Ryan Allegations with Response
ArchPundit
For now Rich Miller has put them up on his site: Capitolfax.com
2004
Ryan Internal Poll
Perhaps to distract everyone for a little bit, Ryan released an internal that shows:
From National Journal:
A Public Opinion Strategies (R) poll; conducted 3/8-10 for teacher/retired investment banker Jack Ryan (R); surveyed 525 likely GOP primary voters; margin of error +/- 4.3% (release, 3/11). GOPers tested: Ryan, retired Air Force General John Borling (R), insurance exec. Norm Hill (R), telecomm co. CEO Chirinjeev Kathuria (R), paper co. pres. Andy McKenna Jr. (R), dairy co. owner Jim Oberweis (R), state Sen. Steve Rauschenberger (R), and ex-state Rep. Jonathan Wright (R).
IL SEN GOP Primary Matchup
Ryan 40%
Oberweis 14
Rauschenberger 8
McKenna 7
Other 2
Refused 3
Undec. 26
Illinois Republican Senate Cattle Call Comment Period 3-11
Oh, this is going to be interesting–no comments until it hits.
Illinois Democratic Senate Cattle Call Comment Period 3-11
Tell me where they are at…
Ryan Rumors
Okay, please keep it out of comments. I won’t link to it, but go to the message boards at the Illinois Leader if you wish. I have no way of evaluating the content of the rumor and I won’t comment or allow it to stay on this site until someone gets something on record. Period. I don’t have the ability to do real time reporting and so I won’t provide a forum for character assassination without evidence.
An Admission
I long used Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill as a crutch to meeting women at afterhours parties. I have since taken action and that is no longer an issue for me. This does not impact my ability to carry out blogging.
What A Sense of Humor Will Do for You
In the Sun-Times backroom, why people like Rauschenberger is clear….
State Sen. Steve Rauschenberger has racked up a fair number of newspaper endorsements in his U.S. Senate bid — but the cash-strapped GOP Senate candidate is having a tough time capitalizing on the endorsements, which usually show up in television commercials.
“We’re hoping to run them on ham radio,” quipped Rauschenberger spokesman Charlie Stone.
That is the sort of cheekiness that runs throughout the operation
Borling Is Going Nuclear
Oddly appropriate for an Air Force General. It would appear he thinks he knows there is more to Jack Ryan’s divorce than we are being told. What is interesting is that the debate isn’t whether the son deserves privacy, but whether Ryan is being honest. Ryan is now in a pickle because fighting unspecific character charges doesn’t go away. It just makes people’s imagination go wild. If Ryan is telling the truth, Borling is commiting character assassination . If Ryan isn’t, don’t worry, it’ll come out by a 527 in the general election.
Let me be clear about comments. I will delete any comments that claim to know what Borling knows without specific documentation provided to me.
Rauschenberger Strategy
Is tied to direct mail to the party faithful. While I don’t think it will be enough, Jack!’s strategy is based on big media buys which are terribly inefficient in a low turnout primary. Expect Rauschenberger to do better than expected and be in-line to be a compromise candidate for Governor or the choice for Treasurer by the Republicans in 2006.
Schakowsky’s Husband Indicted
Wow, indictments aren’t anything new in Chicago politics, but this isn’t against the usual suspects.