No big surprises in the Illinois Primary. I guess I'm a tad surprised that Quinn did manage to hold onto the nomination for the Democrats. I thought that maybe the Democratic machine would shove him out. It still isn't officially over, but I suspect that in the end Quinn will end up on the ballot. If he sticks to him plans to do a lot of tax increasing, he'll lose the election.

Giannoulious got the nomination for Obama's seat for the senate. I don't know if he is the best candidate, but Obama is behind him, or at least was when he ran for state treasurer a couple years ago. He'll be running against Mark Kirk, who is popular republican congressman from near Chicago. The Dems could lose that. But Obama will be running hard to keep his seat. It will be really dirty.