AS A BELL WEATHER, IT MIGHT JUST BE ILLINOIS OH BOY

The fate of Dennis Hassert’s congressional seat (from which he “resigned”) was decided a couple of weeks past. We need to keep in mind that this district in Illinois has over a two to one Republican registration advantage, so when the special election went to the Democrats, both conservative and liberal pundits alike were startled to say the least. One possible reason, when Barack Obama campaigns in Illinois, he reigns in Illinois. But such a turn around has to frighten the GOP regarding Mr. Obama’s potential impact far beyond “the Land of Lincoln”. Now the Republicans really think they can run against Hillary, and after seeing how classily Obama handled the Jeremiah Wright business, they may be running from Barack Obama. And he’s keeping Mrs. Obama sooo…low key