Friday, June 18, 2004

Yahoo! News - Ryan Pushes Ahead With Senate Campaign

IL Senate: Here comes the dirt

Republican Jack Ryan pushed ahead with his Senate campaign Friday despite a judge's decision to unseal potentially embarrassing divorce papers, and party leaders said it was too early to speak of replacing him on the ballot.

The ruling Thursday from the Los Angeles judge delivered a potentially powerful blow to Ryan in his race against Democrat Barack Obama.

Ryan had said Monday that the child-custody records stemming from his 1995 divorce from "Boston Public" actress Jeri Ryan
(link to hot picture no longer works) could embarrass him...

Half of Illinois probably thinks this guy is the crooked ex-governor (who nevertheless did a really good thing on the way out). This ought to clear up the confusion.

(And that was a really lame excuse to gratuitously link to a Jeri Ryan picture. But it's not irrelevant because her celebrity will make the story bigger.)

Last month I was riding through an exceptionally ritzy part of Evanston with my brother, and every other house had an OBAMA sign. Time to start picking out the office furniture...

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