Asking a pointless question

is the Illinois Leader in a continuation of an interview of Phyllis Schlafly:

She also answers a question that was circulating in Illinois at the time of the interview - whether Mrs. Schlafly would have considered entering the race to be the Republican U.S. Senate candidate.

Although now that they've asked it, I'm actually wondering what that Senate race would have been like. Update: Sorry for the earlier typo.