1. Your campaign has continued to criticize Alexi on the bank but you can’t answer a simple question “YES or NO” on whether or not you were shot at while flying over Iraq? Will you now answer yes or no? Why is this so difficult for you?

2. Congressman, why have you designed a “voter integrity” program in solely African American areas? What specifically do you mean by saying the other side is going to “jigger the vote”?

3. Why do you continue to refuse to take a position on DADT?

CHICAGO -- U.S. Senator John Kerry joined Alexi Giannoulias’ U.S. Senate bid today, lauding his clean energy agenda, but he also warned of the corporate special interests trying to influence the race.

“Alexi wants to see America move to a clean energy economy that will save our environment and create jobs, grow our economy and strengthen our national security so we invest in American technology rather than send billions to the Middle East,” Kerry said. “We need leaders like Alexi in Washington who will stand up to the big special interests that are determined to derail a strong clean energy bill and do the bidding of the status quo. We can’t let that happen.”

Today, Senator John Kerry joined Alexi in calling out the shadowy groups that are trying to buy this election. Here's what Senator Kerry had to say:
 

CHICAGO – Alexi for Illinois campaign manager Michael Rendina released the following statement reacting to the ABC 7 Chicago story focusing on Mark Kirk's voter integrity problem: "With Karl Rove bankrolling his campaign, it’s no wonder Congressman Kirk has cooked up a Florida-style voter intimidation scheme to try to interfere with voting. The Congressman’s dirty tricks are disturbing and offensive and he needs to explain himself."

As Karl Rove's shady political organization prepares to unleash $1 million worth of negative attack ads on behalf of Congressman Mark Kirk in Illinois this week, an independent, non-partisan watchdog group has called his claims false.

CHICAGO - As payback for Congressman Mark Kirk's repeated votes in favor of the disastrous Bush budgets, Karl Rove unleashed a false, negative attack ad today to distract voters.

U.S. Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias, who refuses all corporate PAC and federal lobbyist money, called on Kirk to denounce Rove's history of lies and disclose where the money came from to produce this misleading ad.

CHICAGO - Illinois State Treasurer and U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias today denounced Karl Rove who will enter Illinois politics next week with an onslaught of negative, false television ads for his friend, Congressman Mark Kirk.