My feeling is that a representative should represent the members of his/her district.

Hilary was wrong (but earned herself a Senate seat regardless). Keyes is wrong as well.

People should vote for whomever they trust to represent their interest in whatever office candidates aspire. If they want to vote for an out of stater, so what? That's for the folks of Illinois to figure out. Its a state issue. Let the state figure it out.

Besides, Keyes is smart and a good debater and I'll bet Obama is, too. I'd love to hear them debate important issues, wouldn't you? Hopefully C-Span will carry a debate. Anybody know?

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that's fine and dandy bot, and it'll get settles in IL BUT, this is midwest and people never vote issues here... it's all party line.. dumbarses...

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Not just Illinois, unfortunately. In debate candidates would usually rather nitpick for points than discuss broader issues. The exception to that was the most excellent Cheney-Leiberman debate. I came away from that one will to have eitehr man as president, forget the top of the tickets.

In the voting booth, people usually vote the party line. Its a sort of social inertia. I have no idea why.

Locally we have a full-blown ass running for congress under the GOP. I can hardly wait to vote against him--we have an open primary. I don't know who else is running and don't especially care. With this guy running, I'll vote for a yella dog instead.

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