Comments Posted By Bill Christopher
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I'm a lifelong Illinois resident, and I have to take exception to this: "First, it must be said that a Democratic corpse plucked from a Chicago graveyard could have won the race for Illinois Senator in 2004."
Jack Ryan was a credible and attractive candidate who would have had good shot at beating any other Democrat. But he was trailing Obama by 22 points BEFORE his "sex scandal" broke. If he had been trailing by 2 points, do you think the Republicans would have risked losing the Senate seat? Of course not! The "scandal" was just a convenient excuse to replace a candidate who clearly wasn't going to Washington. The Illinois Republicans launched a comedy of errors by choosing Alan Keyes, but that's another story.
Pundits have so overanalyzed Obama's appeal that they miss the obvious. Americans are TIRED of politicians who are focused on blaming "the other side" while spectacularly failing to get anything done. Obama's time in the Illinois Senate proves his M.O.: work with the other side to make a real difference. In the U.S. Senate, I think he's done more than anyone can expect of the 98th Senator in the minority party.
In Illinois, we aren't debating whether Barack Obama is "the real deal." We already know he is.
Comment Posted By Bill Christopher On 13.12.2006 @ 10:44
