After winning back Democratic control of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert's seat in the 14th District, Rep. Bill Foster is clearly a popular guy in Democratic circles these days. Case in point: the AP is reporting that he was tapped by the party leaders to deliver the Democrats' response to President Bush's Saturday radio address. His five-minute address, which he taped this morning, reportedly focuses on the economy. Come tomorrow, you'll be able to find the audio clip here.
UPDATE: An excerpt from Foster's address, courtesy of Chicago Public Radio:
"In the coming weeks, I would hope the president would take the same approach to health care that he did to economic stimulus; to put away his veto pen, sit down and work with us to work out our differences. Our children need progress, not vetoes and political posturing."
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maroonmind on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 13:17
Hi all! This is a phenom. site/blog--great job!
I am from DuPage County and I celebrated Foster's victory with a health pint of Oberweis milk! I have sat through 4 attempts of Oberweis to try to infiltrate and "represent" Illinois, only to see him fail--I was happy, elated, did cartwheels when Foster contended for Hastert's seat! Yahoo! There were a lot of people that flipped parties in DuPage Co to spite Oberweis-my question: what do you think will happen in November? People are keeping their Oberweis signs up until then (fools), what impact do you think the presidential election as well as the outcome of Foster's win will play in keeping him in the 14th?
Josh Kalven on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 13:48
Thanks for the kind words. Happy to have you aboard.
I think it's fair to say that Oberweis is going to have a much harder time winning in November, particularly with Obama on the top of the ticket.
We recently wrote a few pieces about the Democratic enthusiasm in the collar counties that you may find interesting (assuming you haven't seen them already):
http://progressillinois.com/2008/03/20/blue-ing-the-collar-counties
http://progressillinois.com/2008/03/14/fosters-14th-district-victory
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