Mr. Oberweis- Stick to the Milk
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If you had told me two weeks ago that the Democrats would take Denny Hastert’s seat, I would have openly mocked you. Having grown up in that district, I knew that the likelihood that any Democrat would take the seat would be about the same as me being named King of Ireland.
Well, I’m booking my ticket now.
Bill Foster, a Democrat with zero political experience, defeated three four-time loser Jim Oberweis in the race for the seat, which encompasses the extreme western ex-urbs of Chicago and points west. Mr. Oberweis already lost bids for US Senate in 2002 and 2004 and Illinois Governor in 2006. His campaigns are nasty and he uses his wealth (from the greatest dairy in the known world) to run ads that do little but try to smear the competition. The Tribune runs down some of these ads on their Swamp blog.
I simply can’t believe it. The GOP is pointing the finger (and I do mean “the finger” at this point) at Oberweis and saying he’s the reason they lost. Of course, he’s their nominee in November when Foster and Oberweis will be running again for the same spot so they don’t want to say it too loudly. This could be a harbinger of things to come. I know that one result does not a trend make, but this is so out of left field and so unlikely that the GOP may need to just duck and cover in November and be thankful for whatever seats they do manage to keep.