Arguments against Topinka

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[Richard from IL]

"Brady also has a STRONG grass roots campaign where the others do not."

From my experience, it is Oberweis who has a strong grass roots campaign. Two weeks ago, I went to South Cook county. Five Republican organizations held meetings where the different candidates or their representatives spoke. Oberweis had about twenty volunteers there (including me). The other campaigns had NO volunteers. Tom Roeser a couple of days ago commented that Oberweis has the best organization.

[Richard from IL]

"Brady also has a STRONG grass roots campaign where the others do not."

From my experience, it is Oberweis who has a strong grass roots campaign. Two weeks ago, I went to South Cook county. Five Republican organizations held meetings where the different candidates or their representatives spoke. Oberweis had about twenty volunteers there (including me). The other campaigns had NO volunteers. Tom Roeser a couple of days ago commented that Oberweis has the best organization.

[TitansAFC]

Exactly, Richard.

If Brady has the grassroots campaign, why don't I ever see nearly as many people out for him as Oberweis? This whole campaign, all I've heard is Brady folks having trouble recruiting, but not understanding why - after all, Brady's "the most conservative candidate," so by all rights he should be the grassroots guy, so what gives? I live in friggin' DuPage county, for crying out loud, where Brady should be overflowing with volunteers. Last I checked, he doesn't even have a local HQ; Oberweis had to open a second one in Lisle because he had so much support out here!

Brady is a great guy, but you must realize he's never polled even third in the race. Do you realize how impossible it would be to overcome three opponents in a four-way-race when you're starting from last place and in single digits?

Listen to me: Brady is going to put Topinka on the ticket, and then we are screwed. And do not be mistaken, his goal is not winning this election, which nobody really believe he is going to do. His goal is to perform well enough to make himself the Conservative front-runner for 2008 in the U.S. Senate race against Dick Durbin. If he succeeds in doing what it sure looks like he's going to do in 12 days, you'd better damn well believe he'll never get that shot, because every Conservative in the state outside of his campaign is going to remember his role in 2006.

[stars & stripes forever]

If Brady has the grassroots campaign, why don't I ever see nearly as many people out for him as Oberweis?

If Oberweis has such a big grassroots campaign, why are his campaign signs are only on public access? That is illegal. There must be some lanky putting those signs up across the state.

That reflects poorly on the Oberweis campaign.

Go Brady Go!