Maine twins. Kirk agrees with the Dems on every major issue: wall street bailouts, big government spending, abortion on demand, confiscation of all guns, the gay agenda, cap n' trade, no drilling, handouts for illegals, surrender in Iraq, SCHIP, Charlie Rangel's bonus tax, etc., etc. He's been a loyal Dem ally for years. His apologists here will note that during the GOP primary he suddenly decided he was "against" Obamacare and cap n' trade, activist judges, ACORN, etc. Arlen Specter pulled the same old song and dance in 2004. I can't believe some conservatives still believe these career left-wing liars.
There were never any feasible conservative choices. I’d rather that Hughes had done better. Still, the fact that at least 40% of Illinois Republicans voted for someone other than Kirk is a warning shot to him.
Kirk just thanked Pat Brady, chair of IL-R party. Wasn’t he the one who called the tea parties “fringe”?
Then perhaps you should leave the forum and get started recruiting a real conservative. This would be the time to run a third party, TEA Party conservative. Cut spending, cut taxes and keep his/her lip buttoned on social issues.
Then he’s worse than a Democrat. Why do we want him to win?