Our splendid Congressman Mark Kirk completes his sweep of the major print media endorsements by earning the support of the Daily Herald. The Herald said:
Republican incumbent Mark S. Kirk, 49, of Highland Park is an energetic representative who works to protect Lake Michigan and is a lead advocate for embryonic stem cell research. *** Kirk is not the George Bush mouthpiece [opponent Dan] Seals would have us believe. He is, as we have stated before, one of the most independent members of Congress.
You can see Kirk's endorsements by the Tribune, Sun-Times, News-Sun, and Pioneer Press here.
While Kirk's endorsements are to be expected, to some degree, State Senate candidate Keith Gray, who is running against incumbent Senator Terry Link in the 30th senate district, got a great endorsement from the Tribune this morning. Unlike the Daily Herald, the Tribune gets the message that if we don't break the stranglehold the Dems have on state government, the state will continue spiraling into a financial abyss. I'm sure Senator Link's petition scandal didn't help. You simply have to read the whole thing:
Sen. Terry Link is a Lake County Democratic powerhouse, part of Emil Jones' leadership team and one of the contenders to replace Jones as Senate leader. That sounds like a prescription for the status quo in Springfield. In August, two of his campaign workers were indicted on charges that they submitted phony signatures to put him on the ballot. He's running against Republican businessman Keith Gray of Mettawa, vice president of the Rondout School Board and a member of the Mettawa Zoning Board of Appeals. Gray is a very good candidate. He's smart, has some good ideas about generating development and jobs and is outraged about the Democratic dysfunction in Springfield and Link's role in that as part of the Senate leadership team. Gray would bring welcome change, and he is endorsed.
Gray was previously endorsed by the Lake County News-Sun, Link's hometown newspaper, and Link's petition scandal appears to have also cost some other Lake County Democrats some endorsements since all of the Dem county-wide candidates also had petitions circulated by the indicted campaign workers...
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Hooray for the Daily Herald in choosing Keith Gray. And I think you'll agree, TA, it is a very solid endorsement. I think we all expected the clean sweep of every media endorsement of our Congressman Mark Kirk. I'm pleased that the Daily Herald once again pointed out his independent status, putting to rest the tag line that he's a clone of the president and the administration.
With 11 days to go I think we should all be energized to help get out every single voter to help guarantee the results we need in this district. Let's get going.
Actually, Anon 10:00, it was the Tribune today,not the Herald. As I mentioned, the Herald actually went for the Status Quo with Link, even though they referenced Link's petition scandal. Glad the Trib had more brains.
Kirk sided with Bush on the BIG issues, which is what counts. Voting for stem cell research is small potatoes compared to voting for a pointless invasion that has resulted in tens or hundreds of thousands of needless deaths.
Thanks, Mark.
It's too bad the Democrats couldn't do better than Seals in the 10th.
Mark's had 8 years, 13 million of paid media and millions more in free media, and done a great job, if people still have questions by now it's not a good sign.
Right now it's all about turnout and whether the national democrats come in at the last minute and lay the sledgehammer on Mark.Issues matter in august not october.
If i was Pete Couvall, I would get a lawyer right now...
There's a poll showing Mark down 6 points and McClaughlin hasn't shown us any good news lately so I hope he gets his you know what together and goes balls to the walls after Dan these next 11 days. Spend the 900k or you'll be the next northrup gruman head of government affairs and we'll be stuck out of luck with pup.
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