March 2004

Southtown Republicans

ArchPundit March 5, 2004 No Comments

The coronation continues with Jack! at 44%, Oberweis at 18% and McKenna at 10%. Rauschenberger is stuck at 4% unable to buy TV advertising. I’m not sure what the hell Rauschenberger did that has led to him having no cash, but this is ridiculous.

Southtown Poll

ArchPundit March 5, 2004 3 Comments

Obama has the lead in the Daily Southtown poll with 28% to 23% for Hull and 22% for Hynes. The key thing is that Obama’s movement is outside the margin of error, so while, as with any poll, there is lots of room as to where the candidates may actually be, Obama is going up. The significance of this shouldn’t be understated, much of Obama’s base are notorious about deciding late so doing well now means he is ahead of schedule. Hull does slide some, but not as bad as the sounds of doom we are hearing in the media. For those in the Chicago media market, the divorce allegations are making very little noise downstate. Hynes shows an increase, and while I’m sure they’d like to be higher, his GOTV operation is strong so this is a very close race amongst the top three.

WEEK-TV/Pantagraph Poll

ArchPundit March 4, 2004 1 Comment

A WEEK-TV/Pantagraph poll by Research 2000 Illinois reports Obama at 22%, Hynes at 20%, Hull at 15% and Pappas at 14% with a +/- 5%.

On the Republican side, the Empty Suit is at 38%, Ice Cream at 15% and McKenna at 10%.

Oh, and W. is losing Illinois:

“In the Presidential race, those who responded to the poll said if the election was held today, 54% would vote for John Kerry compared to 36% for George W. Bush and one percent for Ralph Nader.”

For those Illinois Republicans hoping for national money…just get on without it. The President’s numbers are at the bottom with only hardcore supporters left. Ryan might want to change his web site now to erase all mention of Bush before the general election begins.

What Is Off-Limits?

ArchPundit March 4, 2004 No Comments

Child custody records. I was wrong, there is a public document that has no business in a campaign for office.

Cattle Call Comment Period

ArchPundit March 4, 2004 2 Comments

Up tomorrow–I swear–where are they, what are they doing?

Hit both parties for me here. This is one of the first times I wasn’t quite sure where everyone was falling.

We’ll be doing this everyday next week until the 16th.

Spoof Endorsements

ArchPundit March 4, 2004 1 Comment

There are several candidates deserving of spoof endorsements this year. That Collored Fella has an idea for one so I want to see if we can get some more going. So TCF? How about it? The rest of you? Let me know if you want to and then I’ll post or link to it once it is done. I have at least one I’m going to do.

Endorsements….

ArchPundit March 4, 2004 No Comments

Okay, so Hull, Hynes and Obama I believe are taken care of, but I’m still looking for any Republicans or Chico, Skinner, Washington (sort of) and Pappas so if you are a supporter let me know and I’ll include yours. The target is Monday.

Also, for those who are Obama, Hynes or Hull supporters, but not in touch with me yet–I’d love to link to your site with another endorsement (or add yours to here if you don’t have a site) for another endorsement. Given I’m not operating with paper, there is no reason for just one. Let me know who is interested and get writing.