from http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2013/10/12/regarding-mike-ditkas-claim-that-he-could-have-beaten-obama-in-race-for-senate/
"[T]ruth be told, Ditka never had a chance in that contest.
"[T]ruth be told, Ditka never had a chance in that contest.
In 2004, polling firm SurveyUSA did a head-to-head poll between Ditka and Obama that showed Obama had a 7-point lead over Ditka. Those seven points came when Obama was still a relatively unknown state senator and before his career-defining speech at the Democratic convention that September. At the time, Obama was an up-and-coming political star, and Iron Mike was a fading sports legend looking for something to do.
Then, too, Ditka describes himself as an "ultra-ultra-ultra conservative" — and Illinois has never been known to elect Republicans of that extremist stripe to the U.S. Senate. The Land of Lincoln is not a Tea Party state."
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