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To: denizen48 who wrote (77066)	3/11/2008 11:28:02 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

You are right...Obama campaigned for Foster and appeared in one of his ads...and Foster won in one of "the safest" GOP districts in the entire Midwest...;-)

To: denizen48 who wrote (77066)	3/12/2008 9:59:07 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

"Anyone who has watched American politics lately didn't particularly need to see another piece of evidence proving just how challenging the political environment is for Republicans," Charlie Cook writes at nationaljournal.com. "But Republican Jim Oberweis' loss to Democrat Bill Foster in Saturday's special election in Illinois' 14th District — for a seat held for over two decades by former House Speaker Dennis Hastert — is just one more example," Mr. Cook said. "The heavily Republican district that President Bush carried with 55 percent in 2004 gave Oberweis 47 percent, a big swing but not a surprising one given Bush's high disapproval ratings. "It would be unfair to lay the blame for this loss solely on Bush and his unpopularity, though. "A weak candidate who had already lost two bids for the Senate and one for governor, Oberweis had upside-down numbers — higher unfavorable than favorable ratings — in some polls heading into the election and that was probably a major contributing factor in his loss.

To: denizen48 who wrote (77066)	3/12/2008 9:59:45 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Party secret "Incredibly, in lead stories Monday night about New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer being linked to a prostitution ring, neither ABC's 'World News' nor the 'NBC Nightly News' verbally identified Spitzer's political party. Must mean he's a liberal Democrat — and he is," the Media Research Center's Brent Baker writes at www.mrc.org. "CBS anchor Katie Couric, however, managed to squeeze in a mention of his party. Last August when news of Larry Craig's arrest broke, both ABC and NBC stressed his GOP affiliation," Mr. Baker said. "On ABC, the only hints as to Spitzer's party were a few seconds of video of Spitzer beside Hillary Clinton as they walked down some steps and a (D) on screen by Spitzer's name over part of one sound bite. NBC didn't even do that."