Oberweiss still has to beat Truax, who I don’t know enough about.
That's true, but since Truax is unknown, I can't put him in the category of a Cory Gardner. That's why I said a candidate like Peter Roskam would be ideal, except no prominent conservative has run.
The good news is that Truax has updated his website, and he appears to be pretty clearly conservative (pro-life, pro-gun, anti-illegal, etc.) so he's not another Sauerberg (Durbin's laughable 2008 opponent whose "positions" on the issues were things like "government shouldn't waste money" and "corruption is bad") He also has a "twelve reasons" section why we should nominate him over Oberweis, and most of it is very valid, IMO (military vet, married to the same woman for 22 years, lacks all the baggage Oberweis has from the gaffe's in his previous campaigns, etc.)
http://www.dougtruax.com/issues/
http://www.dougtruax.com/twelvereasons/
I agree with Impy on this one. Even if Truax has a 1% chance of beating Durbin, it's better than Oberweis' 0%. Though I imagine Erick Erickson and his friends at MarxistState prefer Oberweis because he's more of a "fighter" (e.g. gets in front of TV cameras and tells them what they want to hear)