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Re: Question of the day

tcbagwell — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:56:20 -0000

Dear Team Sleep. "Waterworth should give up and run for dog catcher.." The we should give up on democracy in IL-18. Steve is the most straight talking Democrat in the state. Read his web site at http://www.waterworthforcon... Does either party have anyone else in that district who is better? No, and LaHood is a disgrace.

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Southern Ilinois Democrat — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:34:18 -0000

Team Sleep

Another lame excuse for a broken promise. So, when Balgo lies I bet you're as quick to defend him by saying he represents the values of Illinois. Give me a break. Shimkus is a lapdog for Bush and cant think on his own. He supports big oil, a failed policy in Iraq, and tax breaks for the richest among us. Thats definately not Southern Illinois values that Poshard and Simon would be proud of.

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Skeeter — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:18:36 -0000

Team Sleep:
You left one thing off your list: "Supports bloated federal budgets."

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Team Sleep — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:54:09 -0000

Hey SID, John Shimkus does a great job of representing the values of the 19th CD. He is pro-life, pro-gun, pro-religion and anti-taxes. You want to talk about term limits? When was the last time a Democrat even thought about pledging to serve a few terms? They never do! And if you can find me an example of one who has and one who has stuck to such a promise, I will buy you lunch the next time I'm down in Southern Illinois. Shimkus will win by at least 20%. Running pro-choice candidates is not a smart move by the Dems.

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Establishment Republican — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:55:53 -0000

Kirk by 10 %.

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anon — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:27:17 -0000

Jackson 93% if that low.

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Lovie's Leather — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:18:19 -0000

lahood by 30
bean by 8
roskam by 6
kirk by 10
Hare by 15

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annon. — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:37:06 -0000

Tim Johnson will win & with his usual comfortable margin. "Missing" ???? Where do you get that "Hoosier Daddy". He's everwhere in his district & because he's not "engaging in battle" with Dr. Jill or Gill or whatever doesn't mean he 'ain't' doing the congress thing. He's being the "congressman" like he was the "state legislator" in full time mode & is why he will & consistently gets elected now going on what 35 years of public service.

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Southern Illinois Democrat — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:29:24 -0000

Unfortunately, Shimkus will win again in the 19th even though he has broke his term limit pledge. It will be closer than in the past though. My guess:

Shimkus 56%

Stover 44%

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Six Degrees of Separation — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:14:23 -0000

Weller and Pavich may be an interesting race. Past experience says Weller will find a way to pull it off, but the whole Guatemalan thing is just plain wierd, he hasn't cut a lot of ribbons in the district lately (which used to be his forte), and it's not like he's a Robert Byrd or James Eastland who is so entrenched as to be unbeatable. Pavich will try to tap into national incumbent resentment and make it local.

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RIDem — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:43:25 -0000

Hare 63%; Zinga 37%

Zinga has a tough road because of more than the redistricting. Her toughest obstacle may just be herself as witnessed by her unthinking, pandering remarks.

I think its laughable with all the complaints about the very open process by which Hare was selected.

The RI County Republican Party has been selecting virtually all of their candidates for the last two decades by vote of their Central Committee with a lot less visibility than the way that Hare was selected.

How did Schwigen get on the ballot for Sheriff anyway?

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Reddbyrd — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:07:38 -0000

Looks like Capt Kirk will fall along with Roskam. Beans and hare win easily. Makes ya wonder how big the Dem majority in the US house will be

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17th District Insider — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:24:42 -0000

Everyone that you talk to at Drinking Liberally Robbie?

The district is 23 counties Robbie. Can you name 7 of them without looking at a map? Your partisinaship shines through in your analysis and it just makes you look foolish.

Zinga has a tough road because it is a gerrymandered district. From what is being talked about on the street is the Rock Island Party machine is losing steam and no one is working together. Go down to the Waffle House on 24th. It's a pink building, you can't miss it. Talk to the democrats down there at that working mans joint and get the real scoop on why Hare will be challenged with the thing that gives Zinga the edge. VOTER turnout. Hard R's are excited to get to the polls. Hard D's are disgruntled about Blago (60% downstate disapproval) and local Dem's continuing to back-room pick their candidates. Read: Vosheer, Jacobs, Boland, and now Hare. If you never hold primaries you never engage the base Dem vote and get them excited to go to the polls when it counts. Nov 8th will be an interesting day in Rock Island.

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HoosierDaddy — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:55:27 -0000

Tim Johnson, the "missing Congressman" will defeat his opponent, Dr. Whatsisname, but not by as much as he would like, prompting calls for his retirement, which will be ignored...

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Way Northsider — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:54:27 -0000

Seals over Kirk in a squeaker.

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Bill Baar — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:07:08 -0000

Oberweis will replace Denny Hastert. He actually has a chance of winning in that District.

After seeing the focus on immigration in the 6th, this has a chance... not what I'd want to see, but he could really run with it.

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Robbie — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:48:03 -0000

Zinga will lose badly. Even though she had an opportunity to get things going once Evans stepped down, she has shown absolutely no momentum. She hasn't given the voters any reason to vote for her, she just hopes enough people vote against Hare. The problem is, she is not well liked in most of the district. Mant voters dislike her from before she was a candidate, when she was a crappy tv anchor. For the people that think that last weeks remarls by Zinga helped her, you couldn't be more wrong. There might be a few rural parts of the district where discrimination might buy a few votes, but for the most part it just makes Zinga look even worse to the many working class folks of the district. Everyone I have talked to has said that Zinga has a bad case of foot-in-mouth syndrome.

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Frank — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:42:29 -0000

Oberweis will replace Denny Hastert. He actually has a chance of winning in that District.

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leigh — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:40:25 -0000

Hastert for sure. Next time bloodbath.

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Anonish — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:17:07 -0000

Don't get me wrong, its a great stab at trying to get some positive press, but seriously man.

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Anonish — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:14:42 -0000

Facebook poll? Don't make me laugh. All that involves is clicking on the words "Support Candidate X" by college students. I'm wondering how many of those "supporting" Charles also "support" Danny.

I'm still not sure that Facebook getting involved is all that great. At least they're not favoring any one party that I can tell.

Re: Question of the day

RAI — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:06:55 -0000

Sleep

Chris Lauzen will NOT be picked and Cross will not take it; he will give it to Schmitz. But Lauzen wins the primary after in a landslide!

Re: Question of the day

Scooter — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:45:42 -0000

Thanks for making my point Bill...about the "crack pundits" that is.

Bean wins, Duckworth loses...and hopefully Zinga goes away.

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Team Sleep — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:31:44 -0000

If Lauzen is picked to replace The Coach I will eat my voter ID card and my hat. That seat SHOULD be handed to Tom Cross on a silver platter, and Cross SHOULD accept it. Lauzen would be a poor choice.

Re: Question of the day

Skeeter — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:20:14 -0000

The comments about Rahm losing are great news for Rahm.

If you don't win, they don't hate you and Rahm sure does win.

In 2008 they are going to claim that Cong. Duckworth, Bean and Seals will all be upset.