Jim Oberweis continued his publicity tour yesterday, telling The Courier News editorial board that an image makeover is all he needs to unseat Democratic Rep. Bill Foster in the 14th District this November:

"The opportunity is there," Oberweis said during a visit to The Courier News. "If we can explain to voters where we are on the issues ... I believe I'll win. I do believe my views represent the majority of views in the 14th District. But we didn't do a very good job of communicating our views."

He also lavished blame -- with little evidence -- on Foster, claiming that the Democrats initiated "aggressive attack ads" against him and "used scare tactics" to turn out voters during the special election in March. (Of course, Oberweis himself has no history of using grossly inappropriate or patently false appeals to drum up support.)

He concluded the interview with the understatement of the day:

"I'm an entrepreneur," Oberweis said. "I've started six companies. Not everything I've done has been a success."

For more on Oberweis' "charm" offensive, check out Mose's posts here and here.