Sources differ, funding same(Roskam/Duckworth, IL-6 Cong. race)

Chicago Tribune ^ | July 20, 2006 | John Biemer

[Dane]

With less than four months to go until the election, the two candidates vying for the seat of retiring U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde have raised almost equal sums, with Democrat Tammy Duckworth edging Republican Peter Roskam by about $16,000.

Both have raised a little shy of $1.9 million, but from sources that demonstrate the sharp contrasts in a race that is key nationally in Democratic efforts to overturn the Republican majority in Congress. Duckworth's money has come primarily from individuals, as has Roskam's, but more of her contributors live outside the 6th District.

Without a contested primary in March, Roskam has been able to save more, with about $1.3 million left to Duckworth's $902,000, according to campaign filings last weekend to the Federal Election Commission. He built on that total Wednesday with a fundraiser in Addison with U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao.

Individual supporters gave more than $1.4 million to Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran from Hoffman Estates, and $1.1 million to Roskam, a Wheaton attorney who began serving in the Illinois legislature in 1993.

The high-profile campaign has drawn national support with entertainers contributing to Duckworth. She received $2,000 from Barbra Streisand, $2,100 from singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and $2,100 from comedian Rosie O'Donnell.

[Dane]

Duckworth queried on don’t ask, don’t tell(Duckworh backpeddling)

Surprise, surprise, Tammy Duckworth is getting campaign money from anti-military Hollywood and from other leftists outside the district.

[OldFriend]

Duckworth doing a kerry on the issue of gays in the military.

She said she saw no reason for 'don't ask don't tell, but quickly backed off saying she didn't mean that the rule should be eliminated.

She's for openly gays in the military before she's against them.

[Dane]

And the Chicago Tribune abd Sun-Times did not report her political flip-flopping.

[OldFriend]

She initially came out bashing the Iraq war saying the money ought to have been used on health care and education.

Nice to see her advocating cut and run.......

What a lousy thing to do to her fellow troops.

[Dane]

Nice to see her advocating cut and run.......

What a lousy thing to do to her fellow troops.

The sad thing is, she is being used by the democrats and their lackeys(hollywood, soros, etc. and who hate the US Armed Services) for crass political purposes.

When she loses, she will, IMO, be thrown out like yesterdays trash as the democrats always do with their Potemkin candidates.

[OldFriend]

She was recruited by Rahm Emanuel. It troubles me that she may have been pushing her anti war rhetoric to other soliders while they were in the hospital with her.