Bill Foster Wins Hastert's Seat

  Way to go Mr. Foster. Another Republican hold bites the dust as is getting to be pretty common as of late. The GOP sham didn't work out this time around as their boy,Jim Oberweis, lost an expensive and very negative battle for this seat in the special election. This marks Oberweis's fourth election loss in six years.

  Something here that is a little bit funny though. The Chicago Tribune said that this loss was a stunning upset. A-stunning-upset-to-who? Everyone with an I.Q. over 3 knew that there was no way that the Republican bot of the moment was going to get this one, no matter how much money the GOP threw in his direction.

The win gives Democrats another House seat until at least the end of the year. It also could serve as an omen for November, when two other Illinois congressional seats are up for grabs following Republican retirements and Sen. Barack Obama could bring out a huge turnout if he's the Democratic presidential nominee.

Foster won with 52 percent to Oberweis' 48 percent with nearly all of the unofficial vote counted late Saturday

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