Its time for all the same groups that rushed and poured into Massachusetts to do the same here in Illinois. The Primary is Feb 2nd and the nation has no clue that we are fighting for our political lives here.

Fringe?
Mark Kirk is a very left Republican.
Illinois is trying to be the next California with all the tax and spending. The last (what is it) 12 governors have ended in prison. And one one the way. I think Bloggo will sing. and sing, and sing. These people have dumped on him and payback is coming. It could be fun. Unless they “white water” his butt.

Thank you.
ColdWarrior
No More Scozzafavas! And Mark Kirks
Become a Republican Party precinct committeeman. Now!

Yes, that Phyllis Schlafly, she of Eagle Publishing, which owns Redstate.

See also The Minority Report.

I went to a “Conservative Candidate’s Forum” last year that which had a theme of “Anybody but Kirk”. That forum was sponsored by the McClain county (Bloomington/Normal) GOP. My county (Tazewell) is also firmly anti-Kirk and I believe Peoria county is as well. I have family in Adams county (Quincy area) that also report the same.

I have YET to talk to anyone who actually follows politics closely that is supporting Kirk. I see NO Kirk yard signs (but there is a larger sign on a public corner that was probably placed by the Kirk campaign).

Now that is a downstate bias and things may be different in the Chicago area, but around here Kirk is not popular.

P.S. I’m supporting Judge Don Lowery. I’d be happy with Pat Hughes as a candidate, but I honestly think the Judge would make a better Junior Senator from Illinois.

Fresh off the presses (ok…email):

Patrick Hughes has won the mock election held after the Riverbend9-12/Alton Tea Party’s meet/greet/debate in Grafton, IL last Saturday.

Welcome to the “fringe” party – don’t expect Chairman Brady to bring any snacks or drinks to the party though.

But the fact of the matter is that we must allow the democratic process to work. If we begin to only pay attention to candidates with bigger checkbooks, then the slippery slope begins. A candidate like Hughes, for all his shortcomings and lack of a voting record, will be able to strong-arm other, more conservative candidates because “it furthers the movement”.

Judge Lowery and John Arrington both seem like strong candidates with records that shine compared to Hughes. Come on, a guy with no voting record since 2004 who “imports” himself from the real estate business, just like how Republicans imported Alan Keyes? Please. Let the people vote for who they want. It may be tough medicine to swallow for now, but it saves the process.

For example, why did the IL Right to Life only endorse Hughes, when Lowery, Arrington, and Thomas all have equally conservative views? It’s because Illinois pro-life groups have become pay-to-pay schemes that back a single candidate based on campaign funding. I’d rather have Mark Kirk ruin his career as a one-term Senator than live in a state where only rich attorneys like Hughes can run because they pay their own way.

Too many moderates (liberals) who love to reach for common ground with
the Democrats have found their way into the party leadership at all levels. They then push for the election of any candidate who leans toward the
left’s way of thinking while trying to freeze out conservatives. They tell us
that conservatives have no chance and we must change to be more like
the other side if we want to have any chance to win. Well, tell that to the voters in Virginia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. This is proof that we need to have a strong conservative in every race and never give up any fight.

We need to be involved in every level and do our best to get these moderates out of the postions of control where they are trying to get the Republican party to become a mirror image of the Democrat party.

One left- leaning socialistic party is too many.

We can’t effectively fight the socialist drive of the left while the leadership of the right is trying to push left-leaning candidates as the alternative.

That choice gives us know choice.