Super Tuesday: IL-6

ArchPundit February 4, 2008 1 Comment

Morgenthaller against Stan Jagla.

This pits a rather dodgy immigrant with poor English skills against what appears to be a complete hawk on Iran and Iraq and all for scapegoating immigrants

Morgenthaler does not support a pullout of troops and said she believes it is likely the U.S. will have to maintain a presence of 30,000 troops because of its national interests in the region. The surge is working, she said.

“What the surge is not capable of is bringing the political solutions to Iraq. I don’t know if democracy is exportable. I think it has to be homegrown,” she said.

Morgenthaler said she views illegal immigration as a national security issue and said as much attention should be paid to the border with Canada as the border with Mexico.

“There are elements who are coming here to hurt us,” said Morgenthaler, who left her job as homeland security adviser to Gov. Rod Blagojevich to run for Congress.

I’d consider bringing back and Remember Death is not an Option for this race, but this really just hands the race to Roskam so why even choose.

Super Tuesday: IL-8

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Bean versus Randi Scheuer and this won’t even be a contest, but the Scheuer’s will be back for round to in the fall with the husband running then.

On the Republican side two Republicans fighting over trivia and demonstrating that even in a 55-44 Republican seat, there is such a thing as a Safe Democrat.   I’ve pretty much had it up to here with Bean over her views on Iran, but obviously she’s better than either of the Republican clowns.

Super Tuesday: IL-11

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Three Republicans. Throw them up in the air and mix and match and they are all pretty much worthless. Balderman as Weller’s pick probably has the advantage and should win, but then the real fun begins when he runs against Illinois Senate Majority Leader Debbie Halvorson who isn’t going to fall for the usual Weller type say anything campaign and hope the other person isn’t as nasty.  She’s not nasty, but she is tough. This will be a marque match-up in the fall and as soon as we get past this primary and IL-14’s Special, this is a race to watch.

Super Tuesday: IL-18

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Three Republicans.  Two sane. One the frontrunner.

Aaron Schocklove is running nasty having sent out a preventative the other guys are low down slimey negative campaigners letter, but errr…ummm…the other two didn’t go negative.

Schocklove is on his way to a pretty easy primary win and while Republicans shouldn’t care much what I think, the other two seem like  central Illinois Republicans with a healthy dose of let’s not get excited now, while Schock is an egotistical dork who is a movement conservative. He is the anti-Bob Michel.

Democrats will choose their nominee by meeting after the primary and have a decent recruit, but the only action tomorrow will be if one of the two others in the race put up a strong challenge.  And that’s not likely.

Lipinski Whining that People are Mean to Him

ArchPundit February 3, 2008 1 Comment

Hysterical–on Hanania’s radio show.  How could one ever criticize the Lipinskis.  I mean, it’s just a good family business….

Audio here 

It’s not personal to point out that Daddy Lipinski is running a PAC disguised as a charity and using it to pay federal employees on Dan Lipiniski’s Congressional staff.

Joe Kulys

ArchPundit February 3, 2008 5 Comments

Has a blog and really dislikes left wing extremist punks.

I’m a Left Wing Extremist Punk IL-3 Flyer

ArchPundit February 3, 2008 4 Comments

Download a Pic of a Lipinski Flyer–it’s really funny

This crap shows up in every ethnic district whenever a hack machine candidate faces any sort of progressive challenger.

From the Bennett Campaign

ArchPundit February 3, 2008 No Comments

Triple Play and Election Day: A message from Jerry Bennett

I am so pleased to announce we earned our THIRD newspaper endorsement today!

“The best bet”.  .  . “an impressive record” . . . “a genuine leader” . . . these are just a few of the accolades the editors of the Southtown Star put in Friday’s endorsement of our campaign.

In less than one week, we have racked up three crucial newspaper endorsements: the Chicago Sun Times, the Riverside/Brookfield Landmark, and now the Southtown Star.

In pulling off this “triple play,” we have the momentum going into the pivotal last weekend of the campaign and Election Day.

The netroots know why we need change in the Third District, and we’re asking your help to finish strong.  Show your support for our triple endorsement with a $33 contribution – you can mark that your contribution is based on this post by donating $33.33.  You can donate through Act Blue or through a secure online transaction on my website by clicking here.

Even if you can’t contribute, please remember to vote on February 5.

Add to that Kristin McQueary’s column today

From a Bennett Supporter in IL-3

ArchPundit February 2, 2008 2 Comments

From comments a Bennett supporter writes in:

I’m not trying to write anything bad or untrue, only of what I know and have read myself. I just wish these elections didn’t focuse so much on how much money the candidates raise and more about the experiece they have. So, I will tell you why I’m a Bennett supporter:
Before this election even got started I heard rumors that he was going to run, I knew him as the mayor of Palos Hills and how wonderful he has run that city so of course I was very excited about the news! I’m excited because I know his leadership roles as the president and co-founder of the illinois municipal league, chicago metropolitan agency for planning, southwest conference of mayors and southwest central dispatch, which has helped so many communities besides the one I live in. He is one of the greatest speakers I’ve ever heard and I believe that he will make a differece and change in washington especially now when we need so bad.

I stand beside his views on the increase of minimum wages, making it harder for big corporations to shirk their responsibilites under pension plans, repeal the Bush tax cuts, ensure funding for the state children’s health insurance program and the rights for women.

I know that he has a strong following because he is a strong politican with ideas and plans to get things done. Even if he didn’t raise one dollar I still believe he, by far, is the most experienced and has the better know how to be in congress. It seems like he was born to serve the people. I met him and I think if you did too, you would change your mind and vote for Mr. Bennett! What a great guy. 🙂

And let me make clear, Jerry sounds like a great guy and my effort this primary isn’t meant at all to disparage him.   When I take sides in Democratic primaries where I see the candidates as decent, I try to make sure everyone can talk about them reasonably.