Unless you're a Republican member of the House, who cares?
Hastert only has to be concerned about his constituents in Illinois and his fellow GOP House members.
Hastert spent previous little time helping the 2002 statewide ticket (fundrasing, ralles, etc.), which went down the tubes in November. Although his voting record is very conservative, he also has a tendacy to back RINOs for positions of power here (Hastert was the lone major ILGOP official to promote pro-abortion Jim "pro-lifers are like the tailban" Oberweis in the GOP Senate primary...which thankfully went nowhere) And ironically, he also has a tendancy to butt in in places where his opinion does NOT matter-- as an example, Denny insisted that Senator Fitzgerald had to "consult" him so he could "approve" all of the Senator's federal judicial nominees that would forwarded to Bush. Past speakers of the house have never insisted the Senators from their home states give them that power. Fitz rightfully ignored him.
Nationwide, he's done a good job as speaker, but the GOP should not pull a Wellstone and back track on term limits. Power corrupts, absolute power...