ICAN retracts Hughes endorsement, sides with Lowery
The Illinois Conservative Action Network has withdrawn its endorsement for establishment Republican Patrick Hughes and thrown its support behind Tea Party candidate Don Lowery.
Hughes is a real estate developer who has never taken a political stand on anything or even voted prior to 2008, and is widely seen as a last-minute candidate manufactured by anti-Kirk GOP elites. Little about him--including his incessant references to Ronald Reagan--seems genuine.
Lowery's background, on the other hand, screams of a patriot committed to free markets, limited government and the Constitution. He is a principled conservative to the core.
The only problem: He is an outsider candidate from downstate and Hughes is the establishment politician with the funding, the endorsements and the greatest chance of stopping Mark Kirk. The agonizing dilemma Tea Partiers and 9/12 activists now face is a familiar one...sell out to a poser (Hughes) for a likely win (over Kirk, at least) or risk it all to take a principled stand for a true statesman.
I increasingly suspect that this country is in such dire need of a clean break from establishment politicians that it is worth risking a Kirk victory to vote for Lowery.
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