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Jack Ryan Meet George Allen, George Allen Meet Jack Ryan
It’s just better to put them out there instead of trying to hide them. Trust me, I’ve seen a good self-immolation up close. In fact, the entire State of Illinois did.
Is Jesse White black?
Who knew? Is he 72?
Ummm…if you are going to lose and are losing this round to build up your name for next round, don’t pull a stunt like this. It just hurts you. Rutherford has a reasonably good reputation amongst Democrats and independents generally like him, but this kind of crappy age baiting race-baiting commercial only gives the Dems ammunition for the next run. Worse, he takes a legit criticism about the family and friends and turns the debate to one about the campaign tactic. Even if you want to argue it wasn’t race baiting and I would like to see a similar family picture held up for a white candidate to show how it’s all irrelevant–it’s just bad campaign tactics.
BTW, Does this mean if McCain gets the GOP nod, Rutherford will be voting Dem?
Kind of Interesting
opyright 1996 The State Journal-Register
The State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)
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October 27, 1996, Friday, EARLY AND CITY EDITIONS
SECTION: NEWS, Pg. 1, ELECTION ’96
LENGTH: 1794 words
HEADLINE: Tow candidates – one senator / Durbin, Salvi on the campaign trail in one of the most closely watched races
BYLINE: PUAL KRAWZAK COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
DATELINE: CHICAGO
BODY:
Dick Durbin’s campaign is starting a little late on this beautiful Indian summer Sunday so the candidate can catch up on some rest.
In his quest to succeed Paul Simon as the state’s next senator, Durbin has campaigned seven days a week since August, the last time he took a day off.
At 10:15 a.m., dressed in a conservative gray suit, the seven-term Springfield congressman walks out of the Seneca Hotel near Chicago’s Water Tower, where he stays while campaigning in northern Illinois.
He hops into a beige Chevrolet Suburban that soon is heading north on Lake Shore Drive toward the first destination, a service at the black Second Baptist Church in Evanston. Sailboats dot Lake Michigan.
Responding to someone’s question, Durbin, 51, admits he didn’t get his jog in this morning. “I jog . . . you probably can’t tell,” he quips.
Durbin is accompanied by his driver, an advance man and a woman who has close ties to the city’s black churches.
Talking from time to time, he expresses his enjoyment of a book he is reading by Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate for Alice Palmer’s south side state Senate seat. The book, “Dreams from My Father,” is about Obama’s return to Africa to trace his roots.
No endorsements this time
The entire point is to provide voters with reasons to vote a certain way and frankly, the Tribune pretty much hits the points I’d make. Down and Up ballot, I I may make some endoresment. That said, I largely agree with this.
The only thing to add is that while I find Rutherford interesting, he’s not made a terribly compelling case to change.
That the Trib and I agree on statewide races may well be a sign of the apocalypse.
“I’m not here to endorse my opponent.”
Seriously, the point of running to not win is to win next time. Do you think anyone remember who you are?
Breaking…
AP to break story soon.
UPDATED: OK, I think I can say it’s going to take a while for anything to develop. Not a false alarm necessarily, but there is more work going on behind the scenes than I thought.
Idiot
Alexi, again.
Rich has the details. Radogno may lose this race because of the year she is running in, but if there was ever a case for Dems to support a Republican, this is it.
A Solution for the Disenchanted
http://www.LovieSmithforCountyBoardPresident.com
It’s not like he can’t come from behind.
Slight Bump in Bush IL Approval
to 35%. That’s his highest in the Survey USA poll since March and his disapproval is still at 63%.