Reports That Dennis Hastert May Step Down Early - Special Election

[Hat tip Toscha.] Read it here. My initial take is that this would favor candidates with money and/or existing name recognition. That would (it seems) favor Democrat Bill Foster, Democrat John Laesch, Republican Chris Lauzen and Republican Jim Oberweis the most - although the Republican field might be less settled than the Democratic field of Foster, Laesch and Geneva attorney Jotham Stein. Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns might suffer more from a primary with Barack Obama on the ballot (draining away moderate Republicans).

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  1. Toscha wrote:

    Thanks for the hat tip. But I should tip my own hat to mickleib at Daily Kos:

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/22/174030/989

    Posted 23 Aug 2007 at 10:06 am

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