Posted on 10/30/2010 9:11:01 PM PDT by Maelstorm
CHICAGO– Illinois U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk is just one of several Republicans running in down-to-the-wire races, but unlike his compatriots is enjoying mixed support from his party's fundraising arms.
The North Shore congressman has pulled into a narrow lead over Democratic Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias in the campaign's final week, according to the latest poll from the Chicago Tribune. But Kirk's three point lead falls within the poll's margin of error.
Kirk has been left out in many fundraising conservative circles.
The Senate Conservatives Fund has raised more than $5.4 million for candidates in the nation's most competitive senate races, with the exception of Illinois.
Matt Hoskins, a spokesman for the fund, would not comment on the matter. But the organization's website lists requirements of candidates, some of which the pro-choice, pro-gun control Kirk does not meet.
(Excerpt) Read more at illinois.statehousenewsonline.com ...
Yep, he'll be the go-to person for the Dems and media to highlight the need for Republicans to "compromise" and "work with our President." Puke
And when repeal of Obamacare fails in the Senate because of Leader Shumer I’ll be sure you get the appropriate credit as well.
Good night to you.
Oh well, at least hes not a gay RINO.
“A rising tide for the GOP is inevitably going to carry some junk with it. Some of that’s going to get washed back out to sea two years from now.”
This Rino gets six years if he wins.
That scumbag Kirk must lose.
Better to be knifed in the face by an enemy than stabbed in the back by a “friend”.
He’s a Jeffords/Specter/Chafee waiting to happen.
Don’t forget Castle. That’s the type of Republican Kirk is.
I'll be sure to give you full credit for the damage he does. Like the Arnoldbots hiding in shame 7 years after they insisted we had to elect that socialist to "stop Democrats" in California.
One day you'll wake up.
And if the leftist Democrat’s elected, how long will he have to screw over the voters?
When will you draw the line? When will enough be enough for you?
And the leftist Democrat gets...?
Another poster said these Rino’s can be voted out in two years. I was clarifying.
But this clown has nearly the same voting record as my leftist Democrat congresswoman.
I will not vote for Kirk. I will vote for the conservative Libertarian.
The problem with IL politics is the Repubs are dominated by the DuPage RINOs. That's why we have Kirk instead of a real conservative. The DuPage RINOs hate conservatives more than corrupt socialist/Marxist ‘rats.
In IL politics (state level) this Rat-RINO alliance is called “The Combine”. Our last RINO governor, Ryan, utterly destroyed the Republican Party in IL. He's responsible for the election of now impeached and removed Governor Blagojevich. I really hope that Blago gets major federal prison time and he goes to room with Ryan as his cellmate. The “haircut” and Ryan deserve each other.
Kirk will have far more than six years to wreak havok on the GOP, if he gets in the Washington establishment will hold him up as a model Republican and protect him. He'll almost certainly be renominated in 2016 because the state and national party will support him no matter how badly he votes, he'll have zillions of dollars as a powerful sitting Senator, and the aforementioned liberal media in the tank for him. Most likely he'd become another Arlen Specter and stick around for decades to score wins for the Democrats and continually discredit and undermine "his" own party, while constantly trying to pull the GOP to the left in caucus meetings.
Alexi is expected to vote with Obama by default and has been so damaged by scandals that most Democrats won't even touch him with a 10 foot pole. Kirk is beloved by the national media and in a position to cause far more damage in that seat. Open your eyes.
Yeah, by all means, convince them to flush their vote.
And how long and how badly will Alexi get to screw us over?
Hell yeah, Schumer as Majority Leader is better than a bare Republican majority with people like Kirk humiliating the GOP by casting the deciding vote with the Democrats every time.
Why let the media turn around and blame the majority party Republicans, giving the Democrats cover since they are the “minority” even though Kirk will hand them effective control?
???
Six years and very badly, same as Kirk would get to screw us over.
I disagree, actually. Kirk would screw us over even worse. They will support the same socialist agenda, but Alexi's endorsement won't sway any RINOs or "moderate" Democrats to his side. The Democrats will get very little mileage out of Alexi's support, since he's so tainted by corruption. He'll be a weak freshman Senator who commands little respect because he's just an Obama lackey.
Kirk will be much more successful in screwing us over and enacting Obama's agenda. He has long carved out a path for himself as a "leader" of the RINOs and will do so to an even greater extent in the Senate. No longer will the Maine twins have to fight a lonely battle promoting the Dems agenda. Kirk will provide fresh young blood to the RINO cause and become the media's favorite voice of a "reasonable" Republican in the Senate. He'll make all the rounds of the nightly news shows in the next six years to promote the socialist agenda and bad mouth the Republicans positions as "too extreme". The media promote him as a decorated military vet and "conservative" Republican from Obama's home state. They'll love every minute of it.
BillyBoy has got a pathological dislike of Mark Kirk that goes way beyond ideology.
I gotta wonder if Mark Kirk beat BillyBoy in a fight when they were younger or whether Mark Kirk stole BillyBoy’s girlfriend away.
Then wait a couple years and take on Durbin. He’ll be so much easier to beat. /sarc
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