Illinois Politics

A friend of mine recently calculated that, based on the number of unsolved murder cases, an Illinois governor is more likely to go to prison than a murderer. Yep, you heard that right.

And in more Illinois politics news Scott Lee Cohen, who was just chosen as the Democratic nominee for Lt. Governor in the primaries last week, apparently is another criminal-in-waiting. Oh, right, he's actually already pretty criminal. Why didn't we know this stuff 10 days ago?

If the long, long, long list of stories about Scott Lee Cohen are true, he's got the fondness for steroids of a Mark McGwire, the domestic abuse track record of a Charlie Sheen and the eye for hookers of an Eliot Spitzer. But wait! There's more! He's had tax troubles! His ex-wife accused him of adultery! Truly, the Democratic nominee for Illinois lieutenant governor appears the very definition of a Frankendouche. [salon.com]