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Illinois Democrat Quits Race

CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic nominee for Illinois lieutenant governor has dropped out of the race amid a political uproar about his past less than a week after he won the nomination.

The nominee, Scott Lee Cohen, announced his decision Sunday night at a Chicago bar.

Mr. Cohen, a pawn broker and owner of a cleaning supplies company, won the nomination Tuesday. Since then, it has become widely known that he was accused of abusing his former wife and holding a knife to the throat of a girlfriend.

Several prominent elected Democrats, including Gov. Patrick J. Quinn and Senator Richard J. Durbin, had urged Mr. Cohen to leave the race.
LOL. Apparently the writer of that blurb didn't get the memo that Cohen was lying about having a cleaning supplies company like everything else. I love that he announced his withdrawal in the middle of the Super Bowl at a bar, although I'm bummed he couldn't drag this circus out much longer to find out he was just trying to get a reality show or something like Balloon Dad and the Salahis. On the other hand, he seemed less calculated crazy like a Palin or Bachman and more like a legitimate crazy guy who could get so angry about all the negative media coverage he'd shoot somebody or himself.

This is absolutely hilarious. I soooooooooo want to smack his fat kid.� Farewell Scott. We'll miss you.