I remember it quite well. The RINO/Rodent Combine ran out the best Senator from IL since Ev Dirksen with Pete Fitzgerald, and thanks to that, we all got Obama.
What happened to Jack Ryan was completely unjust. The Chicago media is so biased, it’s a virtual auxiliary of the state Democrat Party.
Chicago observers might remember that Obama’s first election to the state Senate was similar to this. State Senator Alice Palmer ran for Congress and indicated support for Obama to succeed her in the state Senate. But Palmer was defeated in the DemocRAT primary by Jesse Jackson, Jr. So she decided to run for reelection, but Obama, who was already running, got her disqualified from the race by challenging some of her campaign’s signatures.
For what it’s worth, Palmer endorsed Hillary Clinton for President.
I don’t know which made me more sick. Fitzgerald (imperfect but gold for this state) forced out by RINOs (probably with Hastert’s blessing). I wish he had toughed it out.
Or Ryan (who seemed very good himself) forced out by the media for the world’s first and only sex scandal involving his OWN WIFE.
Then the brain trust thinks “we NEED to find a black guy and since their are none in Chicago let’s get Alan Keyes”.