Scott Lee Cohen: Could Illinois’ Lieutenant Governor Candidate Hamper Democrats’ Agenda in Elections?
OPS_admin | Feb 06, 2010 | Comments 0
Democratic Nominee for Lieutenant Governor, Scott Lee Cohen, Was Charged With Battery in 2005
The politics in President Obama‘s home state of Illinois are once again in the spotlight for a scandal that seems ripped from the pages of a Hollywood script.
The Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, Scott Lee Cohen, is butting heads with his fellow party members who are calling on him to resign amid reports that Cohen was arrested five years ago for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend.
Cohen, who won the Democratic primary by 26 percentage points Tuesday, is standing steadfast despite the controversy.
“I will not resign, I will not step down, I have done nothing wrong,” Cohen said.
OPS: I guess I don’t understand the process. How the Hell can the Democratic “leadership” (and I use the term loosely) ALLOW people like this to run as Democrats? Is there No vetting process? Anyone with the bucks that is willing to run as a Dem – and slips the “leadership” a few $$ – can run as a Democrat? I guess this explains Blago and Bean too. ‘This is suicidal.
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