[fieldmarshaldj]

"He's the most happy fella. Jack Ryan, 43, the North Shore investment banker, is running for the U.S. Senate on a platform of happiness and light."

Uh, I think we may need to do a urinalysis of this fella. Poor guy, I think he's been in la-la land since his divorce from Jeri...

[ForOurFuture]

''I just feel so much love in this room right now,''

Ryan handed out faded clips about his flirtation with a 2002 run for the Senate against Democratic incumbent Richard J. Durbin, a local magazine's listing of him in a "40 under 40" feature, and his inclusion among Irish American magazine's "Top 50 Irishmen on Wall Street.

"We've got to go," he said with a blank look on his face. "We've got to go."

Unless this is inaccurate reporting, Mr. Ryan appears to me be sort of a nut and a very weak candidate. Can the Illinois GOP do better?