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From: LindyBill	1/11/2007 4:05:19 AM
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IL To Move Primary To Help Obama? By hotlineblog Capitol Fax Blog's Rich Miller reports that IL House Speaker Mike Madigan said he wants to move the state's 2008 presidential primary to Feb. 5 to help Barack Obama's presidential candidacy. In 2004, the primary was held on March 16. "That's like lowering the hoop for Shaq," an aide to one of Obama's potential rivals tells the Hotline. We'll bet a dollar that Sen. Hillary Clinton's political team will spend some telephone time today investigation Mr. Madigan's intentions. Also worth watching is the reaction of AFSCME, a big pro-Clinton with many IL members. (That said, if Obama doesn't run and the primary is moved to 2/5, it'd be a good state for her, no?) We're checking with Speaker Madigan's office....

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