Posted on 10/13/2012 7:54:55 PM PDT by tricky_k_1972
So what's the deal, why so pissed, "House Speaker Michael Madigan drew this seat not just for a Democrat, but specifically for Duckworth."
So you redistrict the state, and make a seat just for her, an injured vet, in the burbs of Chicago, IL, against a Tea party candidate, and SHE STILL CAN'T WIN, perfect!
Eddie sounds like a whiny, leftist bitch.
Approves.
I wish this were true, but if their name is John Cox, Steve Lonegan, John Raese (and on the Dem side, Myrth York & Dan Seals), they become three, four, and five-time losers because they can't take the hint after multiple defeats in a row that voters don't like them.
Regarding IL-8, my track record for predictions has been terrible there (I said there was no way Crane would lose in 2004, and said Walsh had no chance against Bean in 2010), so I'm not going to make any predictions on the race this time. I do think there's a SLIGHT chance Walsh could win it again though, and it would be hilarious if Duckworth STILL lost running in a now Dem-majority district, custom-made for her.
Go, Joe!
Apparently this is the wrong Joe Walsh I was thinking off...
Newt Gingrich lost in 74 and 76 to Jack Flynt and then Flynt retired in 78.
Democratic dreams of big wins in Illinois fading.
Yep, I was reading that, did a little more searching around and found this article. I thought it was so over the top that it was actually funny, or sad, take your pick.
I live in the 10th can’t wait to vote for him
I live in the 10th can’t wait to vote for him!’pmp
If you live in the 10th, how can you vote for Walsh, who’s running in the 8th?
Funk #49....!!
Well, it is Chicago. Although to truly be able to vote the maximum number of times I think you have to be dead.
Yes, he did come closer than any other Republican had in that historically Democrat seat, but still came up short twice. He had the fortune of not having to run against an incumbent the third time, and after being elected to the open seat, the district was redrawn to be Republican. I discussed this with Newt's supporters during the 2012 GOP primary when they were claiming Newt's history of winning elective office as soooo much more impressive than Rick Santorum's. Actually, their record of running for elective office is about even.
Rep. Walsh will easily win. All of the voters, in the new 8th Dist., have a republican congressman, Walsh, Dold, Roskam, or Hultgren. The majority of those voters have a republican state senator, Pankau, Murphy, or Dillard.
Some people, who live in the current 10th Dist., will live in the new 8th Dist.
Yeah, I own a house in the 8th too.
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