According to Chris Cillizza at The Fix, he's got his hands on a memo penned by Mark Kirk agitating for an endorsement from Sarah Palin.
Kirk apparently sent the memo to Republican 'bigwig' Fred Malek, who's been affiliated with Palin for a while.
After noting that Palin will be in Chicago later this month to appear on "Oprah", Kirk writes that "the Chicago media will focus on one key issue: Does Gov[ernor] Palin oppose Congressman Mark Kirk's bid to take the Obama Senate seat for the Republicans?"
Kirk goes on to write that he is hoping for something "quick and decisive" from Palin about the race, perhaps to the effect of: "Voters in Illinois have a key opportunity to take Barack Obama's Senate seat. Congressman Kirk is the lead candidate to do that."
Not sure what Kirk is worried about, as Patrick Hughes seems to be having problems getting his campaign off the ground, but nonetheless Kirk is definitely running to the base as quickly as possible.
At the same time, I’m sure any of the Dem candidates in this race would just love to bring up Kirk being “the candidate of Sarah Palin” or some such thing in the general election.
I was hoping to vote in the Rhode Island gubernatorial election but if this keeps up I may switch my registration to my college address in Chicago so I can vote against this douchebag.
I don’t think the “Sarah Palin’s candidate” line of attack is that strong against someone like Kirk, who has his own record to run on. I imagine what will happen is it will be seen as a psuedo Obama-Palin showdown if Kirk gets a similar degree of Palin’s support as the Democratic candidate gets Obama’s support.