Can we beat Hastert?

[dogman]

http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/461769,CST-NWS-sweet10.article

Snip> The district represented by former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), expected to announce in a few weeks if he will run again, is seen by a political newcomer as promising for a Democrat, so much so that he is poised to put $1 million in his primary race.

Snip> I don't write about polls unless I can see the entire survey and I did. The Foster campaign polling firm, Global Strategies, interviewed 402 likely voters in the the 14th Congressional District April 3-5 with a margin of error plus or minus 4.9 percent.

Snip> In a "generic" House match-up for November 2008 (a nameless Republican vs. a nameless Democrat), Democrats trump Republicans 40 percent to 30 percent.

Snip> Foster filed papers with the Federal Election Commission noting that he intends to spend up to $1 million of his own money on his race. Also running are attorney Jotham Stein of St. Charles, the first to file and John Laesch, who was the 2006 Democratic nominee and got 40 percent of the vote. State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia (D-Aurora) may run if Hastert quits.

We can hope.

[mopinko]

1. first ya gotta get rahm

and lock him in the cellar.

really, i just still cannot wrap my brain around what it takes to be a republican, so i am a bad person to ask. but you would think there are enough blue collars left out there.

[rosesaylavee]

2. g*d I hope so...

Wish someone would take him on and win next time.

Guess talk of him retiring was just wishful thinking?

[stevebreeze]

4. If I remember correctly that talk came from Hastert 2 years ago

He stated (through his office?) that he had to be talked into running at that time. I think he has been a terrible congressman, I have worked on 6 or 7 campaigns against him, but he is not an idiot. Hastert had to know that the republicans were goin down the toilet last election.

[truebrit71]

3. Yes, if he resigns and the milkman runs in his place...

...that would be a (D) pick-up right there...