solid conservative.
is Coulson that liberal? too bad because she looked like an interesting candidate, somebody who could hold that district ... why do these knuckleheads ruin themselves by signing on with the left?
Looks like Dold won.