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2006 Illinois Governor Race

A new Mason-Dixon poll shows Rod Blagojevich leading Judy Baar Topinka by 10 points: 47% to 37%. This in spite of the fact that the internals of the poll show rather dismal job approval and favorability ratings for the incumbent. This is so typical of the GOP - we lose the seats we shouldn't, so we are always making incremental gains. Hopefully Topinka will run a smart campaign in the last six weeks and take advantage of the incumbent's weaknesses.

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Comments (3)

I'm afraid this one is very... (Below threshold)

I'm afraid this one is very close to becoming Mission: Impossible for the GOP.

Absolutely no one rates Blagojevich as an effective governor, and he could only win reelection against a candidate as weak and feckless as Topinka.

It explains why Illinois Republicans had to draft Maryland's iconoclastic Alan Keyes to run for an OPEN Senate seat in 2004: their talent pool is obviously perilously shallow.

This is all about George Ry... (Below threshold)
Cliff:

This is all about George Ryan. Especially with all the hoopla around Ryan lately, it's destroyed Topinka, as she was supposedly close to him, which essentially means she served at the same time.

I hope she can win, but I think it's just too tough this time around. I wish Jim Edger had run again.

I've said it several times ... (Below threshold)
The Exposer:

I've said it several times before, we do not want this Ryanite RINO parasite becoming Governor and inflicting even more damage to the state GOP. Blago is awful, Topinka is cancer.




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