Published 12/11/2008
by Domenico Montanaro
at First Read
ILLINOIS: If a special election is called to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat, don't forget that Republicans would be eying it as well as Democrats. One potential GOP candidate for the seat is Mark Kirk, who had tough words yesterday for Jesse Jackson Jr. and even predicted that "Candidate 5" would face indictment.
NEW YORK: CQ on Caroline Kennedy: "The emergence of the daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy as a contender for the pending appointment has not scared off the...( read more )
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