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Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 by J. Robert Gough 
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Did last week really happen?
When the long-suffering New Orleans Saints winning the Super Bowl is the most-believable thing that happened, then that tells you what kind of week it was.
(Time out...what was the deal with all of the SB commercials with guys in their underwear? Is Ashton Kutcher in charge of creative?)
When a razor-thin GOP primary for governor gets bumped off the front page, you know it is strange.
So Scott Lee Cohen decides to end his political career at a Chicago tavern during the Super Bowl after some "gentle prodding" from House Speaker/State Democratic Chairman Mike Madigan.
It seems many pundits and pols are pointing fingers of blame regarding Cohen. Everybody deserves their share...the party, the media, the voters (congrats to the 377 people in Adams County who voted for Cohen. The first person to confess to voting for him and admitting it to me gets a QNO t-shirt) and an early primary which didn't allow for enough time to property vet the candidates.
I met Cohen following a meeting he had with the Historic Quincy Business District last month. He had trouble looking me in the eye while talking to me. I had a tough time taking notes because he was all over the place. I ended up not even writing a story about his visit.
But I had no clue about him other than he was a pawnbroker who was basically self-financing his own campaign. But I knew he had a shot because of that money and because State Rep. Art Turner and State Sen. Ricky Hendon were going to split the Chicago vote.
Now there is all sorts of speculation about who will succeed Cohen on the ballot, although the Dan Hynes camp says the man who lost in the Democratic gubernatorial primary is not interested.
It's the call of the Democratic State Central Committee now though. If Madigan wasn't involved before, you know he will be now.
Here were the five most read stories on QuincyNews.org from last week:
Dillard to resume campaigning on Monday: This story picked up a nice Instapundit link because I asked the senator about his appearance in the Obama commercial and how the president was using him as an example of a Republican who was getting hammered for working with him.
Macomb Farm King store gunman takes his own life: A compilation of links from the Quad Cities, Macomb and Peoria sources.
City hands over FBI report on 'Hackergate': Apparently, some people still do care.
Adams County group has concerns over wind farms: So this group wants zoning and the other group doesn't. Steel cage match!
Illinois governors races too close to call: This followed the Brady/Dillard saga. Still nothing final although Brady has a slight lead.
This is for my son Alex, who was too depressed to talk last night: Roger Staubach had a post-season record of 11-7 as a starter and came off the bench in the 1972 playoffs to beat the 49ers, so his record is really 12-7. Of course, The Dodger also has two Super Bowl wins. He also would have beaten the Colts in Super Bowl V if Tom Landry hadn't been so stubborn and stuck with Craig Morton (okay, I know I'm laying it on thick with that last comment).
I know, Montana and Bradshaw have better post-season records and more Super Bowls, but this is my idol vs. my son's idol, Peyton Manning.
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