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Illinois GOP in freefall

by Carl Nyberg, Mon Jun 25, 2007 at 05:38:43 PM EST

Today it broke that Paul Froehlich (R-Schaumburg) will switch to the Democratic Party. See Capitol Fax Blog (Rich Miller).

Miller also reports Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-DuPage County), former chair of the DuPage GOP, made a TV ad for Sen. Barack Obama.

It seems like the Illinois GOP can't even retain the elected officials they have. The recruitment efforts to run someone against Sen. Dick Durbin have been pathetic.

Tags: Illinois, Republican Party, Paul Froehlich (all tags)

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Re: Illinois GOP in freefall (none / 0)

Jerry 101 over at DailyKos has a post up about this and notes that there are some prize House seats that could be up for grabs if the GOP continues to crumble:

Illinois certainly has the ability to pick up 1-2 more Democratic seats in 2008, with Dan Seals running against Mark Kirk again, with Denny Hastert and Ray LaHood possibly retiring, and Freshman Peter Roskam in a district that's trending blue.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/6 /25/16122/8500

More on Dan Seals:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/6/20/ 16455/7147

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by psericks on Mon Jun 25, 2007 at 05:54:06 PM EST

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If the Dems play their cards right they could have 13-3 or 14-2 majority by 2013.

Rrrinnggg... Time to change the government.

by Carl Nyberg on Mon Jun 25, 2007 at 06:58:26 PM EST
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Re: Illinois GOP in freefall (none / 0)

if they don't throw the GOP the Hillary liferaft you might be on to something.

Obama! because 51% isn't enough!

by nevadadem on Mon Jun 25, 2007 at 07:09:20 PM EST
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Obama/Durbin 08 (none / 0)

I've said this before... but I just really think Obama/Durbin would be the most amazing ticket. It's too bad they probably can't get away with robbing Illinois of both its senators simultaneously.

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by psericks on Mon Jun 25, 2007 at 07:58:53 PM EST

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I wonder how much of this has been indirectly facilitated by Senator Obama.

by Shaun Appleby on Mon Jun 25, 2007 at 08:06:35 PM EST

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The 2004 loss was such an embarrassment for the GOP. I think it really put them in a horrible position for the 2006 Governor's race.
In a way though, 2004 had little to do with Obama. Jack Ryan went down in a sex scandal and then personal rivalries within the party prevented them from picking a candidate until Obama had come to seem inevitable and gotten a lot of national press. The final choice of Alan Keyes just made them look stupid.

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by psericks on Mon Jun 25, 2007 at 09:02:38 PM EST
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Fair enough. Still nice to have that kind of momentum behind you. I would like to see the same thing occur nationally.

by Shaun Appleby on Mon Jun 25, 2007 at 09:09:17 PM EST
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The GOP were satisfied until recently because they had Speaker Hassert bringing home the bacon due his influence as the third most powerful figure in Washington. But when they lost that last year, they have nothing in IL.

by olawakandi on Tue Jun 26, 2007 at 01:45:55 PM EST

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