All four Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate Democratic have
produced new videos in the last few days. Let's take a look, shall we?
The first comes from David Hoffman, who cut a highlight reel
from a forum held by the Northern Illinois Coordinated Campaign Committee ...
All four Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate Democratic have produced new videos in the last few days. Let's take a look, shall we?
The first comes from David Hoffman, who cut a highlight reel from a forum held by the Northern Illinois Coordinated Campaign Committee in Rockford on Sunday. In the clip, Hoffman discusses the economy, banking reform, the federal deficit, and Afghanistan:
The Hoffman campaign also released a new polling memo this week that The Hill, the Washington Post, and Politico all picked up. While pollster Geoff Garin took pains to argue that Alexi Giannoulias too "flawed" a candidate to beat GOP Rep. Mark Kirk in the general election, the underlying data is similar to other polls we've seen so far (Kirk leads Giannoulias 40-37 percent, but out-distances Hoffman -- whose name identification is at only 26 percent -- by 10 points.) Here's what Giannoulias campaign manager Tom Bowen had to say to the Post's Chris Cilliza:
"Every public poll shows Alexi Giannoulias leading or neck-in-neck with Mark Kirk while David Hoffman is trailing badly. ... He is behind, desperate and now he is running a negative and dishonest campaign, preferring to attack fellow Democrats instead of telling us what he would do in the Senate."
Speaking of the Giannoulias, he earned an endorsement from Illinois' own U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky on Sunday. In this video clip from the press conference, the congresswoman said Giannoulias would be a strong voice for health care reform in the Senate. Watch it:
Health care was also on the mind of Cheryle Jackson, who filmed a short video from Washington D.C. in which she said she was "stupefied by Stupak," the anti-choice amendment slipped into the House reform bill:
Lastly, Jacob Meister has released a video documenting his 32-hour campaign trip through Central Illinois and the Quad Cities:
Full Disclosure: The SEIU Illinois State Council, which sponsors this website, has endorsed Alexi Giannoulias in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.
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