Posted on the Illinois Leader web site as the quote of the day, is the following:
"Last week, (Dennis] Hastert’s candidate, Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, was elected state Republican Party chairman. Topinka and Hastert ousted Gary MacDougal, a conservative fall guy, in the process. MacDougal and his conservative allies never saw this coming. They figured that after his appointment last summer, he could somehow hold on to the power. But he was handed the job mainly to silence the right wing…. Everyone but MacDougal and the right-wingers knew he would be ousted after the election. This was a setup from the beginning."
~ Rich Miller, Daily Southtown, December 1
If someone knows any good irony meters out there, I just blew mine.