Schilling out. He was mulling a run against LaThug Jr. but “changed his mind” overnite and endorsed daddy’s boy. $50 says the combine twisted his arm and made him an offer he couldn’t refuse (the same thing that happened when Jim Durkin threatened to run against Kirk for the Senate after his cap n’ trade vote, then did a 180o about face and endorsed him):
http://capitolfax.com/2015/03/28/schilling-endorses-lahood/
I was going to point out that it’s hard to say whether Schilling or Jil Tracy would be stronger against LaThug, but its a mute point now. Tracy is still “undecided” as of right now. The combine has been trying to talk her into instead running against downstate RAT state senator John Sullivan in 2016. She’s be foolish to take that bait. Sullivan defeated a 12 term GOP incumbent in a Republican friendly district during a big upset. He was considered “vunerable” for a while because of the old lines of the district, but won re-election handily and the district has since been redrawn by the RATs to lean much more RAT. It would be an uphill battle to defeat Sullivan. On the other hand, if Tracy can defeat the LaThug machine in the primary, the general election would be a cakewalk.
Fieldmarshaldj accurately predicted that the combine & GOP establishment is working hard behind the scenes to “clear the field” for LaThug to be coronated. If they can’t bribe Tracy, they’ll try blackmailing her next.
What sickening is numerous “grassroot conservatives” and “Tea Party activists” are joining hands with Rauner and the combine to cheerlead for LaThug’s son and heap praise on him.
Well isn’t that “special”.
While I hope Tracy instead runs for Congress and wins I disagree that the scumbag Sullivan is so hard to beat and doesn’t deserve the utmost level of targeting just cause he beat Laura Kent Donahue, who hadn’t faced a competitive race in a long time. He must be defeated, a dent in this preposterous rat supermajority must be made.
His MOV over then Circuit Court Clerk of Adams County (and now State Rep, taking Tracy’s seat unopposed last year) Randy Frese in 2012, with Obama carrying the district, was solid but hardly Earth shattering. Tracy would be a stronger candidate running in a year where the rat at the top of the ticket probably won’t be doing as well as Obama did. Both House districts are Republican, Sullivan doesn’t belong there and needs to go. Rock Island county elected a Republican Senator last year, he can and should be beaten.
This being “Chinatown” I bet she takes Rauner’s offer (which was a shrewd one). I was hoping Schilling would run so she could take it and beat Sullivan without leaving us dicking around for an alternative to LaThug.
I wonder if LaThug Sr. had his friends in the Osama administration arrange this little investigation of our fruity friend Aaron. It all seems so convenient.