But if I were to target Rod Blagojevich as part of a broad effort to make Illinois more conservative, I’d pick someone a hell of a lot more likeable than Patrick O’Malley. For one, he can’t win his own primary because Republicans dislike the guy so much and for two, he ran those hysterical commercials where he ranted and raved about Jim Ryan sending his (O’Malley’s) negatives up.
It’s fine to rail against the Combine, but you gotta be slicker.
Rauschenberger is running for Senate so they probably didn’t want him out front, but while sarcastic and tart (as Roesser put it) as he is he is somewhat likable.