This is the just another smoke-and-mirrors stunt, designed and delivered to conceal a total lack of competence to represent constituents in Congress. Ms. Duckworth deserves a lot of credit for her military service, but clearly is not serious enough about the race to do anything more than dodge the issues and perform stunts. Voters really deserve something ... and someone better.

Yes, primarily because Rep. Walsh is not a lap dog for the administration while Tammy has said she wants to be elected to help him fulfill his agenda. She has the wrong constituency for that.
Walsh has been a Radical Centrist related to government, finding as many on the extreme right as on the left (both of which I find irritating). He has railed against irresponsible government. He has certainly been more responsible and responsive than his predecessor. Someone needs to speak loudly & clearly. The fact that he has raised the ire of the fringes says he has done his job well.
No, I am not a campaign lacky (never contributed to any). And Walsh was redistricted away from being my representative.

Yeah, I prefer folks who represent me more polite while they spend trillion after trillion on unions who launder it back to them. This way they remain nice and polite and I actually feel they care about me.

Tammy Duckworth just trolled all of you. lololololol

"dislike"

How quickly we all forget how unavailable Melissa Bean made herself to her constituents, and now people want to support Duckworth, who yet again is running a campaign full of gimmicks instead of showing she is aware of the issues.

Skip's point is right on.

While serving in the military, as members in my family have, is commendable, that's about all Duckworth brings to the table. It will pain me to vote for Walsh again given some of what I have learned about him, but I have zero doubt a vote for Duckworth would be far worse, and a setback.

Furthermore, it should show you voters just how much your representatives respect your opinions since they re-districted everything in an effort to circumvent the way the majority voted.

If anything, people should vote for Walsh this time again just to show Illinois' officials they can't bend the rules and redistrict just because they disapprove of how you vote.

But I have zero doubt that Duckworth does not represent the majority of people in this district with her views, many of which no one is even aware of what they are to begin with. I am expecting more anger-filled ads from her before November like she unsuccessfully ran in the last election when she lost, rather than focusing on issues.

My two cents.

Walsh /Duckworth Story, nother is another one of your poor liberal presentation on reporting a story. Duckworth like obama in all her years in state and federal positions did nothing of note. US Rep. Joe Walsh made a differance immediatly upon arriving in Washington, also if anyone took the time they would have found that Rep Walsh is not a "deadbeat " dad but was the victim.
Max

Please....... whats next? At least Joe seems to give a hoot!

Max...I took the time...Walsh never denied he owed back support...only disputed the amount. So a quick question....how much back child support is it OK for a US Congressman to owe?

Since he entered into a child support agreement with his ex-wife, never went back to court to revise the terms when he was broke and failed to make timely payments....how is he the VICTIM...He IS a deadbeat dad....or should I say was, since he has now finally resolved the issue with his ex and is having the payments taken out of his gov't paycheck. Wonder how regular they payments will be when he's out of office again next year.

Glad I'm not in the new 10th as I am no fan Tammy Duckworth either, but Joe Walsh is an embarassing joke who has accomplished nothing except to get his dumb mug on TV a lot...usually doing something ridiculous.

What are Duckworth's ideas? More job bills to waste more taxpayer money, more people dependent on the government, no economic growth, more unemployment, more foreclosures, more finger pointing? Sound familiar?

Interesting that rocker Joe Walsh's agent is a direct relative of Rahm Emmanuel. Could she be more tied to the Obama administration? At least Congressman Joe Walsh is standing up for his principles. We need representation to stand up and stop the madness. Unfortunately there has to be some conflict in order to turn a bad thing around, and the way things were going in years 1 and 2 of the Obama administration, we were definitely experiencing just that.

I do feel a little 'Rick Rolled' with this headline. Thankfully, it's not Congressman Joe Walsh supporting candidate Duckworth. I would be very suspect of her if that was he case. Now, I see it's the musician Joe Walsh supporting her, not the nutty one.

Here's another proof point that this is all a political stunt. Ariel Emanuel is singer Joe Walsh's agent. Ariel Emanuel is Rahm Emanuel's brother, and of course, a prime reason Rahm is back in Illinois is to campaign for the President. This is nothing more than a stunt to distract constituents from the REAL issues. No kidding ... we really deserve something ... and someone better than a performer of cheap, political parlor tricks,

What Kathy calls gridlock is what some others might call stopping the government from rubber stamping everything, and if you consider that "gridlock," then I am all for it.

Heaven forbid we actually have someone in office that wants to stop wasteful spending as Walsh has attempted to do.

I also think that those who allowed this headline to be used should be ashamed, with all due respect. Duckworth's campaign clearly tried to gimmick the media, and you guys/gals fell for it, as evidenced by this extremely poor choice for a headline.

It also shows a clear sort of bias that you allowed it to be used to begin with, Patch.

Still waiting for one person to share what Duckworth's ideas are to improve this district, and I sincerely doubt we'll see any. Last election all she did was run angry misleading ads, and lost. And I don't recall her discussing hardly any issues, nor has she this time.

Instead, we get her offices saying, 'hey, we've got a great idea! Let's tey and be cute and clever and get an endorsement from Joe Walsh, the musician, and send out a press release that makes it look like my opponent supports ME.'

Imagine the kind of gimmicks she'd try to use if elected. How mature to send out a press release like this to begin with. Yeah, she's ready for congress. Sigh.

I could care less if you find some burnt out pothead to support Tammy Duckworth. Its not like anyone of any relavance cares about her. Like others have said this is nothing more than a cheap trick to make it sound as if her opponent supports her. Maybe waste your energy getting your stance on the issues known instead of digging up hippy has beens...

What I find interesting is that some posters think Congressman Walsh has actually done something in Washington. As a resident in his present district and one who has contacted him multiple times my view is he has done little to nothing for District 8 or the county. Congressman Walsh has been politicing since the day he was sworn in and hasn't tended to the business of his District or country. I'm so glad to see him go so maybe my District will have some representation regardless of who it is.

I love how Dr. Joe calls the votes for the Republican candidate in the last election an "accidental candidate," as if those votes somehow shouldn't have counted. Last I checked it was an election run fair and square, which Melissa bean lost, mostly through her own fault and arrogance toward her constituents.

And Resident 225, don't act like Walsh hasn't been available to your many attempts to get through to him. He only holds meetings in person locally seemingly every week.

Funny how the last two posts are all name-calling and insults. Seems to be the only way many (but not all) people supporting Duckworth know how to operate. It's exactly how Duckworth's campaign went last time she ran for office and handily lost.

Like I said, this is all nothing more than a feeble attempt by the Democrats in Illinois to slap the voters in the face. They didn't like that a Republican took over a Democrat's seat in Washington, so they re-drew the district map and basically told you, the voter, that they don't have any respect for your vote or opinion REGARDLESS of whether you are a Republican or Democrat. Worse yet, they apparently felt the best candidate they could offer was Duckworth.

A vote for Duckworth, even on sheer principle, is a vote supporting the corrupt individuals in this state who think your opinion doesn't matter, so they change the rules.

Sorry, but it's the truth.

Sounds like Dr. Joe is upset because people finally stood up to the politics and business as usual in Washington. If you are so worried about people destorying the Republic, Joe, write your legislators and ask them why the president granted immunity to illegal immigrants today without a vote.

If congress and the senate want to do that LEGALLY, I'm all for it. But he used an executive order, circumventing existing laws and our own Constitution today with his actions. If you are so worried about the Republic, as you say, I'd be far more concerned with his employing dictator-like tactics like he did today than Joe Walsh blocking your constituents because he wants to reign in federal spending ... and then you act like that's a bad thing? Give me a break.

Ummm, perhaps you haven't turned on the news today, or yesterday.

Can't deal with reading Duickworths plan - hit on the president. I believe this article was about her. Read her ideas and plans on her website if you know how to get there. Then discuss her views. It is easy to say she has none.

Maybe next time people should share a link that actually works.

I went to the website. Her plan to create more jobs is....wait for it...

WIden roads and create more means of transportation.

Sorry, but in what world does road repair create more jobs that don't exist?

So many of the ideas on her page are awful, and show her severe lack of experience in any business-related setting. She then goes on to say how she wants to actually cut existing jobs for those in the Pentagon and other military branches....

Way to stick up for your former military colleagues, Tammy!

Then, she wants to increase taxes on people who run larger businesses, as if that will also create more jobs.

I could go on and on about just how much money she wants to spend of ours that doesn't exist, too, in her plan, but I won't waste my time.

People aren't dumb. They can go to the site themselves and see just how short-sighted her "plans" are.

And I just did address the "plan" Kathy. Didn't know there was a rule that said I am not allowed to make relevant posts as side notes. It was a valid point because we have a congressman in Walsh that has challenged Obama and his colleagues to come up with a legal immigration plan that doesn't use illegal means like executive orders that usurp the consitution, so it is completely in context to the Walsh/Duckworth discussion.

Does Joe Walsh of the Eagles actually live here....or his he just another phony celeb that "loooooves Chicago" and never sets foot in it except for a concert?

While Joe (of the Eagles) Walsh may be a FOMR (friend of Mayor Rahm), he is also from Evanston, and has more of a brain than most of the posters above. btw tim: Construction workers build roads and bridges. If you build roads and bridges, you have to hire (employ) those people to build them. They call that thing people do to build roads and bridges a JOB
I'm glad I didn't have the displeasure of being represented by Joe Walsh (the jerk who probably can't sing or write music either), but I will still cast my vote for someone who will work together with colleagues to solve problems, not someone who lives for the provocative sound bite and some extreme idiology which doesn't involve compromise. Government shouldn't be about extremism. Extreme views should only serve as a reality check for those of us in the broad middle who actually want government to work for us, and not the other way around.

Also fully expecting some ridiculous comment about my two spelling errors too above, since that seems to be the answer to things when people make valid points or arguements on here.

Can someone explain to me after congress passed 4 jobs bills, none had any success in helping unemployment, why Tammy Duckworth can say that the Republican congress is to blame for not passing more jobs bills? Seems like passing no jobs bills was the correct option, but thats just logical.

The poor folks who have to decide between Walsh and Duckworth...

A tea party shill and a democratic party shill, neither of which will ever stand up to their puppetmaster when the wants and desires of their puppetmaster differ from the wants and desires of their constituents. But I guess that doesn't make them much different from most politicians now does it.

Poor Raja..had his name been John Smith he probably would have won the primary over Duckworth and would be a double digit favorite to beat Walsh.