IL-Sen. 2016 Thread: Duckworth nearly triples Kirk Q2 fundraising

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Tom Dart or Mike Quigley would be great.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I don't get all the Bustos love, tbh.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I don't get all the Bustos love, tbh.

1) Strong political network b/c of her father

2) Despite this, not seen as political insider

3) Not from Chicago

4) Moderate but not too moderate

5) Appeals to blue collar downstaters

Mike Frerichs, Tom Dart, and Mike Quigley all seem much better imo, but fair enough.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I don't get all the Bustos love, tbh.

1) Strong political network b/c of her father

2) Despite this, not seen as political insider

3) Not from Chicago

4) Moderate but not too moderate

5) Appeals to blue collar downstaters

4 is a positive point? I'm a tad confused why we need a moderate for deep blue Illinois, but a Vermont socialist is fine for nationwide.

4 is the reason I am so lukewarm on the idea of Bustos running.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Duckworth running would be very, very good for Kirk.

FTFY

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I assume he's trying to lose now.

I really do wonder how much of this is due to the stroke he suffered not all that long ago.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Cook County Democratic Party chooses not to endorse Duckworth

http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Cook-County-Democratic-Party-Passes-on-Duckworth-Endorsement-322309242.html

Obviously the good government types and idealistic reformers who run the Cook County Democratic Party were disgusted by Duckworth's ties to the corrupt Chicago Democratic machine.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Harris sounds like a C-lister from what I've read about him.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

CoC may put money behind Zopp to protect Kirk

http://capitolfax.com/2015/08/27/us-chamber-plots-zopp-support-10th-cd-intervention/

Thuggery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri,_2012

You see, when McCaskill does it, she's smart. When the CoC does it, its white collar thugs trying to protect their cronies.

No, when the CoC does it, they're dumb because Zopp still won't win the primary.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

CoC may put money behind Zopp to protect Kirk

http://capitolfax.com/2015/08/27/us-chamber-plots-zopp-support-10th-cd-intervention/

Thuggery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri,_2012

You see, when McCaskill does it, she's smart. When the CoC does it, its white collar thugs trying to protect their cronies.

No, when the CoC does it, they're dumb because Zopp still won't win the primary.

It also potentially ups Duckworth's negatives.

The GOP's problem here isn't so much Duckworth as it is that Kirk seems hellbent on getting himself Blanched.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

CoC may put money behind Zopp to protect Kirk

http://capitolfax.com/2015/08/27/us-chamber-plots-zopp-support-10th-cd-intervention/

Thuggery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri,_2012

You see, when McCaskill does it, she's smart. When the CoC does it, its white collar thugs trying to protect their cronies.

No, when the CoC does it, they're dumb because Zopp still won't win the primary.

It also potentially ups Duckworth's negatives.

The GOP's problem here isn't so much Duckworth as it is that Kirk seems hellbent on getting himself Blanched.

I suppose that comparison makes a little more sense now, since I see a parallel between the Boozman primary and Duckworth's - the primary challengers still want a challenge, but it's obvious who is going to win the primary.

But what I find especially odd is that the Democratic Party, even in states like this, are usually direly allergic to primaries. And yet the party apparatus seems to be actively encouraging it. Is there something about Duckworth as a candidate we don't know?

Duckworth has always been the national party's creature, so to speak.  The Cook County Democratic establishment (i.e. the state party) in general and Chicago's African-American political machine in particular just want one of their own puppets in the seat rather than a puppet of the D.C. Democratic establishment.  A Senate seat's a f***ing valuable thing, they're not just gonna give it away for nothing