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Originally posted by TonyB06
I don't think the R's have found a Senatorial candidate yet, at least that's what was being commonly reported last night. One report said, however, that one reason Obama was given the prime time spot Tuesday night was that the D leadership thought Mike Ditka would accept the R invitation to run and the D's wanted to give Obama maximum exposure.
Truth or reporter scuttlebutt, I dunno....
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Yeah Ditka turned down the opportunity (thank God). To my knowledge he doesn't have someone running against him. And Jack Ryan was never a real threat anyway.