Ill. GOP may hold Aug. presidential straw poll

It's almost a certainty that the Illinois primary will move up a few weeks and be held on February 5. The Democratic-controlled Illinois State Legislature chose the earlier date to help its favorite son, Barack Obama. He'll win Illinois anyway, but the move puts the state in play for the Republicans, and with that in mind, Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that the state Republican Party may organize a GOP presidential straw poll on August 16--five days after the Iowa version.

Let's hope that happens, and I'm able to blog it. Hopefully Andy McKenna, who lives just north of me in Glenview, will see the wisdom in holding the straw poll in Chicago, or near O'Hare Airport.

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