I realize Mark Kirk has suffered a great deal of self-inflicted damage in his bid for Senate in Illinois, but if you can’t beat a Democrat who called Rod Blagojevich’s chief of staff about that appointment to that Senate seat, you can’t beat anybody.
In the same call, Harris is overheard talking about getting a message from Illinois state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.
“So Alexi called me. He wanted to have a discussion about the Senate seat,” John Harris is heard telling Blagojevich. “I imagine he’ll tell me . . . Barack wants Valerie.”
Blagojevich: “Listen to me, don’t see him today. Just . . . let’s run the clock now.”
Despite his baggage, and not being their first choice, the WH and Democratic leadership has sent in the big guns to take over Giannoulias' campaign and help him win. Durbin, Plouffe are running the campaign. Arne Duncan and Joe Biden are raising money for him.
Kirk's campaign is on life support. Does the Republican leadership care? Are they going to help him develop a winning strategy or have they given up on him?
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