re: #37 Hecuba’s daughter

Except it was a really stupid non-scandal scandal from his divorce ….and he could have survived it if the party just dismissed as nonsense. Especially given that the party had no viable candidate in Illinois — I’m not sure why they rejected the ice cream guy Oberweis who, I believe, came in 2nd to Ryan.

I think in part the Illinois GOP leadership panicked since Ryan was trailing Obama by 22 points in the polls in May, 2004.