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There seems to be a consistent theme/message in blog coverage of today’s election…
New IL-05 resident here. An hour in, I was the #3 voter in my precinct. There has been zero coverage of this election. It’s actually amusing. The Democratic primary was heated and well-covered. Now, the general is basically defaulted. Not saying that Pulido stands a chance here, but just that the extremely low turnout might make things interesting, one way or another.
Not to mention this…(from one of our favorite blogs)
I live in the Illinois Fifth Congressional district, which is having a special election for the House seat vacated by Rahm Emanuel. The Republican, Rosie Palladio, is an independent Republican – she hasn’t gotten a dime from the national or state parties – who is strongly pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment, and anti-illegal immigration. What makes matters interesting is that the Democrat, Mike Quigley, is an ally of Forrest Claypool, a Cook County commissioner who’s at odds with the Daley/Stroger/Obama machine.
Everything I’ve seen in my heavily Democratic precinct is that the
machine is sitting this one out: they’ve done no get-out-the-vote work
at all. My guess is that they would not be entirely unhappy if Quigley
were beaten, even if it meant sending Republican to Congress: the enemy
of my enemy, and all that. Meanwhile, Rosie is counting on the issue
voters showing up, especially the pro-2nd Amendment types. My wife went
to her open house last Sunday, and practically everybody there was a cop
- she’s a former police dispatcher – so she may be getting some votes
from some unexpected sources.Anyway, the turnout is extremely light today: when I voted at 8 AM, the
polls had been open two hours already, in the busiest part of the day,
and only 12 ballots had been cast, including mine.So, if any Morons live in the Illinois Fifth, the message is: Vote! We
just might steal one … and give The One a black eye in the process.
And of course this…
My wife and I voted for Pulido this morning (about 7 am). We were voters 4 and 5 in our precinct. By my count thats at least 3 votes for Pulido. Maybe we could win this win after all. As with the previous reader, I haven’t heard much about this election since the primary. I believe a local channel had a debate (WTTW), but I hadn’t seen much in the papers. The only signs I saw in the area were for Pulido (granted I live in a more upscale area of the city). I also received two robocalls over the past two days for Pulido. Not sure if any of this translates into a upset, but hopefully with a good showing the IL Repubs can pick themselves up off of the floor.
The message seems pretty clear to me: GET OUT THERE AND VOTE!
Its not too late and who knows? We might just send an honest to goodness pro-life, pro 2A, pro border security to Washington from the Fifth, how nice would that be?
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