Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case
November 5, 2026
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Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a “canary in a coal mine” for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
Among the consequences of economic growth that badly lags national averages are billions of lost revenue every year. Yet denial reigns in Illinois, fueling the vicious cycle of demand for higher taxes.
Vote Republican for every race. Time to get these far left Democrats out.
Is there no Republican of middle age able to step up?
There is! Unfortunately, Don’t Tracy and Uihlein control the vetting and onboarding process though through proxies like Proft, The Illinois Republican Party, and other Super PACs. Astonishingly, even Democrats like Prirzker occasionally chip in to Republican campaigns if he’s confident they will fail. Illinois Republicans perpetually play like The Washington Generals vs. The Harlem Globetrotters. There’s ample evidence of this in the prominent “move out” campaign the shills are always pushing here. Why run when your opponent has a 6% approval rating? Contrary to what Wirepoints will tell you, it’s not a question of shifting conservatives more left; conservatives must… Read more »
We’ve never told conservatives to shift left. My view (which I think you are alluding to) is simply that the tent has to be big enough to include both Chicago area moderates and the firm conservatives downstate. It’s just a plain fact that neither of those groups is big enough alone to win statewide. They must work together more constructively to win.
You are disregarding the fact that we are dealing with a multivariate problem. I don’t know of any poll or survey that has accurately characterized what we are dealing with, which is a critical prerequisite. Furthermore, the number of conservatives and liberals is not simply a static metric: it’s a dynamic process and based on strong influences like perceptual context, leadership, positive reinforcement, and group dynamics. We can persuade! People can and do change their groups and views.
“I don’t know of any poll or survey that has accurately characterized what we are dealing with.” What? There are polls all the time on where people stand on the issues, party identification, why they voted as they did, etc.
There’s meticulous social graphs and behavioral futures markets, like what Palantir specializes in, and then there’s sending leading text messages to cherry picked recipients for an editorial. I think you’re referring to the single issue random calls / texts and p value approach, which is rather archaic and subjective. My statement still stands.
Show me any such analysis that validates your claims. And show me any successful, pro campaign manager who disregards conventional polls as you do.