I watched five Republicans on Chicago Tonight who want to defeat Senator Dick Durbin. Since spring training has started, I thought I would use baseball analogies to describe their performance. They were a mixed team of four men and one woman. Two were obvious racists who didn’t hide their bunts so they could draw in the infielders who felt the same. One used to play for the other team before becoming a Republican. One has struck out several times before and will be an easy out. One was an Indiana doctor who thought Vice-President Pence was a medical expert who was the right substitute to head the corona virus game.

Some were obviously coached and supported by the NRA because they hoped to hit a home run with the Second Amendment. Four of the five would swear loyalty to the owner while one would follow the third base coach on a play-by-play basis.

Most of the questions were softball lobs and fouled off. One player swung his bat and hit the woman about taking her gun to a school.

If these five are the best the Illinois GOP has in the bullpen, they should send them down to the miners to sit on the bench. Senator Durbin may have been in office for years and has trouble running the bases but this season is over before the regular season starts. It looks like the GOP needs to do some prospecting.