Not Even with a 10 Point Poll

Are cowcatchers a legitimate campaign expense? They should be, because the National Republican Senatorial Committee just threw Jim Oberweis under the bus.

Haha, US Senate candidate Jim Oberweis just got some bad news. The Chicago Tribune is saying that ...

An official with the National Republican Senatorial Committee on Thursday declined to commit to giving money to Illinois state Sen. Jim Oberweis in his bid to oust three-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.
National GOP group won't commit to helping Oberweis

It was just week ago that Oberweis was riding high on the results of a fake self-commissioned poll that had him within striking distance of sweet November victory. But, as readers of this blog are keenly aware ...

I Scream You Scream We All Scream

your LakeCountyEye quickly followed-up with the only poll that matters: the candid camera poll. A photograph of Oberweis talking to a half empty room in Algonquin went viral, and no sooner had the NRSC caught wind of this macaca moment did they pull the plug on the high flying Oberweis campaign. Coincidence? Note to ops: in winner-take-all electoral politics, there are no coincidences.

Operatives are advised to throw away those useless bookmarks. Some websites -- Real Clear Politics, FiveThirtyEight, even the Princeton Election Consortium, for instance -- merely track the opinions. But how many lead the opinions?

I Scream You Scream We All Scream

Your LakeCountyEye be totally liveblogging from the Oberweis Dairy, conveniently located on 5572 Grand Ave, Gurnee. That banana royal sundae on the soda fountain looks awesomely flavorsome. Toppings include caramel, chocolate, pineapple, strawberry.

In related news, the bloggers at the McHenryCountyBlog said ...

A newly released poll commissioned by IL U.S. Senate candidate Jim Oberweis shows him trailing by only six points against 32-year career politician Dick Durbin.
Oberweis poll shows race at 6 points

Jim Oberweis spoke Wednesday at an Algonquin Township Republican Central Committee meeting ...

U.S. Senate hopeful Jim Oberweis updates Republicans in Algonquin

... where he drew some 30 people -- a hefty number for any US Senate candidate on a meteoric rise up in the polls.

The shutterbugs at the McHenryCountyBlog got some snapshots of the event:

Jim Oberweis Addresses Algonquin Township Republicans

Even if the suits and the party hacks were eliminated from the room count, it is clear that career politician Jim Oberweis drew maybe 10 or 15 people -- a hefty number for any US Senate candidate on a meteoric rise up in the polls!

In the meantime, don't forget to visit your Oberweis Dairy, conveniently located at 684 S Rand Rd, Lake Zurich. Look for your LakeCountyEye, making doe eyes at a peanut butter sundae, wrapped in a fresh baked waffle bowl.

Flip, Flop, Repeat

Not since the Jesse White Tumblers toured has your LakeCountyEye witnessed this much untethered flipflopping. At least not among politicians jockeying for a seat in the US Senate.

Operatives may recall that US Senate candidate Jim Oberweis sat out the last week of the March Primary at his Florida home. His opponent, Doug Truax, used the news leak to lampoon Oberweis -- according to the Sun-Times ...

in a mock postcard sending greetings from Florida that conjured images of a "Jimmy Buffet" Oberweis, slipping on flip flops and sipping pineapple concoctions poolside. Truax, 43, whose spokesman Dan Curry went to the emergency room after he was hit on the head with falling ice, called Oberweis arrogant and disconnected.
Jim Oberweis or Jimmy Buffett?

Long story short, Oberweis easily beat Truax in the Primary. (Also, Truax spokesman Dan Curry was not seriously injured.) But not long after the Primary, sitting US Senator Mark Kirk declined to campaign for fellow Republican Senate candidate Jim Oberweis. According to the Sun-Times ...

Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., is ruling out campaigning for longshot GOP Illinois U.S. Senate nominee Jim Oberweis, saying Monday he would rather "protect" his relationship with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and not launch a "partisan jihad."
Kirk to "protect" Durbin relationship, not stump for Oberweis

That was then. But this -- in flipflop years -- is now. According to the Sun-Times ...

After distancing himself from GOP Senate nominee Jim Oberweis last month — and saying he wanted to "preserve" his relationship with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and not engage in a "partisan jihad" — Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., in a switch said Wednesday he will campaign for Oberweis.
Why Kirk is now campaigning for Oberweis for U.S. Senate seat

Oberweis, understandably, should be tickled pink. His new spokesman, Dan Curry, was.  According to the Sun-Times ...

Oberweis' new spokesman Dan Curry said: "We welcome the support of any Illinoisian — elected official or otherwise — who joins us in bringing back jobs and prosperity to our state after so many years of decline."
Why Kirk is now campaigning for Oberweis for U.S. Senate seat

Note to ops: it's hard to keep a good man down. Despite being hit in the head with falling ice, it appears that Oberweis spokesman Dan Curry landed on his feet.

That's all your LakeCountyEye has, move along.