Daily Kos poll good news for Illinois Democrats
There's a new Daily Kos poll out on the Senate and gubernatorial races in Illinois- both thought to be up for grabs in that deep blue state- that is good news for the nationally-besieged Democratic party, and bad news for Republicans Mark Kirk, Kirk Dillard and Bill Brady.
In the race for President Obama's old Senate seat, Democratic State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias leads Congressman Kirk 43-36. Meanwhile, Democratic Governor Pat Quinn(who succeeded to the office upon the impeachment and conviction of his predecessor, Rod Blagojevich), leads in his race for election in his own right over State Senator Dillard by 46-35, and over State Senator Brady by 47-32. The Republican primary race was so close that the winner is not yet known for certain; on election night, Brady led Dillard by a mere 400 votes.
Yes, the far Left blog Daily Kos is responsible for the poll -and yes, none of these leads are unsurmountable. But at a moment when Illinois' once-proud GOP has been basking in the prospect of recapturing the Governor's Mansion in Springfield for the first time since the days of Big Jim Thompson, and re-claiming of the seat Mr. Obama took over from Republican Peter Fitzgerald a mere four years ago, to see this election cycle turning into uphill climb has to be discouraging.
Still, there remains strong reason for hope at least for Kirk. The polls have been all over the place in the Senate race, though less so in the race for governor.
In the race for President Obama's old Senate seat, Democratic State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias leads Congressman Kirk 43-36. Meanwhile, Democratic Governor Pat Quinn(who succeeded to the office upon the impeachment and conviction of his predecessor, Rod Blagojevich), leads in his race for election in his own right over State Senator Dillard by 46-35, and over State Senator Brady by 47-32. The Republican primary race was so close that the winner is not yet known for certain; on election night, Brady led Dillard by a mere 400 votes.
Yes, the far Left blog Daily Kos is responsible for the poll -and yes, none of these leads are unsurmountable. But at a moment when Illinois' once-proud GOP has been basking in the prospect of recapturing the Governor's Mansion in Springfield for the first time since the days of Big Jim Thompson, and re-claiming of the seat Mr. Obama took over from Republican Peter Fitzgerald a mere four years ago, to see this election cycle turning into uphill climb has to be discouraging.
Still, there remains strong reason for hope at least for Kirk. The polls have been all over the place in the Senate race, though less so in the race for governor.
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