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To: tejek who wrote (194466)	7/15/2004 6:41:29 AM
From: brian1501	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575422

Did you ever find the link to the story you discussed in the post below? Unfortunately, no. It was a report on the 5:30ish segment on Fox news last Friday. I didn't find it on the web with a search. I'll try again, the polling data should be there somewhere. Brian

To: tejek who wrote (194466)	7/15/2004 9:55:57 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575422

Ditka Shatters GOP Hopes, Spurns Campaign By MIKE ROBINSON, Associated Press Writer CHICAGO - With four months to go before the election, Illinois Republicans are desperately searching for a U.S. Senate candidate after former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka said he wouldn't run. AP Photo The Republican State Central Committee must sift through a stack of would-be candidates to oppose Democrat Barack Obama, a state senator from Chicago who has drawn a national following among party progressives and raised a large war chest. Republicans confessed Wednesday night they had no surefire strategy for finding a candidate who could raise money and take on Obama. "It's a pretty difficult situation and I guess it could become a major embarrassment," said Republican state central committee member Robert Winchester. The state GOP has tried to fill the top of its state ticket since investment banker Jack Ryan dropped out of the race nearly three weeks ago. Ryan's divorce papers contained embarrassing allegations that he took his wife, "Boston Public" actress Jeri Ryan, to sex clubs before they split up. The draft Ditka bandwagon started rolling Monday and the NFL Hall of Famer said the idea of running for the seat of retiring U.S. Sen. Peter Fitzgerald excited him. By Wednesday night, however, Ditka said that he'd decided against it. "There was a moment when I said, God, I'd like to take this and run with it, and then I said, you know, put your head on straight and think about what you're getting into," Ditka said outside his restaurant. Ditka said his volatile temperament could prove a drawback on Capitol Hill. Once when he was coach of the floundering New Orleans Saints, he answered taunting fans with obscenities as he was leaving the stadium. He later apologized. "I don't know how I would react on the Senate floor if I got in a confrontation with somebody I really didn't appreciate and maybe didn't appreciate me," Ditka said. Dairy owner James Oberweis, who finished second behind Ryan in the primary, has been mentioned as a possible replacement candidate. He showed up at Republican headquarters on Wednesday afternoon, telling a reporter he was just there for a visit. But some voters have been turned off by television ads in which Oberweis promised to crack down on undocumented aliens in the United States. Former Bush administration deputy drug czar Andrea Grubb Barthwell has also indicated possible interest in making the race, although she is an unknown in Illinois. Ryan said he was sorry that Ditka was not running. Although the papers formalizing his withdrawal have yet to be submitted, he said there was no chance that he would re-enter the race.