- Can it be done?
- Who can do it?
- Is it fixable?
- Are we relying on too many of the old "war horses" and not looking to the next generation to carry the Republican banner?
- WHY HAS THIS HAPPENED????
Doug Ibendahl addresses some of these issues in this interesting article.
Stick a fork in Oberweis and the Illinois Republican Party, they’re done
Unfortunately Ibendahl misses the point by proposing Chris Lauzen as the hero in this whole mess. Chris just isn't the hero. Too many people saw him as a good candidate and a solid conservative. That he is--a good statewide or Congressional candidate he isn't.
I like Chris. I REPEAT--I LIKE CHRIS. He's one of the good guys, but for the good of the party (he should have taken a cue from Mitt Romney) he shouldn't have run for Congress this time. We should have had ONE candidate and united behind him and worked for his election. In my opinion (take it or leave it--your choice) that candidate SHOULD NOT have been Chris. Our district IS NOT a solidly conservative district--unfortunately a sign of the times. We need someone who understands business and global markets and how to succeed in a competitive business atmosphere. Chris (again unfortunately) is not that person. We need(ed) a candidate who understands how to work with other people to get things accomplished and can hold to the principles that guide most of the families in this district.
So this election should be a HUGE educational experience for us Republicans and should wake us up to the reality of the situation we find ourselves in. Mr. Oberweis should see this as a huge rebuke of "robo-calls" (HATE THEM--I hung up on dozens of them from both Oberweis, the Republican Congressional Committee and the DCC), misinformation in campaign mailers & television ads (both Republicans and Democrats), and the failure of local Republican leaders to marshall their forces to get out the vote on a rare Saturday election.
Everyone in my house voted--and we voted for Oberweis. We voted for CHANGE--to escape the yoke of Hastert's "failure to lead" and to send a competent businessman to Washington to work for our district. Foster (ugh--hate typing his name) is a puppet of the Democratic party.
