The Great Debate

The First candidate debate for the 8th District Congressional seat took place at the College of McHenry County on Friday night. T.R. has surveyed several sources of who won and who did not.

All candidates stated that they were Pro-Life and Pro Second Amendment.

The general opinion is Joe Walsh won the debate. He seemed to understand what the audience was looking for and told them exactly what they needed to hear. He started strong and ended strong, very good speaker, very polished.

Maria Rodriguez was a disappointment for most of the audience. For her opening remarks she read from a script, while the others appeared to just share candidly why they should be the Republican Candidate. She did repeat during the debate her experience as Mayor of Long Grove. A good candidate but not the top pick for the group.

Chris Geissler was the surprise candidate of the night. He was very articulate and a fresh new face. He came over strong but he did not hit any home runs. Many were happy with him and hoped that he run again in the future for public office.

Dirk Beveridge did well and was handling the questions well up until the point he said the Tea Party movement needed to be lead and he was the one to do it. He even called himself a community organizer and would create a grass roots campaign to win.

John Dawson made no mistakes and made no great impression on the crowd.

Greg Jacobs made no mistakes.

In the end Joe Walsh in first place, Chris Geissler took second, with Maria Rodriguez and Dirk Beveridge tied for third.