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Dems at risk of losing Obama's old Senate seat :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Lynn Sweet
Could this be a harbinger* of things to come?
Looks like Obama's going to be spending a great deal of time in Chi-town before the special election. I wonder if he has an ACORN or just run of the mill Radial Communist in mind to back. The people they are talking about might not fit that mold Obama likes best.
One thing for sure it's going to be a bumpy ride.
harbinger*; anything that foreshadows a future event. I felt I should include this for the less fortunate as a gesture or kindness.
Could this be a harbinger* of things to come?
November 15, 2009
BY LYNN SWEET Sun-Times Columnist
WASHINGTON -- About a year ago, thousands jammed Grant Park in Chicago to celebrate Barack Obama's election to the White House, a communal civic defining moment. But those giddy days are long gone as Democrats in Illinois face the potential of losing the Senate seat President Obama once held next November.
The Illinois primary is Feb. 2, and the Democrat and Republican races are ripening, with the deadlines to file or withdraw nominating petitions now passed.
Democratic Party leaders in Washington -- and the Obama White House -- failed to recruit a candidate strong enough to scare Rep. Mark Kirk -- the Republicans' best bet -- from the race. The only luck they had was the decision by Sen. Roland Burris -- appointed by now-indicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill Obama's remaining term -- not to run to keep the seat.
The chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois -- Michael J. Madigan, the speaker of the Illinois House -- is the father of Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who rebuffed Obama and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee when they wooed her for the Senate. Papa Madigan, more concerned with keeping his state House majority, doesn't really care who the senator is.
A look at the leading Democratic and GOP Senate candidates:
Looks like Obama's going to be spending a great deal of time in Chi-town before the special election. I wonder if he has an ACORN or just run of the mill Radial Communist in mind to back. The people they are talking about might not fit that mold Obama likes best.
One thing for sure it's going to be a bumpy ride.
harbinger*; anything that foreshadows a future event. I felt I should include this for the less fortunate as a gesture or kindness.
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