“So we end up with the most liberal Republican in the Senate. How is electing another Lincoln chafee a good thing?”
Never said it was a good thing. Never said I was pleased with the result, either - just trying to let the world know what I thought was the reason Kirk did as well as he did.
Doubt if any conservatives in Illinois voted for him, but unfortunately, the state isn’t mostly conservatives, and even among the non-Democrats, I doubt most Illinoisans know as much about Kirk as the folks at FR.
This is Illinois - you know, Burris, Obama, Durbin, Paul Simon...the state that turns horse manure into US Senators.
I disagree. Many self identified conservatives voted for him. The polling showed as much which is crazy. However the coward didn’t debate. We need to take him down. This is the time if ever to run a third party candidate against both the Democrat and the Republican.