Is it really ‘fringe’? And is the game coming on for Pat Hughes?

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  January 24th at 12:49 PM  | 

Pat Brady, the Chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, says the anti-Mark Kirk element within the GOP is ‘fringe.’ That’s actually not quite true and is precisely why so many conservatives in Illinois don’t like Brady or Kirk — they feel repeated disrespected and treated as fringe. In fact, considering how active the Illinois Tea Party movement is in opposing Kirk, Brady is, in effect, | Read More »

Do Conservatives Need to Look in on Illinois’s Senate Race?

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  December 15th at 11:57 PM  | 

Mark Kirk, the front runner in the race for the GOP nomination for Illinois’s Senate seat, appears to be cruising to a sure primary victory in February. His challenger, Patrick Hughes, has not made ad buys yet, has no name recognition, and for all intents and purposes has barely put on a political campaign. Hughes also only has $340,048.00 on hand compared to $2.3 million | Read More »