So there was a primary yesterday in the Illinois 2nd congressional district to fill Jesse Jackson, Jr's seat. Robin Kelly won the democratic primary with the help of a 2.2 million dollar donation from New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg.
What the heck is Bloomberg doing helping a Chicago democrat?
Anyway, Kelly will face a man the Tribune describes as an ex convict and states the way it will go: "Republican voters are suggesting the 2nd Congressional District replace one felon with another after picking ex-convict Paul McKinley as the candidate to run for the seat recently ceded by former U.S. Rep Jesse Jackson, Jr."
Oh Chicago politics, it never changes.
Republican
voters are suggesting the 2nd Congressional District replace one felon
with another after picking ex-convict Paul McKinley as the candidate to
run for the seat recently ceded by former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. -
See more at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-2nd-district-republican-nominee-20130228,0,3550456.story#sthash.P0G8q5xD.dpuf
Republican
voters are suggesting the 2nd Congressional District replace one felon
with another after picking ex-convict Paul McKinley as the candidate to
run for the seat recently ceded by former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. -
See more at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-2nd-district-republican-nominee-20130228,0,3550456.story#sthash.P0G8q5xD.dpuf
Republican
voters are suggesting the 2nd Congressional District replace one felon
with another after picking ex-convict Paul McKinley as the candidate to
run for the seat recently ceded by former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. -
See more at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-2nd-district-republican-nominee-20130228,0,3550456.story#sthash.P0G8q5xD.dpuf
Republican
voters are suggesting the 2nd Congressional District replace one felon
with another after picking ex-convict Paul McKinley as the candidate to
run for the seat recently ceded by former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. -
See more at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-2nd-district-republican-nominee-20130228,0,3550456.story#sthash.P0G8q5xD.dpuf
Republican
voters are suggesting the 2nd Congressional District replace one felon
with another after picking ex-convict Paul McKinley as the candidate to
run for the seat recently ceded by former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. -
See more at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-2nd-district-republican-nominee-20130228,0,3550456.story#sthash.P0G8q5xD.dpuf
The republican candidate has a long rap sheet and spent over 20 years in prison for violent crimes. He got less than 1,000 votes. The democratic candidate, who would have won without Bloomberg's unsolicited help, got 30,000+ votes, more than the other 16 democratic candidates combined. Like it or not, (and I don't particularly), this is what liberal, conservative or in-between super-PAC's were created to do. Plus the democratic candidate is a regular at Mr Benny's, so she's got that going for her.
Posted by: KUKIMBIA | February 28, 2013 at 09:29 AM