I'll frontpage the final results.

Wow, looks like Foster might win this thing! Obama deserves major credit for doing an edorsement commercial, and supplying his website and campaign staff to help Foster out.

Sure looks like Foster will pull it off!  And thanks to Senator Obama for taking time from his campaign to help a fellow Democrat turn a red seat blue.  We're all in this together.

Even though Foster will have to defend in November, this race has already caused the RNCC to dump a lot of money and given the ego of losing Hastert's seat, I think they'll put more into it.  Excellent.

AWESOME!!!!!

U.S. House - District 14 - Special General
Illinois - 423 of 568 Precincts Reporting - 74%
    Name     Party     Votes     Vote %
    Foster , Bill     Dem     40,395     53%
    Oberweis , Jim     GOP     35,895     47%

Still holding at 53-47 with 74% in....

:crosses fingers knocks on wood::

With 74% reporting, the totals are now:

Foster   40,395 53%

Oberweis 35,895 47% 

To catch up now, Oberweis would need to win the remaining vote 58-42. It ain't gonna happen.

FOSTER WINS!

This result shows that we would be the stupidist people in American history not to nominate a candidate who can deliver wins in red districts like Barack Obama.  He needs to hammer his electability and coattails home on the campaign trail.

We MUST nominate Obama. If he is on the ballot we can expect results like this all over the country.  Clinton supporters need to take a good long look at what just happened.  

DH from majority leader who leaves in disgrace and then cant even keep his district in the GOP.  This is so sweet. And finally, IL goes from blue big time.  Can some one check.  But it is now 21 dems to 16 gop in congress?

david

Down goes Dennis' District...

hallelujauh!!! Free at last from the tryanny of DENNIS...

If Obama is on the ballot this fall...Foster is in for sure again.

This is the 50 state strategy in action..take back the red parts of the map, district by district..this fall with obama as the leader, a super majority is within our grasp.

Just hang on ,Billy!!! Ding Dong the wicked Dennis is dead...oh joy.

With 94%, the margin is 6% - so unless Oberweis wins every remaining vote:

FOSTER WINS.

:D

Why didn't Hillary help Foster?  Why didn't Bill help him?

FOSTER WINS!!

This is a good sign, and I can only hope this bodes well for our senate and house races.

Another Super-Delegate for Obama.

On We DEMOCRATS Go!

Score one for the good guys!!  Hastert was a douche bag with a capital D and capital B.

And he matches up well against McCain in red districts.

No denying it, McCain endorsed Oberweis and Obama endorsed Foster.

I am an Obama supporter.
I do think it is relevant that Foster IS a superdelegate and nodoubt will other SDs take note of the coattails thing.

BUT this is not the main subject of this thread and we should all rejoice together and not make it a tit-for-tat.
This is a victory for ALL Democrats. So congrats to us all ! And to Rep. Foster of course :)

Another win for a Democrat and Obama gets another superdelegate too!!!!

bruh21: Layoff.

True Democrats are happy about the victory of another Democrat, especially an upset such as this, and thinking about how to replicate that victory in the fall. To achieve the kinds of reforms we want (see Health Care, Universal), we will need a supermajority in the House and Senate. Asking what kind of Democratic Party leader could help us achieve that is totally within bounds. Howard Dean has worked for 4 years towards a 50 state strategy. Such a strategy does require some coattails, or at least not a massive anti-coattail, which is what HRC is in many Red districts.

So yes, Democrats should be thinking about what this election means for the fall, and for which Presidential candidate would be best for down-ticket races.

I cannot find a single right wing blog or discussion forum where this is being discussed right now.

Just like they'll be watching Mississippi next Tuesday.

A great win for the party, especially since the RNC had to blow a huge chunk of its COH and it still lost.  

WOW OBAMA IS POPULAR IN ILLINOIS! BREAKING NEWS!

Now on to IN-07,  this special congressional election is this Tuesday,  03/11/08.  I think we will send another new Democrat to Congress, Andre Carson!!!!

Another win for Dean and the 50 State Strategy, yet another defeat for the DLC and the 50 + 1 strategy.

Truly a great day.

No doubt about it, nobody else gets it as accurate as SurveyUSA!

He is the voice of change and will help us in November!

Wonderful news!  I'm so proud of my state!

I just have to say that I created an account here to say this:

All of y'all are funny as hell!!

But since I'm here...

I do agree this sentiment: Hillary IS a fucking MONSTER.... in a sort of zombie or The T-1000 from T2 kind of way. The closer you get to defeating it the more uglier and caustic it gets. :0)

Foster's win in a Republican-heavy district helps the meme that Obama has the potential for real coattails. Coupled with Wyoming and Mississippi, this should give the campaign a li'l breathing room for the first half of next week, hopefully pushing and expanding on the obvious if still-subtle meme that is "WHAT THE FUCK HAS HRC DONE BESIDES BE THE FUCKING FIRST LADY TO MAKE HER SO QUALIFIED OVER OBAMA?" I, like many people, listened to the excruciating silence both Mark Penn and Howard Wolfson had when asked that question after 3AM dropped. Later on came the blah, blah, blah... but the essence of truth was really revealed, I think, during that conference call with reporters. The truth, as I see it, is that NO ONE is really, truly ready for the singular, enormity that is POTUS.

NO ONE. That's a deep end ANYONE has to jump into and learn to swim. That's the way it has always been and that's the way it always will be. The key is how quickly you can grow INTO the job. That is what separates the true first and second tier presidents from the rest. I think we could have had a respect discussion/debate on the qualifications and degree we should give these qualifications but HRC expressing great admiration for McCain over Obama as commander in chief?!?!?!? WOW... even within the family, huh? That was irresponsible. It won't kill BHO but that's not the fucking point! SHE definitely crossed some thresholds...

Bottom line: Barack has to deal with DA T-1000 but without compromising who is is (SO NO NEGATIVE ATTACKS FROM OBAMA!!!!).  I think a great surragoate for this is someone like Bill Bradley. Quick on his feet, with gravitas and the ability to hit the obvious weak points that HRC has. Obama just can't do much if any of the heavy/dirty work himself because HE DOES represent something different.  

I used to like and really respect HRC; meeting her in NY when I worked there was a real thrill. Intoxicating, in a good way... and all the other obvious complements but I will NEVER see HRC and WJC the same way after this primary campaign... ever.... and its sad too... but... Obama's in the position of leverage. He just needs to make sure doesn't lose it (OUTSIDE ADVISERS TO THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN: SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!).

I, as a progressive, like to think that my party represents the interests of the many instead of the few. But maybe more important, I think, its that our party can be led by many too, not just a few like DEM OTHA GUYS.... Obama illustrates that, and many other, opportunities.

I think some of HRC supporters on this and other political sites lose sight of that. But, on some level, who can blame them: Clinton is a brand name, in both democratic and republican circles.

Going up against a brand is always tough... but not impossible.

Peace... and "clink" to any of y'all up...

This is bad news for the HRC supporters here who will vote for McCain if Obama wins the nomination. I mean, wouldn't it be easier for McCain if he had a Republican majority?  You do want him to succeed, don't you?

This si something that Hillary just cannot do.

This is something that Hillary just cannot do.

good work.

1. Dem Pickup in red district
   
2. It was Hastert's District
   
3. The republican's through an important part of their non embezzled resources into this campaign.
   
4. Most importantly, it is difficult to underestimate just what a d--k Mr Oberweis is, it's great to see him continue his 0 for the 00's streak (0-4 so far!).

When are we able to add Foster as an Obama super delegate? Now or when he takes the oath of office?