Steve Rauschenberger looked at Obama’s warchest, the dissarray in the GOP and a thankless task of running from way behind and apparently decided he isn’t that good of soldier. Hastert was backing him as were Syverson and Dillard making his selection if he decided to go–almost a certainty.
In the announcement he took a shot at the Blagorgeous increasing speculation that he might make the 2006 Gubernatorial race pitting himself against fellow fab 5 Legislator and social conservative darling Patrick O’Malley.
Despite all this, Dillard is still pushing for Rauschenberger.