Fitzgerald is a Rino in the mould of the NE pubies.
The current crop of pubbies in Illinois remind me of the Whigs in the 1850's.
With the BJ set to womp ryans butt, citizens of illinois better hunker down get ready to shell out 500 for and foid and have their tax rate go up to what maine's is, without the benifit of Maine's winters and summers.
Oh, silly me. Yeah, just look at how simular their voting records are:
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Lifetime Conservative rating 51%
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Lifetime Conservative rating 56%
Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-VT), Lifetime Conservative rating 27%
Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-CT) Lifetime Conservative rating 44%
Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT) Lifetime Conservative rating 44%
Rep. Robert Simmons (R-CT) Lifetime Conservative rating, 44%
Sen. Lincoln Chaffee (R-RI) Lifetime Conservative rating, 28%
Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL) Lifetime Conservative rating 88%
Enjoying your silly fantasy? Maybe you could explain to me why all the pro-abortion, tax-loving, gay-marriage adovocating Republicans were ranting and raving when Fitzgerald beat their annointed one in the primary. Hmmm.
Fitz supported the Bush position on CFR, Farm Bill, etc. Fitz has worked against many government handouts that Trent Lott pushed thru and Bush signed. Fitz is tight with money. He is pro-life.
In Illinois the issue is corruption in both parties. In both Springfield and Washington Fitz fights the pork that finances corruption. He leads the fight against a shady deal between the crooked Democrat mayor and the crooked ex-Republican governor. (I refuse to recognize him as even a RINO.)
Despite being hated by the establishment who benefit from corruption and pork, Fitz has leverage because in their private polling he is the most popular Republican in Illinois. Second most popular is Judy Barr-Topinka, State Treasurer. The only thing they have in common is honesty and fighting corruption in the party (eg Bill Cellini).
The Republican candidate for governor trails badly. He is not a bad man...just "shy". If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare for battle?