Update: The Hotline says "All the signs are there for a 'yes' on IL SEN from ex-Gov. Jim Edgar: The dinner with NRSC folks at Da' Ditka's (mmmm, Ditka's), Rove will keynote a 5/2 event for IL GOP donors; and Edgar, himself, contending that not just any GOPer could win. So at this point, wouldn't it be an embarrassment to Bush if he turned it down? Just as importantly, Edgar's candidacy does more than potentially keep a GOP seat in play, it puts a critical 'Blue' state for WH Dems into the 'Gray' swing area."