If he had stuck it out when TSHTF during his Senate quest, he had a decent chance of beating Obama.
And Obama wouldn't be President.
I know that the whole sex-club allegation from his ex-wife the Star Trek babe is going to surface again and reopen a bunch of media bashing of the GOP for it’s “culture of corruption”. Why go there?
If he had kept it in his pants, Hillary would now be president.
If he is a RINO; pass him by.
Not a relative but I doubt any Ryans will get elected in Illinois for a long time.
Jim Ryan tried to use the Illinois Courts to murder an innocent man. That’s far more germane to me than whether or not he wanted to have kinky sex with or without his wife.
Illinois Attorney General
Considered by local media as the most successful prosecutor in the state of Illinois, Ryan was urged to run for the state’s highest legal office. In 1994, Ryan won an election to become Illinois Attorney General. He was reelected in 1998 with the endorsement of every major newspaper in the state. Ryan’s most notable accomplishment as Illinois Attorney General was his $9.1 billion settlement from tobacco companies. It was the largest public judgment in the state’s history.
Electoral history
Illinois gubernatorial election, 2002
Rod Blagojevich (D), 52%
Jim Ryan (R), 45%
Soros is either paying him, threatening him, or both. No one could POSSIBLY be that stupid.
*ping*
Having said that he is damaged and will need to survive the attack regarding all his baggage.
However he also brings baggage that is to his credit side -- several personal tragedies. He has battled cancer; his wife, Marie, nearly died of a heart attack; and the couple lost a daughter to brain cancer and a son who took his own life.
He is conservative, articulate, intelligent, and attractive. But there is a lot of baggage, and a lot of drama there.