[HiTech RedNeck]

Do they really think there a shoo in come 2010 and 2012.

Well yes. Years of Bummer and company will produce a public who would elect a ham sandwich as long as it is not a Democrat.

[BillyBoy]

BTW, should any Kirk apologists later cite Kirk's actions on ACORN as “proof” that he's “better than the Democrat”, please look where his RAT opponents stand on this issue. Both likely RAT nominee Alexi Giannoulias and lesser known RAT Senate candidate David Hoffman have gone on record saying they want to defend ACORN and believe the government should sever all ties with ACORN related activities. Cheryl Jackson is the lone Senate candidate from Illinois who has publicly said she'd vote against defunding ACORN, and that's because he base is black voters. Most Democrats are not crazy enough to defend ACORN in public:

Alexi Giannoulias, Democrat: De-fund ACORN. “State Treasurer Giannoulias would have voted with the majority of the U.S. Senate to defund ACORN,” said spokesman Tom Bowen. “He favors cutting off funding for ACORN, as he believes that all credible allegations of misspent taxpayer funds must be taken seriously”

So we have another issue where there's virtually no difference between Kirk and his likely RAT opposition. I believe Marky Mark and Alexi have about the same level of sincerity here in their “commitment” to keeping ACORN out of the government, which is none. It's an election year gimmick and both the RINOs and the RATs will go back to slavishly doing whatever Obama tells them to, once they get elected for a full six year term.