Sunday, March 9, 2008

The Red Seat has Turned Blue

Did you know that Dennis Hastert's district just put a democrat in his old seat? Physicist Bill Foster defeated republican dairy owner Jim Oberweis. The republicans say this is not a bellwether for how things will go in the fall. But then, they have to say that.

Tangentially, I did not know that Oberweis dairy was owned by a republican. I used to buy their super-overpriced milk because it comes in returnable bottles, and the dairy farmers pledge to be rbgh free. Ben will be happy to know that I won't bother buying that anymore.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good for you!

Fran said...

Glad on both accounts!

Dr. Zaius said...

Poor old Dennis, he can no longer menace.

Sorghum Crow said...

Physicist?!

Holy crap! That's gotta be illegal.

dguzman said...

How about that, a physicist running for office!? And winning? Wow.