And it looks good to me:
Republican hopeful Mark Kirk finds himself starting out even in a Senate race against his likeliest Democratic competitor, State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state shows Kirk, a member of the House from the northern suburbs of Chciago, with 41% of the vote while Giannoulias attracts 38%. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and 17% are not sure.
The sole Republican in the race fares much better against the other top Democratic contender, Cheryle Jackson, president of the Chicago Urban League and a former top aide to disgraced Governor Rod Blagojevich. Kirk beats Jackson by 17 points, 47% to 30%. Six percent (6%) like another candidate, and again 17% are undecided.
Giannoulias is tied to Obama, and tied to Tony Rezko…a scion of a Chicago banking family which has had its share of questions, we couldn’t script a better example of what is wrong with politics to run against (except for whomever the GOP picks – wink, nudge – to run against Harry Reid). If we’re expecting someone to rise out of Chicago finance and banking to have a clean record, then we’re really hoping against hope. Well, more accurately, the Democrats are hoping against hope – we’ll just reap the electoral benefits.
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