Thomson shouldn't be Illinois GOP's trump card

An opinion article from Chicago Tribune. 

Republicans are handing Democrats a ready-made issue, making the GOP look like they oppose job creation in a community that badly needs help.

recent Gallup Poll found that by 59 percent to 36 percent, Americans believe that Mohammed should be tried in a military court. More important for Republicans, independents favor a military trial by 63 percent to 32 percent.
Illinois Republicans should take their cue from that: Instead of wasting time crabbing about a less than major threat that the Thomson prison decision poses to us, they have a winner in hanging the decision to try the detainees anywhere in the United States around Democratic necks.

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