Illinois wife-beater drops out of race

What a surprise (4.00 / 1)

Guess Cohen and the wise folks in Illinois decided there was no way he could spin that news into a "large victory."

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by: mooncat @ Sun Feb 07, 2010 at 21:38:39 PM CST

So what happens next? Is there a Dem in the race? (4.00 / 2)

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by: piggieheart @ Sun Feb 07, 2010 at 21:38:41 PM CST

the party picks a replacement (4.00 / 2)

There was a senate race in Il in 2006. the republican candidate Jack Ryan withdrew from the race and was replaced by Alan Keyes, I can't remember who the dem candidate was. I wonder what happened to him? 

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by: Go Blue @ Sun Feb 07, 2010 at 22:07:12 PM CST

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Ryan withdrew for some kind of a scandal, right? (4.00 / 1)

I think the Trib got his divorce records unsealed or something, emphasis mine. 

Because the First Amendment rights of media organizations generally supercede the privacy rights of litigants, since the American legal system favors transparency in all court proceedings. In the Ryan case, the Chicago Tribune and a Chicago TV station sued in Los Angeles (where the divorce proceedings took place) to unseal the records. In keeping with prior rulings nationwide, the court concluded that the public's right of access outweighed whatever emotional distress the unsealing might cause.

Amazing what an active press can do in the way of investegative journalism.

And btw, the Democrat in that race isn't even in the Senate anymore.

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by: mooncat @ Sun Feb 07, 2010 at 23:34:03 PM CST

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