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Dems' Ill. Lt. Gov. Candidate Drops Out

I'm sorry, I don't see anyone here "defending" Cohen.

The Media didn't do it's job. The ironic thing was that Cohen was pretty much upfront about his past. The media didn't care to follow up on it like they did with the sleazy behavior of Blair Hull or Jack Ryan. (Of course, those guys were running for an important office.)

Cohen won because he ran a pretty good campaign. he understood people are really worried about jobs.
As I've reported, the Democrats' Illinois Lt. Governor primary winner, Scott Lee Cohen, has a LOT of baggage--including an arrest for domestic violence against a live-in prostitute girlfriend.  And now, after what must have been some serious arm twisting on the Left, Cohen has announced he is withdrawing from the general election race. 

Cohen would've been running on the ticket with Dem. Gov. Pat Quinn who reportedly has been trying to convince Cohen to drop his bid since his primary election win was announced last Tuesday.  Despite Quinn's insistence, Cohen had...