In Illinois, voters have rightly relegated the Republicans to the curb as idealess, clueless and lacking in leadership. In the Illinois Senate, they are an irrelevant minority whose numbers are so small, Republicans can simply be ignored even when supermajorities are required. In the Illinois House, the Republicans are only one vote away from similar irrelevance. Many pundits expect Republicans to LOSE seats despite the massive dysfunction here including Blagojevich's pending criminal trial.
The fact that they can't find an idea or a leader is shown by the fact NINE Republicans have declared their candidacies for governor and all poll in single digits. They are in a mad race to be beaten by whomever runs as a Democrat.
One would think they could at least attempt to tap into voter anger and turn that into political success even in swing districts, but alas, they cannot. So instead of trying to win at the ballot box, they are trying to rewrite the rules. Enter John Bambenek who infamously tried to shut down this site by calling the FEC to complain. He has hatched the idea of putting on a state constitutional amendment that will require voters to elect Republicans. You read that right.
