Push-polling in Illinois targeting GOP?

More Democratic chicanery. Once again it's taking place in Illinois.

From the Wall Street Journal:

Democratic operatives have apparently begun “push polling” in Illinois, trying to drive a wedge between conservative voters and Rep. Mark Kirk, the centrist Republican seeking the Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.

According to people who have heard it, the call talks up Libertarian candidate Mike Labno as the only true "pro-life" candidate in a race that also includes Democratic State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias and Green Party candidate LeAlan Jones. It also referred to Kirk’s vote last year for Obama-backed legislation capping carbon emissions and setting up a system for polluters to trade greenhouse gas emissions credits.

The poll “asked how likely are you to vote…for governor, if today who…for Senate, if today who… (and mispronounced Giannoulias)…gave some negatives for Kirk including cap-and-trade… and listed Labno positions,” wrote a commenter on the website of the West Suburban Patriots, a Chicago-area Tea Party group. The poster said the poll concluded with a disclaimer that it was sponsored by the Democratic National Committee.

"It struck me that the DNC is promoting Labno to split the Kirk vote in favor of helping Ginnoulias. It would be 'fun' if the RNC would help the Green party candidate with a similar poll of likely democrat voters,” reads "Jan's blog."

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