Illinois: National proving grounds open

The victories by Scott Brown and now Kirk in Illinois prove the limits of the Tea Party movement within the GOP. Get outside of the extreme base for these folks and there is just no mainstream traction.

http://www.political-buzz.com/

Yes, Mark Silva points out the cap n trade vote by Mark Kirk as something the "Washington insider" will have to explain. I see where Mark already has picked up on Alexi's talking points.
Of course, Silva fails to note Alexi's bank that is failing while he made millions, his ties to Rezko, the fact that Alexi lost millions in investments for college funds, the guy is as crooked as Al Capone, etc.
And, yes, jobs will be an issue. ILLinois has a 11.1 percent unemployment rate after seven years of Dem rule in this state. ILLinois is tens of billions in debt, one of the most worse off states in the union, after seven years of complete Dem control. ILLinois is a laughingstock of corruption, thanks largely to the Dems. And Alexi has been right there with all of those failings.

Ego, Obama's Achilles' Heel
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http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/02/ego_obamas_achilles_heel.html
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The Obama regime had all the power: the White House and a majority in the House and the Senate. Team Obama owns the liberal media. Because the media selected him, they have a vested interest in protecting his presidency. Obama also had the American people in his corner; youths considered him a rock star, blacks saw him as their Great Black Hope, and naïve whites thought that casting their vote for a black guy would finally put an end to them being called racist.
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Our master of deception president accuses Republicans of standing in the way of his government-run health care plan. In reality, the Republicans do not have enough votes to stop any item on Obama's unprecedented, far-left, radical agenda. Obama believed that he could silence all dissent from "we the people" by playing the race card. Yes, Obama the all-powerful seemed unstoppable. Who could have ever predicted that the weight of Obama's own arrogance would trigger his demise? Ego is Obama's Achilles' heel.

North Shore Wasp meets
Greektown.

Only in Chicago.

Suggestion to Wasp:

Skip having Bush--any Bush--campaign for you in Illinois.

Suggestion for Alexi:

Marry that girlfriend before too long......

So this is the "hope" and "change" we can believe in?
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Barack Obama Admits That “By Design” You Remain Unemployed
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“Barack Obama refused to help get unemployment down in 2009 by design so he could get credit in the 2010 election year instead.”
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Barack Obama writes,
All told, as of the end of November 2009, about 50 percent of Recovery Act funds—or $395 billion—has been either obligated or is providing assistance directly to Americans in the form of tax relief. By design, the bulk of the remaining 50 percent of Recovery Act funds will be deployed in the coming months of 2010 and during the beginning of 2011 to support additional job creation when our economy continues to need a boost. Many of the programs slated to receive additional funding in the near future are those with significant promise of job creation. These include more than $7 billion in broadband expansion, approximately $8 billion in funds to lay the foundation for a high-speed rail network, and continued funding for other transportation projects. All told, the Recovery Act is on track to meet the goal of disbursing 70 percent of its funds in the first 18 months of its life.

(Budget at p.9)

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/02/02/barack-obama-admits-that-by-design-you-remain-unemployed/

BM

There you go again.

As Ronnie might say.

There's no percentage in trying to demean the President.

He's Head of State.

As such, he's raised world opinion of the United States.

Try to demean the Head of State and you are demeaning the United States.

Never a wise move.

But, then, you already knew that.

I am an individual that has always voted a split ticket and votes for the individual candidate over the party. Reviewing last nights election results I believe David Hoffman would have made a stronger Democratic Senatorial candidate in November. Hoffman and Kirk would have been fighting over the Independent vote that probably now will break for Kirk. Alexi Giannoulias has a lot of baggage that may doom his election. There are big problems at his family bank with possible mob ties and loans to convicted criminals like Tony Rezko. At the same time the Blago trial will be going full blast during the summer and who knows what embarrassing news concerning Giannoulias or his family bank may come out at that time. And if the economy is showing no signs of improvement and we still have high double digit unemployment it may not be a good year to run as a Democratic even in Illinois. And lastly this is the strongest group of candidates that the Republicans have run in a Statewide Election against the Democrats in years. Only time will tell but the Republicans are probably going to win some big contests in Illinois and break the strangle hold Chicago Democrats have over the state.

ORNERY: WHERE WAS YOUR PIOUSNESS WHEN BUSH WAS PRESIDENT? HMMMM? HOW CONVENIENTLY PREDICTABLE AND LIBERAL OF YOU!!!

So true ornery so true....

Obama has certainly "raised world opinion of the United States." He has made lecturing, moral equivelency grandstanding, and bending at the waist a near art form.

We're so lucky we got Obumbles to "lead us."

John D. tells us how crooked the Dems in Illinois are but he has forgotten where the former Illinois governor now resides. And rightfully so. Unfortunately for the people of Illinois, the GOP has nothing/ nobody to offer to change things. And please don't tell me Kirk Dillard or Bill Brady. No Republican will ever replace Mayor Daley either. As for this boy wonder Mark Kirk, he's as filthy as the rest of them. I would love to see Alexi smear his face in the mud in November.

Kirk is going to mop the floor with the crooked, democratic machine hack, Rezko/blago, mob connected Alexi. Kirks campaign doesn't need to dig up dirt on this fool, he probably has years of material for his campagn commercials. I can't wait for the blago trial to start a few months before the election! This is going to be a bad, BAD year for the Dems in Illinois.

the fact that Alexi lost millions in investments for college funds,

Posted by: John D | February 3, 2010 9:27 AM
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Little Johnny D, you are so ignorant and dishonest. Alexi G. didn't lose investors money, investors who CHOSE to invest in a risky fund lost their money. Should Alexi G. have been BIG GOVERNMENT and not offered this fund as an investment vehicle for the College Fund program? Perhaps but you would have been howling about not letting the free market decide where money should be invested. Bottom line is NOBODY forced families in the College Fund to invest in the risky funds. The INVESTORS decided to put their childrens college money in the fund and it lost like so many funds did in 2009. Dumb TeaBagger.

Dumb Dumb Janet, Bright Start was a state-run plan in which the folks can have money put into to build into a fund to help pay for college. It then lost money. Much like a business has control over which investment firm it hires to handle their employee's 401k, the state has that same relationship in Bright Start. It was the state's, and in this instance the treasurer's office run by Alexi, to make sure the investmentes were sound. The state, not the investor's, Dumb Dumb Janet, chose the fund, which lost $150 million. The fact that Alexi got some back is no consolation.
Anyway, Dumb Dumb Janet, Hoffman and the rest of the Democrats running for the U.S. Senate hammered Alexi on that, so it clearly is fair game for Kirk and anyone else.
Alexi is corrupt to the hilt. His family is corrupt.
But, I know, as a devout Loony Lefty, you love and thrive on crooked Democratic corruption. It's the way of the world for you guys.

Posted by: John D | February 3, 2010 4:15 PM
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Little Johnny D, always dishonest when it comes to facts. Bright Start is a cafeteria type plan and families participating have a choice of MANY different funds in which to invest. Alexi G. never encouraged investors which funds to put money in, the fund managers provided fund prospectus' which outlined the funds risks and investment strategies and the FAMILIES chose where to invest their money. Yes this fund was risky but NOBODY held a gun to families heads and they had other choices to invest in. TeaBagger tard.

Janet -- you're a very unpleasant, narrow-minded little individual. But I'm sure you already know that.

And I also think you're wrong, but since I'm not positive, I won't state that you ARE.

And when people invest in a state-run plan, they think the state should run it well, not badly. I'm guessing that had it been YOUR money in there, you might not have such a cavalier attitude. And no, I didn't have any money in it. Our kids' money was elsewhere, and it lost money too. But not half, like the Illinois fund did.

Rep. Kirk offers the GOP the best shot they have had in a long time at capturing one of Illinois's U.S. Senate seats. This will be a long and spirited contest, no doubt about it.

Here's something to think about - file it under the definition of irony:

Just a few short weeks ago, BO was quoted while campaigning for Marsha Coakley in Massachusetts urging voters not to choose Republican Scott Brown as their new U.S. senator.

"Bankers don't need another vote in the Senate."

Yesterday, in his home state of Illinois, the democrats nominated Alexi Giannoulias as the candidate for Senate to run against Mark Kirk. This isn’t just any old Senate seat, but it is the Senate seat that BO used to occupy. And just who is Alexi Giannoulias? A banker!!! Not just any banker, but a banker whose family’s bank (Broadway Bank) is now in federal receivership. A bank that has paid out tens of millions in dividends to family members in that past few years of which Alexi has rec’d $2.5 million. Wouldn’t you like to see him on the Senate banking committee questioning the CEO’s of the banks for their “greed” at the taxpayers expense?

Pot meet Kettle.

Carol Marin and Joel Weisman think it's going to nasty nasty nasty.

Alexi is very competitive. After all he was a pro basketball player. He's young and full of optimism. He's good looking and athletic. He can give an energetic speech, which is more than Kirk can do.

Alexi--I'd give him the edge. He comes across as a nice guy; Kirk is a bit like the stuffed shirt, the boss who just laid off half the swing shift.....something remote and unsympathetic about him.

Guilt by association? They tried that with Obama and it didn't work, did it?

Rezko is slipping into the mists of history.....

If Broadway Bank fails, it won't prove much because hundreds of other such banks will have failed as well....

Expect beaucoup $$$$ from Replican fat cats to finance the nasty ads....

But nasty can backfire.

Politics in Chicago is never boring....

I didn't have to say much about Bush when he was in office.

David Letterman every night said everything that needed to be said just by playing a clip of Bush tripping over his own tongue every night on "Great Moments in Presidential Speechs".

There is no doubt world opinion of the United States is higher now because Obama is President.

And likely to go even higher.

Ornery,

Getting your political insight from David Letterman -says a lot.

The people of Illinois are not going to get behind a crooked banker whose only qualification is being a BO basketball pal. Get raedy to Illinois going back to being a GOP state - until they screw it up again.

add on top of that the Blago trial and a democratic Lt. Governor canidate with a domestic abuse background - the fall should be a hoot.

T, no , I think sometimes he got his insight from me.....

You must admit "Great Moments in Presidential Speechs" was brilliant comedy.

And free, plucked out of the public domain....