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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Nov 06, 2009 03:22pm |
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| Category | Commentary |
| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Sun-Times |
| News Date | Friday, November 6, 2009 09:20:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Rep. Mark Kirk has long been a voice of reason in Illinois. A moderate Republican with an independent streak, Kirk isn't known for pandering.
In our endorsement of Kirk for re-election last fall, we noted the North Shore congressman's efforts at bipartisanship, his knack for doing his homework and his penchant for speaking his mind.
Take, for example, his blunt answer last fall to our question about then-presidential candidate John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate: Palin, he told us, would not have been his choice. Few other Republicans at the time dared say that out loud.
Fast-forward one year later.
Whose endorsement is Kirk seeking in his bid to win a U.S. Senate seat? None other than Sarah Palin.
The same Sarah Palin he dismissed.
The same Sarah Palin who is so fiercely partisan it's hard to imagine her uttering the phrase bipartisan.
The same Sarah Palin whose history of failing to do her homework has earned her well-deserved ridicule.
Since announcing his bid to win President Obama's former U.S. Senate seat, Kirk has tacked right to woo more conservative voters. |
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