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* The two US Senate candidates are speaking to the Illinois Farm Bureau today. Tammy Duckworth has already spoken and an IFB official announced there’d be a brief break.

“We tried to design this so that the candidates do not have an opportunity to to be seen together,” the official told the audience - with a straight face - after about 15 minutes.

Sheesh.

“So,” he continued, “Representative Duckworth is gone and Sen. Kirk will be here in about five minutes.” Attendees were then asked to take their seats.

* Earlier this week, there was some doubt that BlueRoomStream.com would even be allowed to video the event, let alone livestream it. The company was told they’d be able to cover the post-event Q&A’s, if any, but that was it. By late yesterday, they were given the go-head to livestream and you can watch by clicking here.

Both sides deny that they tried to suppress media coverage.

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 2:37 pm

Comments

At this point, I’m willing to make due with just the one Illinois Senator till 2022.

– MrJM

Comment by @MisterJayEm Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 2:44 pm
Tammy should be leading kirk by +20 points, but she is too petty, tacky and incompetent, even by il standards. I am voting for her in the more in the parliamentary sense that I want a dems in dc to have a strong hand, but I have no illusions she’ll be effective for il.

Comment by atsuishin Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 2:44 pm
Who’s got more to gain by appearing anonymous and invisible? Not Tammy D.

Comment by Precinct Captain Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 2:50 pm
Whose*

Comment by Precinct Captain Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 2:50 pm
I feel Tammy will make a better Senator than what Kirk has done for IL. At least Tammy will make sure the Vets are taken care of.

Comment by Mama Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 2:51 pm
Yikes for me today! Maybe I’ll just be as invisible as the Senate candidates.

Comment by Precinct Captain Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 2:51 pm
Precinct Captain,

And that’s why I never acknowledge my typos. (That and I don’t notice ‘em.)

– MrJM

Comment by @MisterJayEm Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 2:53 pm
I agree that this is becoming really painful. As for taking care of vets, that’s great but the job is a lot broader than that.

Comment by Ron Burgundy Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 2:54 pm
The campaigns are simply trying to avoid turning a joint appearance into a debate. SOP. Not sure why this is noteworthy. Annoying? Maybe. But it’s hardly strange behavior.

Also, I believe neither side is trying to suppress media coverage. They are trying to avoid joint questioning from either the audience or the media. Again, standard political scheduling practice.

The Farm Bureau wants to have one meeting for its members to hear both candidates, and neither candidate wants to appear alongside the other at a joint event. This is the compromise.

Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 2:55 pm
“We tried to design this so that the candidates do not have an opportunity to to be seen together,” the official told the audience - with a straight face…

What exactly did he mean??? Was he expecting a fight to break out??? That one statement is insulting, embarrassing, and possibly demeaning all rolled into one.

Comment by Anon221 Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 2:57 pm
Their ads during the Olympics made me so happy to have functioning eyelids and a mute button.

Comment by SinkingShip Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 2:59 pm
I would say a pox on both candidates, but they both have enough health problems.

Comment by Last Bull Moose Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 3:03 pm
What’s worse, both candidates and Crews acting like this, or both candidates and Crews not embarrassed at acting like this.

Geez, Louise, this race is for, arguably, a seat in the most important and influential legislative chamber on earth.

This is how y’all act?

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 3:08 pm
@OW

I don’t know how much you’re tied into the political cultures in other states, but the states where I spend most of my time think of Illinois politics as a leper colony that needs to be quarantined and contained.

No hope if getting Illinois straightened out by either party. all the nation can do is limit the damage outside of Illinois caused by its politics.

Comment by Illinois Bob Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 3:19 pm
Hard to find a campaign where both candidates have worked so hard to NOT earn my vote.

Comment by Dance Band on the Titanic Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 3:28 pm
Well two years ago we had a choice between Quinn and Rauner, now we have a choice between Kirk and Duckworth. I would ask is this that this State can come up with? But then I look at the coices we have for President and see that it aint just us. And the major parties wonder why so many people feel abandoned by both of them.

Comment by SOIL M Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 3:39 pm
That should be– Is this the best that this State can come up with?
Apologies

Comment by SOIL M Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 3:41 pm
This one really is a mess. I’ve been done with it from the start.

Sadly, this is one where the parties picked ‘em for us.

Comment by A guy Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 3:46 pm
I decided a while ago Dick Durbin and Al Franken are my Senators.

Comment by Cheryl44 Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 3:54 pm
IFB panders to all sides all the time….Ag term is chicken….

Comment by fleaIFB Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 4:15 pm
Simpson-Bowles report was issued over 6 years ago.

Sen Kirk what have you done during that time to try to implement its proposals?????

Comment by illini Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 4:46 pm
You’d think the Dems would have gotten this right after the Alexi debacle six yrs ago. Now another weak nominee is served up to the flawed Kirk. I don’t get it.

Comment by Independent Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 5:27 pm
I’m still not over the “ride in on the petticoat tails” comment by Duckworth

Comment by Well then Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 7:04 pm
Precinct Captain: “who’s” is the contraction for “who is” or “who has” — you were right the first time, “who’s” as in “who has got the most to gain…”

Comment by Mrs. Grundy Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 7:18 pm
I’m done with all the politicians for all the races, both state and nationwide. Cannot wait for mid-November.

Comment by thoughts matter Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 8:43 pm
Duckworth is such a disappointment …

Comment by quad city democrat Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 10:49 pm
If “None of the Above” was a ballot option for voters, neither Duckworth or Kirk would have a prayer of receiving a plurality.

Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 11:00 pm
–I don’t know how much you’re tied into the political culture of other states, but the states where I spend most of my time…–

What states (plural) are those, Bob? Catatonia? Delusion? Denial?

You’re just an International Man of Mystery: Building nuclear power plants and highways, teaching at top universities and inner-city schools, running political campaigns, picking out pink panties for male Hispanic prisoners with Sheriff Joe….

….swinging on the Riviera one day, lying in the Bombay alley next day…

Oh, behave.

Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Aug 24, 16 @ 11:01 pm
===swinging on the Riviera one day, lying in the Bombay alley next day===

Looks like Wordslinger’s summer break is over.

Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Aug 25, 16 @ 7:25 am