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From a press release this afternoon:

WHEATON - State Senate Republican Whip and Floor Leader, Peter Roskam (R-Wheaton), will hold a conference call [Thursday morning] with reporters to discuss his intentions to seek the Republican nomination for Congress in light of Chairman Henry Hydeâ€™s announcement. Senator Peter Roskam will be in Springfield since the Illinois State Senate is in session.

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Apr 20, 05 @ 4:58 pm

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Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 20, 05 @ 5:31 pm
To the deleted commenter:

One fairly good point, expressed in a very poor way. Try again, and don’t Leader it up next time.

Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Apr 20, 05 @ 5:43 pm
Roskam will make an excellent choice. Carole Pankau, however, will not. Pankau mentioned in today’s Tribune that the district doesn’t need a “Henry Hyde clone.”

Interesting that she wouldn’t want someone, like Roskam, who would continue the fight for values that are near and dear to the hearts of the 6th District. The same values that Henry Hyde has protected since 1974.

Sounds like Pankau is out of touch.

Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 20, 05 @ 5:49 pm
Of course she is out of touch. Henry Hyde ably served that district for 32 years, and now she says that they do not want a “clone” of Henry Hyde? Other than the obvious fact that as pro-lifers Hyde and Roskam would be against cloning, who is Pankau to say the district does not want someone more in line with Hyde than not?

Read between the lines of her comments - Pankau realizes that Roskam is the obvious heir apparent to Henry Hyde, the vast majority of voters (Republicans and others) in IL-6 realize that, and the only way she has a snowball’s chance of winning is if she is the only moderate female in the race.

Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 20, 05 @ 7:00 pm
Is it just me or do the comments by Carney (”I have DC-based consultants and will throw 10 funders”) and Pankau (”I am woman, hear me roar!”) seem like overly defensive? Shouldn’t prospective candidates be offering a vision, a plan, rather than excuses for why he or she *might* win?

Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Apr 20, 05 @ 9:21 pm
I predict there will be other serious candidates to succeed Hyde besides Peter and Carole.

Comment by FightforJustice Wednesday, Apr 20, 05 @ 10:03 pm
Wow, a bunch of folks are missing the point. Pankau is respected and is qualified, more so than oh let’s say C.M.Braun when she ran for Senate. Let’s see, two guys running with mult-millionaire former state rep Tom Johnson deciding if he wants to spend his wife’s family’s money to enter the race—and what will they all do? Split the district and guess who wins? Also, Pankau doesn’t lose her seat Roskam does when he runs.
Pankau has nothing to lose. Also, look at the district and where the 4 possible strong candidates live and have roots? Johnson was in Hastert’s district until the last re-map and don’t think that was by accident either. Pankau in a squeaker!

Comment by Anonymous Friday, Apr 22, 05 @ 10:38 am
Carol Pankau doesn’t want a “Henry Hyde clone” does she? Her comments seem extremely defensive; also, she signed on as co-sponsor to HB2492, which would require a doctor’s req. for an ultrasound. This would prevent the use of ultrasounds at med. clinics; it is well documented that the use of ultrasounds in pre-natal treatment dramatically reduce the incidence of abortion. Maybe Ms. Pankau should have chosen a different issue to distinguish herself by. Peter Roskam is a great, PRO-LIFE guy, I’m with him 100%

Comment by Anonymous Monday, Apr 25, 05 @ 4:47 pm