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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Why are the Illinois Republicans doing this? It seems like a waste of the party's resources to pump any effort into the Senate campaign, when I'm certain there are house and local races that are more competitive and could use the party's support.
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They shouldn't have turned on Ryan in the first place. He's the first pol ever to go down from a no-sex sex scandal with his own wife. Sure, it was embarassing and good for a laugh, but was it really that bad? It was a divorce allegation, for pete's sake. He'd lose and lose big, but the whole selection process since he withdrew has been a total farce.
They have to put some resources into the race because if they get trounced and demoralized in the top 2 races on the ballot (as it looks like will happen here), their voters could stay home and they could lose even more congressional and state house races than they would otherwise lose as a result.
