To be clear, I am not suggesting Ditka will accept, but there is mutual interest from party officials and Da Coach. It’s looking like the Central Committee would be interested. Draft Ditka reports 6 endorsements.
Co Chairman Steve McGlynn
Dr. William Dam
Bob Winchester
George Preski
I think Syverson is one, and I’m not sure who number six is, but Syverson also has the most votes giving the weighted system–later I’ll add up the totals to see if they have enough of the votes to do it.
All this assumes Ditka is interested. While he is expressing interest his family and the realization of what a Senate run may mean could lead to him saying thanks, but no thanks. I’d predict which way he’d go, but at this point I have no idea.
An interesting note from an interview with Channel 5–Ditka is anti-gun.
I’m not sure what exactly that means, but it won’t sit well with 2nd Amendment advocates.
Do you know if either the Obama campaign or the GOP has done an overnight poll on this. I can’t imagine Judy Bar T. taking this seriously without some sort of poll.
clearly, somewhere in my comment should be a question mark.