Illinois Senate Race: All Insults, All the Time

The AP reports:

The candidates in one of the nation’s most closely watched Senate races aren’t saying much about health care, the Gulf oil spill or even the economy.

Instead, they’re discussing who’s the least trustworthy.

Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk says Democrat Alexi Giannoulias is a “mob banker.” His allies compare Giannoulias to Tony Soprano and criticize him for wrongly claiming to still head a charity that’s actually defunct.

Meanwhile, Giannoulias argues Kirk has a problem with the truth. His campaign highlights every new development related to Kirk exaggerating his military service.

Illinois finds itself in an odd parallel universe in this midterm election as the rest of the country watches an ideological clash between the parties over the size of government and the best answers for the recession, with the insurgent tea party movement fanning the debate.

Ouch.