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Leave it to Democrats to seat someone like Roland Burris in the first place. As i've said before, Democrats are extremely inept in foward-thinking ability. It's always "in the now" that drives Democratic policy, never what's down the road. Had they been thinking ahead, they would not have seated or confirmed an individual that 1) Had ties to Blagojevich or 2) was a Chicago political insider. The caucus would have had much better prospects by searching for a candidate as far, far away from Chicago as possible. I'm thinking someone from the cornfields of the Illinois heartland would have fared much better. Instead, they put forth a person with "political blood on his hands." No one trusts the guy, and as a result he's not seeking re-election. Now Democrats are in a position of having to defend a relative unknown in the face of what is ramping up to be a strong election year for the GOP.
Thinking "in the now" will cost Democrats majorly in 2010.
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Leave it to Democrats to seat someone like Roland Burris in the first place. As i've said before, Democrats have are extremely inept in foward-thinking ability. It's always "in the now" that drives Democratic policy, never what's down the road. Had they been thinking ahead, they would not have seated or confirmed an individual that 1) Had ties to Blagojevich or 2) was a Chicago political insider. The caucus would have had much better prospects by searching for a candidate as far, far away from Chicago as possible. Instead, they put forth a person with "political blood on his hands." No one trusts the guy, and as a result he's not seeking re-election. Now Democrats are in a position of having to defend a relative unknown in the face of what is ramping up to be a strong election for the GOP.
Thinking "in the now" will cost Democrats majorly in 2010.
Roland Burris now gag me. It because Dems cannot think that far down the road. The whole Chicago thing bugs the hek out of me. I don't trust a one of them. And there style of politics just sucks!
Every poll I have seen in Illinois has Giannoulias ahead of Kirk.
As far as Delaware, if Beau Biden does not run, the GOP has a good chance of picking the seat up, however if he does run (which seems likely) the Dems will probably have the edge of holding the seat.
Leave it to Democrats to seat someone like Roland Burris in the first place. As i've said before, Democrats are extremely inept in foward-thinking ability. It's always "in the now" that drives Democratic policy, never what's down the road. Had they been thinking ahead, they would not have seated or confirmed an individual that 1) Had ties to Blagojevich or 2) was a Chicago political insider. The caucus would have had much better prospects by searching for a candidate as far, far away from Chicago as possible. I'm thinking someone from the cornfields of the Illinois heartland would have fared much better. Instead, they put forth a person with "political blood on his hands." No one trusts the guy, and as a result he's not seeking re-election. Now Democrats are in a position of having to defend a relative unknown in the face of what is ramping up to be a strong election year for the GOP.
Thinking "in the now" will cost Democrats majorly in 2010.
I agree about Burris, but that wasn't the fault of "Democrats." Blagojevich pulled a fast one.
As to choosing a rural-based candidate, I disagree. About 70% of the state's population resides in the Chicago area. Choosing someone from downstate would be choosing an unknown.
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