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Old 03-09-2008, 12:54 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Former House Speaker Hastert's old seat goes to..

A Democrat!!!!

Foster takes seat from GOP -- chicagotribune.com

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In a stunning upset Saturday that could be a sign of trouble for Republicans this fall, a little-known Democratic physicist won the special election for a far west suburban congressional seat long held by former GOP House Speaker Dennis Hastert.

Rookie candidate Bill Foster scored a comfortable victory over Republican dairyman Jim Oberweis, who lost his fourth high-profile contest in six years, after an expensive and highly negative contest.

Foster had 53 percent to Oberweis' 47 percent with all of the unofficial vote counted
If the Republican's can't hold on to a very Republican district and that of the former speaker of the House no less, this could mean some very bad things for them come November.

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From the Daily Kos:

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And then on Saturday, Obama provided material help in Bill Foster's dramatic upset victory in IL-14, filming an ad and sending hundreds of volunteers into the district. The Republicans had John McCain campaign for the Republican candidate, yet still lost proving that Obama 1) is more focused on party building and down-ballot races than the Clinton campaign (where was she?), 2) that he could out-battle McCain in the first proxy battle of the season, and 3) that he's got some serious coattails.

Oh, and Bill Foster is now a super delegate and repaid Obama's largesse by promising him his vote.
Not only is this good news for the Democrats, it's good news for Obama (who actually came out AHEAD one vote, if you include superdelegates he picked up last week).

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