il primary looms on 3/21!

the democratic primary in illinois is barely 9 weeks away -- it will basically be a contest between two capable women, one (christine cegelis) who has been working for 3 years to organize a cd controlled by henry hyde for over 30 years and the other (tammy duckworth) brought in by the dccc about 15 minutes ago. thus money and energies will be depleted because emmanuel rahm and the d party want seats so bad that they don't care who they knock out or why -- and better to have congressperson in their pocekt. the afl-cio has deserted cegelis (their 2004 endorsee) due to pressure from dick durbin, and the "we don't take sides in primaries" dccc has put all their might behind duckworth. all we need is for emily's list -- who would not back cegelis in 2004 -- to come out for duckworth in their born-again efforts to give congressional candidates money early, especially for empty seats. yes, a woman will be the d nominee for this seat. but this a race to watch closely because it's about how the will of the people just doesn't matter anymore. stay tuned!