A Tough Stretch for Giannoulias

The Hill.

More, related. The Washington Times covers the Illinois Senate race:

It worked in Massachusetts, so Illinois Republicans are looking for a repeat.

"This is not Obama's seat, it's the people's seat," Rep. Mark Steven Kirk, the Republican candidate running for Illinois' Senate seat vacated by the president, declares at campaign stops.

And with just 38 percent of all Illinois voters giving Mr. Obama good or excellent ratings for his handling of health care reform, the five-term lawmaker is actually putting the Democratic stronghold in play.

Yes. And Illinois voters are not taking kindly to Dem bleepin golden boy Alexi Giannoulias' fast and loose ways.

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