2010: The scramble in Illinois

ILLINOIS: The New York Times looks at the scramble -- come November 2010 or earlier -- for the Senate seat currently occupied by Sen. Roland Burris. “The would-be contenders include Alexi Giannoulias, the state treasurer, who plays basketball with Mr. Obama… Other potential candidates are Representatives Mark Steven Kirk and Peter Roskam, Republicans from the Chicago suburbs who might benefit from the woes of the state’s Democrats. And, according to ‘a shocker’ revealed in a Chicago Sun-Times gossip...( read more ) (link)