The other day Jim wrote
about Mark Kirk eyeing a Senate run in Illinois, but today
there's
conflicting reports about his intentions, saying both that he
has decided to opt out, but that it's not set in stone and
Republicans are still trying to get him to run. Kirk, a moderate
to liberal Republican who voted for the national energy tax in
the House last month, is seen as having the most realistic shot
of taking the seat once held by President Obama and currently
held by Roland Burris, who has said he will not run in 2010.
…former Senate seat, now he is, now he isn’t…oh, I don’t know…I give up. From the blogs. 538 | In Illinois, Dems Dodge Bullet; GOP Shoots Selves in Foot American Spectator | Is Kirk In or Out? Swing State Project | IL-Sen: Kirk Waffles, Then Re-Waffles Politics Nation | Kirk Won’t Run for Senate Eye on 2010 | Kirk Not Withdrawing From Race For Burris Seat Michelle Malkin | GOP Cap-and-Tax…
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Kirk In, Kirk Out…Who Knows? | Conservative Political Report links to this page. Here’s an excerpt: