Not sure if it has much pull or not, but an Illinois GOP candidate, Bobby Schilling, came out swinging today against his opponent and the new healthcare law. According to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the new healthcare law allows insurance companies to deny new coverage to children with pre-existing conditions. Quite the opposite of what the liberal pols were telling us.

“This is a shame,” said Schilling. “Again the federal government and our representatives have misled us. They made this bill sound as if it would fix all of our problems. Clearly it does not. Rep. Hare would have known about this new loophole if he had read the bill. He should apologize for misleading the people of his district.”

Indeed this is a good reason for politicians to actually READ the bills before they vote on them.

Bobby Schilling, a relatively unknown candidate for Congress in the Illinois 17th against Rep. Phil Hare, held a “kill the bill” money bomb that raised over $25,000. The drive was announced about 2 weeks ago and ended last night at midnight.

From the FEC report, it looks like Schilling has barely raised $89,000 total for his campaign. His latest COH has him at $44,000. This kill the bill drive might be a sign that he is starting to pull in some serious funds.

If he is going to be viable, Schilling has to get over $100,000 COH, at least, by the end of the 1st quarter. If he doesn’t get there, it is going to be very hard for him to over come his opponent, even in a conservative election year.

Bobby Schilling, Republican candidate for Congress in the IL-17, announced a “3/21 Kill the Bill Money-Bomb” about 2 weeks ago. Schilling wrote in an e-newsletter that his goal for the money-bomb was to raise $10,000. They reached $10,000, five days early and re-adjusted their goal to $13,210.

Today Bobby sent out another email announcing that his campaign has now received over $18,000 in contributions. The Schilling campaign has readjusted their goal to $20,000.

Don’t be mistaken, Schilling has his work cut out for him. The 17th District has a 2-1 democrat margin and is ranked as a D+3 district on the cook pvi scale. Rock Island County is going to be a thorn in his side. Rock Island County alone has 103,000 voters. 37,000 of that are registered Dems while only 14,000 are registered Republicans. The remainder are “Unenrolled” and tend to vote democrat because of the heavily union workforce.

The fact that Schilling has managed to raise $18,000 and almost double his goal, 3 days early says something about the national mood in itself.

Schilling may be in a heavily entrenched democrat district, but he is definitely making some headway.

Check out the “Kill the Bill Money-Bomb” website here: www.bobby321.com

Check out Bobby’s blog here: www.bobsforjobsblog.com

Check out Bobby’s campaign site here: www.bobby2010.com

Check this out: http://weaskamerica.com/?p=249

Bobby Schilling, Republican candidate for Congress in the Illinois 17th District, is within 7 points of Phil Hare in a recent poll conducted by a non-partisan polling company. While it is only March, Schilling seems to be making great progress in his district. Hare seems to be a big supporter of the current healthcare bill. The problem is that the healthcare bill doesn’t seem to be supporting him very much.

In a heavily democrat leaning district, over 25% of voters are undecided. This is also a seat that has been held by democrats for over 30 years.

Rep. Hare should be careful about the vote he takes on healthcare.

Check out Bobby Schilling’s website here Bobby2010.com