* Another sucker fleeced…

A super PAC is again pumping in money to support tea party-backed U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh a week after saying it would re-direct its resources to other races.

The Republican from Chicago’s northern suburbs has struggled against his well-financed Democratic opponent, Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth. It’s one of the most closely watched and volatile U.S. House campaigns in Illinois.

The Now or Never super PAC said last week that it believed Walsh was well on his way to victory, allowing it to put its money elsewhere.

The PAC is pumping another million dollars into the race on Walsh’s behalf…

“Duckworth wants the voters to ignore her own legal problems and mismanagement while she attempts to paint Congressman Walsh as a man he is not,” said Tyler Harber, spokesman for Now or Never PAC.

* More…

“This is a resource and opportunity-based reversal,” Now or Never spokesman Tyler Harber emailed me. Recent negative reports about Ms. Duckworth “presented us with an opportunity to deliver an effective closing message.”

But Mr. Harber didn’t respond when I asked him who paid for the late blitz. That’s pertinent because earlier this year, Now or Never had been getting the vast bulk of its funding from another group, Americans for Limited Government, which does not disclose its funding. And the Duckworth campaign says ALG Chairman Howard Rich and his wife both have donated to Mr. Walsh’s personal campaign committee in the last year, raising questions of whether the ALG/Now or Never spending truly is uncoordinated, as the law requires.

Mr. Walsh’s spokesman replies that ALG and Mr. Rich may just agree with Mr. Walsh on term limits, and that, in any event, there has been no coordination. The same question could be posed about the House Majority PAC, which has bought anti-Walsh ads yet received large donations from Illinois folks who are backers of Ms. Duckworth, like Chicago media mogul Fred Eychaner, the spokesman said.

I really missed the boat this year. I should’ve reached out to these super PACs and had them spend some of their largesse on advertising for my website.

Heck, I could’ve retired.