Illinois Leader: GOP life in Chicago (44th Ward)

[Tweed]

http://www.illinoisleader.com/news/newsview.asp?c=22810

"OPINION - On Monday night, looking to shake off the remaining effects of a Superbowl party, I traveled to the Big City Tap on Belmont to take in the monthly meeting of the 44th Ward Regular Republican Organization. It did the trick.


The 44th Ward organization is under the direction of comitteeman Jim Fuchs. He’s an enthusiastic volunteer able to project his voice above the din of the saloon even when his microphone failed. The jovial crowd speculated the dead mike must be a Democrat election judge’s dirty trick so Fuchs’ ability to overcome it was taken as a talisman of future success.


Sited between Lake Michigan and Ashland, north of Diversey and south of Irving Park, the ward contains some of the city’s most revered treasures including Wrigley Field, Belmont Harbor and the North End of Lincoln Park.


It’s surprisingly large, too; if the ward was a county, it would be the 25th largest Illinois county. According to Mr. Fuch’s introduction, the ward has 38,000 voters with only 1,062 pulling Republican primary ballots in 2004. Clearly, Jim has work to do."

It sounds like McKenna knows what he is doing. He wants to focus on corruption in Illinois politics. How many people will listen though if George Ryan ends up getting convicted?

As for the guy who wrote this thing about the 44th going Republican, he's delusional and from Wilmette. "In the 44th ward, less than 3% of the voters pulled a Republican primary ballot. But, in the general election, more than 8,000 voted for President Bush. That’s 21% Republican; only 1,500 more turns the 44th into a contributor to a Republican Illinois. Only two conversions a day until the 2006 election will turn that trick. There must be similar stories in other ward where the three generations of Democrat damage can be repaired."
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Anytime something is spelled incorrectly or it seems like something doesn't read quite right, it's how the article was written and posted.

[DrGonzoLives]

1. Voting for Bush

does not guarentee that there will be votes for local Republican politicians, else we wouldn't have won state legislatures and governors in red states. Idiotic premise.

[chicagomom]

2. It's boosterism

Just trying to encourage other neocons to join up against what seems insurmountable odds.

In the red 'burbs (where I live) we could use some more o that on the Dem side.

[Tweed]

3. Welcome to the DU & the Illinois Forum!

Thank you for stopping by! We could always use more posters here. Thanks for checking in at the County by County and the Roll Call Thread.

[chicagomom]

4. Thanks!

Thanks for the warm welcome.

[mopinko]

5. i was shocked, tho

before the "election" to find out just how much money was raised for the * campaign from chicago. nearly 1/3 of the total contributions!!

[Tweed]

6. Well yeah, you have a lot of rich people in Chicago

Rich people like to vote Republican and help the Republican party pay for things. 33% of the contributions, but 20% or so of the vote. That tells you something.

[mopinko]

7. yeah,

so did the addresses.