On Saturday’s Special Election, Democrat Bill Foster beat Republican Jim Oberweis, 51-49.A few reasons why this is such a remarkable victory:

1. IL-14 is an extremely conservative district in the heartland of Illinois. At it’s center, Dixon, IL is the home of iconic Republican president, Ronald Reagan.

2. In 2004, President Bush won reelection by a 56-44 margin.

3. THIS WAS FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER DENNIS HASTERT’S SEAT!!!!

One final note here, I would like to express my discontent with the Chicago Sun-Times. I learned that they endorsed Oberweis for the 14th District. This upsets me because the Sun-Times is supposed to be left leaning, and the Trib is supposed to be right. Why the hell is my Chicago Sun-Times endorsing a Republican congressional candidate? Especially a rank and fine one? If they wanted to endorse a Republican, there are plenty of Illinois Republican candidates who are more moderate and not sleeze-bags.

Now this is interesting.

It’s from a former Bill Clinton staffer, reflecting on the 1990s and his thoughts on Hillary’s run for the White House in 2008.

He talks a little bit about Hillary’s shady buisness dealings and how he was an “apologizer” during the Bill Clinton administration.

And I really share his sentiments about the state of the race.

Here is a taste:

She has no idea how many times I defended her. How many right-leaning friends and relatives I battled with. How many times I played down her shady business deals and penchant for scandals — whether it was Whitewater, Travelgate, Vince Foster, Cattle Futures, Web Hubbell, or Norman Hsu. She has no idea how frequently I dismissed her husband’s serial adultery as an unfortunate trait of an otherwise brilliant man. For sixteen years, I was a proud soldier in the legion of “Clinton apologists” — who believed that peace and prosperity were more important than regrettable personality traits.

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