Roskam sent someone to your door to ask for your vote and we didn't because you're a Republican. It's the only plausible explanation. Duckworth's campaign targetted Dems and indies, ignored Repubs. The Roskam campaign did the opposite.

On election day we went to some precincts 3 times. Most homes in our key precicnts were covered at least 3 times in the last 4 days. If anything we had too much contact with voters.

Duckworth got the endorsement of all 4 major papers, the Trib itself saying she'd shake up the powers that be in Washington as an independent voice. She stressed her independence in every campaign speech.

Cegelis raised all of $200,000 in the year and a half she ran after losing to Hyde in 2004. Roskam would have beaten her by at least 10 points and the $10 million Repubs spent on this race would have gone against other Dem candidates.

We'll have a candidate 2 years from now. It may be Duckworth, it may be Cegelis or it may be someone else. But whoever it is I suspect you'll be here writing nasty things about him/her.