Physicist Bill Foster (D) defeated dairy magnate Jim Oberweis (R) in the Illinois special election to replace former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R), a win that reinforces the perils facing House Republicans at the ballot box this fall.
With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Foster had 52.5 percent of the vote to Oberweis's 47.5 percent. That result was amazing given the 14th District's clear Republican lean. President Bush won the district, which spans into the far western suburbs of Chicago, with 55 percent in 2004 and 54 percent in 2000. Hastert won reelection easily for more than two decades.
If anything shows just how far out in front the Democrats are in the upcoming election, this does.
This is an overwhelmingly Republican area that is clearly fed up with how the Republicans have run this country.
However the longer we allow Hillary to chip away at the image of Barack Obama the more ground we give up to the Republicans. If she would simply step aside and allow Barack to take his rightful place we would see a surge in support for the Democratic challengers to Republican Senate and House seats that will be in play in 2008.
Hillary's selfish pursuit of the nomination is hurting the Democratic party and the country by keeping Obama distracted from the battle to come against John McCain. She is an albatross around this country's neck and somebody needs to get her to understand that.
Somebody needs to place a 3 a.m. phone call to Hillary telling her that she can go back to sleep because the country will be in better hands without her.
Hastert, the dead kid and the fibbies.
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Hastert is a shameless republican fucktard.