Illinois Democrats Dare Jews to vote Republican - '...While neither Democrat will tell us why they really dropped out, people familiar with the candidates have said all along that Kirk and Dold are far more knowledgeable and incisive, certainly about Israel and foreign policy, than their Democrat opponents. Democratic campaign strategy hopes that Illinois has become such a blue state that Democrats start with an automatic advantage and voters will choose Democrat candidates no matter how unqualified, as long as they do not throw their lack of ability in their faces -- which seems to be what Giannoulias and Seals just did.'