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IL-Sen: POLL: Who Will Succeed Barack Obama?

by: Senate Guru

Tue Nov 25, 2008 at 14:09 PM EST


With Vice President-elect Joe Biden's Senate successor selected, and with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich suggesting that President-elect Barack Obama's Senate successor won't be announced until mid-to-late December, now seems like a good time for a poll.  Make your pick and share your thoughts in the comments.
Senate Guru :: IL-Sen: POLL: Who Will Succeed Barack Obama?
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Who will succeed Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate?
U.S. Congresswoman Melissa Bean
U.S. Congressman Danny Davis
Illinois Veterans Affairs Director Tammy Duckworth
U.S. Congressman Luis Gutierrez
Illinois Comptroller Daniel Hynes
U.S. Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.
Illinois State Senate President Emil Jones Jr.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan
Former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley-Braun
Illinois State Senator Kwame Raoul
U.S. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
Former Congressional candidate Dan Seals
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White
Someone else to serve as a placeholder
Someone else to serve and run in 2010

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IL-Sen: POLL: Who Will Succeed Barack Obama? | 9 comments
I voted
For someone else to serve as placeholder. I feel that it is only fair to have someone serve out a portion of the Senate Term and not seek re-election. Why was Congressman Bobby Rush not listed?

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I'm hoping for Madigan.
She's been elected statewide, twice; ergo, she stands a much better chance of beating Mark Kirk in 2010 than any congressperson representing a single, ideologically uniform district.
I am hoping for
Congressman Bobby Rush to get appointed to Obama's seat.

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It would be an amusing turn of events after all...
If Bobby Rush, who defeated Barack Obama's 2000 primary challenge, ultimately succeeded him in the Senate.
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[ Parent ]
Because
Bobby Rush is the only guy who has actually won against Barack Obama.  Amazing that his district primary voters got to choose between the man who'd be the next Senator from Illinois (and soon after, the President!) and potentially the man who'd be Senator after that.

Do you often get choices like that in your House primaries?

[ Parent ]
Tammy Duckworth
Should be the pick, and I think probably will be the pick. She has the most compelling life story, and is the most deserving candidate in my estimation. Every candidate being mentioned for this position has flaws but she has the fewest by far. The only one I see is that she's never held elected-office before. For me, this isn't enough to keep her out of the Senate, as many before her who have held this position with no prior experience experienced tremendous success including our Vice-President-elect.  
Electability
My worry about Duckworth is, if she couldn't get elected to Congress in a swing district, how on earth will she win statewide . . . especially when the GOP candidate will most likely be the moderate, likable Mark Kirk?
[ Parent ]
That
was two years ago in her first run for office. I don't see anyone in the field more electable than her. I haven't heard anything about Mark Kirk running for Senate. I find that hard to believe. Although he would be their best candidate, it seems to me that statewide he wouldn't be able to defeat any of our top few candidates. I hope he does run. That probably means we pick up his House seat in two years.
I think in a statewide campaign Tammy Duckworth will elicit a lot of goodwill for her service to and love for our country.  
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