HOLY HASTERT! Bill Foster is BEATING UberWus for the fat bastard's seat!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

TPM just quoted a poll that shows UberWus L O S I N G by 52-47 for the interim seat.

Bill Foster is a physicist, and admitted blue dog. We can forgive him his sins, at least to some degree, because he is also a democrat, believes in evolution, has a higher degree, and can string together words with more than 6 letters without relying on his parents' and grampa's milk based trust fund.

UberWus has run for governator and senator for Illinois several times. Even after 7 of 9's ex-hubby was forced to withdraw from the senate race (leading to the ILL-GOOPers to pick Alan Keyes, possibly the only man more crazed than that UberWus) the state powers did not want him running. Lots of money, too few functioning brain cells, an obnoxious, brash, loud, demanding, and hypocritical personality only go so far, no matter how big of a trust fund and corporate soft-life your much smarter ancestors left you.

The idea of a democrat, even a blue-dog democrat winning that fat Hastard's seat is so exciting that I might pour myself another drink and cheer the computer screen. Anyone with me? CHEERS!

for those interested, here is the cite

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/il14_post.php

[bluestateguy]

1. Obama endorsed him and cut an ad for him

So with any luck, if he wins, that's one more superdelegate for Obama.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. a two-fer, in that case.

I don't mind blue dogs because they probably think. Let me rephrase that. Blue Dog Democrats have a brain and they use them. (I do not consider Hillary or Liebermand Blue Dogs. I like to remove the color)

Education, health care, and being on the right side of far more issues than Uberwus is much better for the entire country. And I suspect, we can convince them about the power of the Force - the good side of it.

[seemslikeadream]

5. Obama called me today

and told me that he was a great guy!

[Lint Head]

2. Waaaaaaaaaaaahooooooooooooooo!

:dem:

[aquart]

3. Wait. Is this a special election, not a primary?

I can't keep track!

[seemslikeadream]

6. Hastert quit

We are replacing him SATURDAY~!~!~!~!

[aquart]

8. But just till November?

Still, it's a good leg up. Congratulations!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

9. best part is, UberWus is likely the candidate then, too.

a more liberal dem was running against Foster, but might reconsider.

Hastert's leaving is very likely due to some US Atty sniffing around some Abramof-based crimes. Lots of rumors of who he lawyered up with.

[seemslikeadream]

10. Don't forget the suitcase full of cash

from Turkey

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. Yes, November is a whole new deal.

with UberWus being given the green light from the GOOPers.

[SpiralHawk]

11. "Who are you calling Fat Bastard?" - Denny Boy

[ChairmanAgnostic]

12. LOL

I needed that.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

13. We like to call Oberweis the Milk Nazi

and it's an appropriate description given his positions.

Go Foster!!!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

14. I suspect that he read someplace, that conservatism works

and ever since, he decided that he wanted to go into politics using that huge asset his elders built up.

I was forced to go to a meeting (with a client who begged me to go) that turned out to be a fund raiser for Uberwus. He is not a warm and friendly sort. nor very bright. But, boy, he does have opinions.

[truebrit71]

15. That is just too funny for words....How do you piss away a lead that big?

....and the best part, he's the nominee for the fall election as well...that's a two-fer!!!

[Robbien]

16. I'll say it again. Oberweis is batshit crazy

Even a loser Blue Dog can beat him. Hey, even my dog should be a favorite to beat him.

Even the GOPers in this blue state of mine aren't that nuts.

[madrchsod]

17. he`s out mailing the milk nazi!

it brings a big smile to my face everytime i get his mailer out of the mail box and big ad the the local newspaper! what is great is that we get to do this again on nov 4th. i want to see ronny reagan`s statue cry!

[madrchsod]

18. i forgot

the milk nazi and fat boy came out here to press the flesh and the milk nazi starting going on about earmarks...oops! fat boy gave dixon about 2 million to build a river front park....none of the dumb republicans here figured that out...