Hare (above) was unopposed in 2008. Schilling is mounting his first campaign. (File photo)
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. -- Rep. Phil Hare is in a dogfight with Republican Bobby Schilling, the owner of St. Giuseppe's Heavenly Pizza and the father of 10 children. This is Hare's first competitive race, and it has become clear that he could get swept out in the GOP wave.
Dramatically increasing his own personal investment in the November midterms, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen this week will send another $800,000 in checks to the DCCC and individual candidates from his personal campaign account, a source close to Van Hollen told CQ-Roll Call.
As Christianity and homosexuality exploded as big issues in the Kentucky and Colorado Senate races, I can only think back to a column I wrote a little more than a year ago. Back then, a number of smart liberal observers had proclaimed the end of the culture wars and a return to economic issues, but I wrote that cultural issues would return.
