Posted on 04/06/2008 2:15:18 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Many of those with political experience in the Fox Valley are working to analyze the results from our March 8 special election to fill the U.S. House seat left vacant by Dennis Hastert.
One thought offered, that GOP voters thought it was a done deal and stayed home, is wrong! Many who voted crossed the aisle. I did.
Jim Oberweis set the tone with his negative material. Many voters were put off by the aggressive ads. Bill Foster addressed people with some respect.
Look at election results from the February primary. State Sen. Chris Lauzen won Aurora districts by a 3 to 2 margin over Oberweis. This is the area where both candidates were best known.
Lauzen has a record of "service to constituents," while Oberweis is well-known (by his own admission) for dealing in the stock market. He has said, "I have 50,000 clients." Jim deals heavily in off-shore investing. In effect, he sells our jobs to other countries and does very well for himself in doing so.
I do not see Oberweis as a winner in November. There's just not enough respect for constituents coming from his camp.
If the GOP has any thoughts of regaining the 14th District seat, it had better draft Chris Lauzen for the race. He knows how to work for constituents and his record proves it.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailyherald.com ...
This editorial goes back a couple of weeks, but it’s good advice. Unfortunately, it looks like Jim Oberweis is going to lose to Bill Foster again.
Oberweis needs to get out. He either leaves with dignity or we find a way to strip him of the nomination. A man who cares about the party and his country does the former, a cheap political punk who cares about himself deserves the latter.
As long as Obie donates money to conservative groups, esp. the Minute Men Project, Il conservatives will continue to shill for him. After losing to Foster in Nov, I expect him to run for Governor in 2010.
06
Dennis Hastert - 60% - 117,870
Jonathan Laesch - 40% - 79,274
04
Dennis Hastert - 69% - 191,616
Ruben Zamora - 31% - 87,590
I think this is winnable, but Oberweis needs to get at least 90,000 more votes than he didn't have at bare minimum if turnout is like 2004. I don't see that. Oberweis lost for a reason.
I honestly wouldn’t be shocked if Bobama carried the district. The whole state is foaming at the mouth.
Last Aug., I said, on a few websites, “St. Sen. Lauzen should be elected to Congress, and, Oberweis should be appointed to replace Lauzen, in the State Senate.” I hope that many people who voted for Oberweis, in both of the Feb. 5 primaries, regret their votes and agree with me.
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