Here in Illinois, the GOP used to be on the sane (or at least semi-sane) ledger, when Jim Edgar, George Ryan, Bob Dold, and Judy Baar Topinka were its faces. Nowadays, they're pandering more and more to the fringe Darren Bailey/Allen Skillicorn/Peggy Hubbard/Kurt Prenzler crowd.
Sane: Vermont and Massachusetts
Semi-Sane: Ohio, Utah
Insane: Too many to count, but Virginia, Arizona, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, South Dakota, Oregon, Wisconsin, and Colorado top the list.
A great Congressman and genuinely one of the nicest people I've ever met, in politics or otherwise.
Yeah, the ILGOP has had their fair share of screw ups. This year, it was allowing Ives and Oberweis to get the nominations in IL-06 and IL-14. Though it all started in 2010. Had they nominated Dillard, he would have easily won and likely governed just Baker, Hogan or Scott. He'd be serving his third term right now, with Republicans having a much better position in the legislature and possibly more seats in Congress.
