We won’t win the Senate if we don’t beat Reid.
Since you and I both live in Illinois, I can say this and you'll know exactly what I mean by it:
Never underestimate the stupidity of the average Illinois voter.
One would think that with such truly bad candidates as Quinn and Giannoulias that the Republican Party in this state could finally front two superior candidates and win back at least two statewide seats.
The reality is however that Giannoulias and Kirk are 'neck and neck' for the Senate Seat once held by Obama, and Bill Brady is only ahead by the margin of error against Pat Quinn in the Governor's race.
Brady is the ONE candidate I'm actually happy to vote for in the upcoming elections, and even still I can't believe that he's only 3 percentage points ahead of Quinn. Last month he was double-digits ahead, now it's down to the margin of error.
Considering three of our past five Governors were in jail (Dan Walker) are in jail (George Ryan) or are on their way to jail (Blagojevich, if he ever actually gets convicted!) is it any wonder this state's in the mess it's in?
As I said, never underestimate the stupidity of the average Illinois voter. Add to that: Don't underestimate the ability of the Illinois Republican Party's ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.