Dumb Congressional Candidates

With nearly everyone in Washington taking a close look at IL-14 whether Denny stays in or not, we get this nugget of wisdom from John Laesch:

The three area Democrats who have announced their intentions to run were not so silent. Of the three, only John Laesch of Yorkville has faced Hastert before, losing to him in the 2006 general election after winning the Democratic primary.

After his 2006 run against Hastert, Laesch ran polling calculations and determined that, no matter how well he could mobilize voters, he would lose a rematch by at least a few percentage points.

Without an incumbent in the race, he said, “it creates an opportunity for a win here in the 14th District,” which stretches from Kane County almost to the Mississippi River. He said he thought increasing anti-war sentiment would contribute to that opportunity.

“Our next poll will probably run Laesch vs. Burns, Laesch vs. Lauzen, Laesch vs. Oberweis,” he said.

You might think about running Laesch vs. Stein and Laesch vs. Foster.  Or not.  Whatever.