Democrats stand by candidate for Obama's old seat

[cory777]

Source: AP

Apr 2, 11:02 PM (ET)
By MIKE ROBINSON and PHILIP ELLIOTT

CHICAGO (AP) - Democrats are quietly worrying about whether Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias can win President Barack Obama's old Senate seat. His family's bank is believed to be on the verge of collapse and reportedly made $20 million in loans to two convicted felons.

Republican Rep. Mark Kirk is already accusing Giannoulias of lying to the voters about the loans, and his campaign is guaranteed to be pounding away at the bank's problems in millions of dollars worth of television ads.

But the 34-year-old Giannoulias is still electable if he meets the bank embarrassment head on and strikes back at the Republican congressman as more conservative than this Democratic-trending state, Democratic insiders say.

Democrats brush aside any talk of getting Giannoulias to bow out of the race.

Read more: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100403/D9ERBRI82.html

[Rincewind]

1. Alexi

hasn't been connected to the bank for years. And, he has already won statewide office, it isn't going to a cake walk, but it isn't all doom and gloom.

[No Elephants]

2. Is this the best we could do for President Obama's old seat? nt

[24601]

3. Actually, it's Illinois' old seat. President Obama was another

in a long succession of temporary incumbents.

[2Design]

5. obama had Dean's help getting in - then O threw Dean under the bus once he made pres n/t

[RBInMaine]

4. He has been taking it head on all over the Illinois news shows. This young man is

charismatic, strong in his speeches (from what I have seen), and has a good record in public life.
He has not worked at the bank for four years, I don't believe he handled any questionable loans, and it seems there is a lot of guilt by association going on here. And he has also been putting the shit hard to the scumsucker RePUKE Kirk over running on his platform to repeal the health bill. If he stays on OFFENSE and continues to take the bank thing head on, I think he can win. And we should support this guy and not allow the scumsucker Kirk to win this seat.

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[change_notfinetuning]

7. Alexi has the ethics of a Republican. Nuff said! n/t

[tburnsten]

8. How is his voting record?

[tburnsten]

9. How is his voting record?

[change_notfinetuning]

10. Well, he didn't even vote until he was 28 years old. Even in the 2000 election

of Bush/Gore, where we needed every vote, Alexi didn't bother to vote.

[tburnsten]

11. Kind of a dick move

I wish sometimes I could read the thread while I type my replies, because now I've forgotten what position he has right now.