The problem with Duckworth  October 23, 2012|Dennis Byrne   •
Tammy Duckworth, pictured Friday at a news conference in
Addison, is challenging Republican incumbent Joe Walsh in the
northwest suburban 8th Congressional District race. Tammy
Duckworth, pictured Friday at a news conference in Addison, is
challenging Republican incumbent Joe Walsh in the northwest
suburban 8th Congressional District race. (Keri Wiginton,
Chicago Tribune)  Let's see, the reasons that you're supposed to
vote for Democrat Tammy Duckworth and against Republican
incumbent Joe Walsh in the northwest suburban 8th Congressional
District are: He's a radical, "anti-choice," loudmouthed, wing-
nut tea partyer. Do I have that about right?  If so, Duckworth
is something of a mirror image: extreme; anti-life; tool for
Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod and "Chicago Way" Democrats who want
to reach their tentacles into the far suburbs.   It almost
worked. She barely lost to Republican Peter Roskam. To assuage
her loss, she was rewarded with choice patro