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* This arrived in my e-mail earlier today…

New Poll Shows Romano in close battle with 26 year incumbent Lang

Could it be? Could Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie) really be in trouble?

* Not so much…

In a poll conducting by Victory Media Group of Glenview from October 9-11, challenger Vince Romano scored 44.2% of the vote to 26-year incumbent Democrat Lou Lang’s 55.8%.

OK, so Lang is well over 50. And the pollster isn’t a pollster.

* But it gets better. Check out the questions the pollster asked…

* 16th District State Representative Lou Lang has been in office for 25 years– since 1987. Last year he joined 59 Democrats and zero Republicans to pass a 67% tax increase on personal income and 46% tax increase on business income. Knowing this…

Less/More Likely to Vote for Lou Lang

Less Likely 57.5
More Likely 17.9
No Difference 24.6

* If the election for your State Representative were held today between 25 year incumbent Democrat Lou Lang and Republican businessman Vincent Romano, who opposes tax increases and will vote to repeal them if elected.

Lou Lang 55.8
Vincent Romano 44.2

* The Question: Could you come up with a more lopsided set of poll questions?

Snark, of course, is heavily encouraged.

…Adding… Your answer doesn’t have to be about Lou Lang, unless you really want to, of course.

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 1:35 pm

Comments

Would you be more or less likely to vote for Lou Lang if you knew that he was hiding Barack Obama’s real Kenyan birth certificate?

Comment by J Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 1:39 pm
Was the second question really worded like that? It technically isn’t a complete sentence, and doesn’t end in a question mark.

Comment by Empty Chair Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 1:45 pm
Rep. Lou Lang personally hates you and your family. He told me so. Knowing this, are less/more likely to vote for Lou Lang?

Comment by Montrose Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 1:51 pm
I hope this guy shared these results with Tom Cross. I can hear all the tires screeching in the direction of Plainfield. The Cross HRO braintrust must be in super secret meetings RIGHT NOW recalculating how much money they can put into this race… I knew MJM was out to screw my dad with this new map!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Lou Lang Jr. Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 1:51 pm
Lou Lang wants your husband to gamble all of your money away and have him run off with a showgirl…

If you heard that Loug Lang and Rod Blagovich were actually the same person would you still vote for him

Comment by OneMan Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 1:56 pm
I should’ve mentioned this up top, but there’s no requirement that the polling question be about Lou, although these are pretty darned funny.

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 1:59 pm
EC, that’s what they sent me.

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 2:00 pm
Q; Lou Lang has voted for every tax increase the last 20 years, and he is a loyal follower of the Trib’s mortal enemy Mike Madigan. Knowing this would you vote for him?
Oh> never mind I guess that question isnt really snark.

Comment by Lou Lang Jr. Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 2:04 pm
The candidate who paid for this poll is a swell guy, while his opponent has never publicly opposed the Soylent Green company. Will you be voting for the swell guy, or the cannibal this November?

Comment by Colossus Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 2:04 pm
Pollster: Although we have no evidence to suggest that candidate “X” is a habitual wife-beater, if he were…would you be less likely to vote for him?

Comment by How Ironic Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 2:08 pm
Rate your knowledge of the Tom Cross

A. Never heard of him - 10%
B. Heard the Name before, but do not Tom Cross - 15%
C. I have heard the name and know of Tom Cross - 20%
D. I have played golf, and have been Tom Cross’ Foursome at least once - 55%

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 2:12 pm
While Mitt Romney tied dogs to the roof of his car, Lou Lang actually beat puppies. And he taped his kids to the bed with duct tape and didn’t feed them unless they got straight As.

Are you more or less likely to vote for the child abusing, puppy beating Lou Lang?

Comment by 1776 Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 2:14 pm
“Dad says I am real kool and will do good once I leave RP Lumber and stuff, True or False?

Press 1 for Yeah,
Press 2 for Heck Yeah”

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 2:17 pm
How do you measure the HGOP’s Leadership?

A. Bills Passed.
B. Overall policy wins and losses
C. Number of GOP seats won every election
D. Tom Cross’ Golf Handicap

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 2:20 pm
If you knew that Bill Brady introduced a bill that would allow for puppies to be gassed, would you be more or less likely to support him?

Now, obviously no one would ever be dumb enough to sponsor a bill like that.

Comment by J Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 2:30 pm
The Illinois State Treasurer is…

A. Michael Jones
B. Susan Smith
C. Dan Rutherford
D. Pongee

Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 2:39 pm
Romano only scored 44% with that loaded question as the measure? Whats he bragging about?

Comment by anon Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 2:41 pm
How do you feel about Tom Cross’ leadership

A) Great
B) Swell
C) Impressed
D) Your name is Oswego Willy

If you got a picture of a candidate in front of a small white board showing the ABCs and the candidate holding a stack of papers would you

A)Wonder why she needs notes to teach the ABCs
B)Wonder where the F is in the ABCs
C)Wonder why she seems afraid of the children
D)Think OneMan spends too much time staring a mailers

Do you think Mike Madigan
A) is Bad
B) is Evil
C) is Mean
D) looks like the guy who kept that baseball you hit in his yard 20 years ago

Comment by OneMan Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 2:45 pm
If you see a candidate’s yard sign in the front yard of someone on the offender registry would it make you
A) Less likely to vote for that candidate
B) More likely to vote for that candidate
C) No difference

What if you found out someone was nice enough to give the candidate a heads up and the nice re-appeared would you be

A) More likely to vote for that candidate
B) Less likely to vote for that candidate
C) No difference
D) Wonder what they were thinking..

Comment by OneMan Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 2:48 pm
Betting against Lou Lang would be like betting against Man O War. I would bet Lou bet on Man O War, he’s certianly old enough.

Comment by mokenavince Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 2:58 pm
Joe Walsh owns just a few suits, they are different colors, and he purchased them with his own money. For most of her adult life, Tammy Duckworth had her friends in Big Government spend your tax dollars buying her countless suits all of the same color.

If the election were held today, and knowing that Tammy Duckworth wants to waste your tax dollar buying her nearly identical outfits while Joe Walsh buys his own clothes, are voting for:

a) Joe Walsh; or
b) Tammy Duckworth.

Comment by Skeeter Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 3:09 pm
You read that Lou Lang supports medical marijuana, what would you do:
a. Vote for him
b. Vote against his opponent
c. Start checking for a doctor
d. Get that Alabama Shakes cd out.

Vince Romano is a good candidate because:
a. He plays for the Cowboys
b. He has a good cheese
c. He played golf with Tom Gross
d. ‘Vinny Romano’ has a nice ring to it.

Comment by zatoichi Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 3:15 pm
Would you vote for Lou Lang if you knew that he recently converted to being a Morman? Or if he was converted to Mormanism without his knowledge? Or if he spent two years in France seeking to convert Frenchmen to the Morman faith, along with Mitt Romney?

Comment by Capitol View Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 4:29 pm
Would you be more or less likely to vote for Lou Lang after discovering he drinks mudslides and other girly drinks?

Comment by huh Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 4:53 pm
Lou Lang wants you to smoke dope rather than take expensive Rx Drugs, gamble and then spend all your tax money on mental health

Should he be:
(a) the only member of the House
(b) serve with Madigan
(c) serve with Madigan and name Billboards the doorman

Comment by CircularFiringSquad Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 5:18 pm
Is the writer of this article a
a) Biased liberal who dislikes conservative causes
b) Biased liberal who makes fun only of conservative candidates
c) Biased liberal who will remove my comment.

Comment by M3 Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 8:27 pm
M3, thanks for the snark.

If I ever get a goofy “poll” like that from a liberal, you can rest assured that I’ll post it as well. This sort of stuff is just too fun to pass up, man.

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 8:30 pm
Well, it’s not a loaded poll question, but — let’s take a little trip down memory lane, shall we?

Sherman, set the Wayback Machine for the year 2008.

This proposal deals with a call for a state constitutional convention. The last such convention was held in 1969-70, and a new Constitution was adopted in 1970. The 1970 Illinois Constitution requires that the question of calling a convention be placed before the voters every 20 years. In 1988 electors rejected the call for a constitutional convention, with 75% voting against calling a convention and 25% voting in favor of calling a convention. If you believe the 1970 Illinois Constitution needs to be revised through the convention process, vote “YES” on the question of calling a constitutional convention. If you believe that a constitutional convention is not necessary, or that changes can be accomplished through other means, vote “NO” on the calling of a constitutional convention.

The foregoing ballot question is:

A. Incredible.
B. Preposterous.
C. You mean I’m supposed to vote against this, right?
D. Outrageous.
E. True.
F. All of the above.

The correct answer is - EEEEEENK! - F, all of the above.

I’m outta here.

Comment by Third Reading Tuesday, Oct 16, 12 @ 11:00 pm