Nobel for Congress

Denny Hastert just resigned his seat:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/1107/Hastert_resigning_from_House_later_tonight.html

He will step down early, which means there will be a special election. A leading contender for the Dem nomination is physicist Bill Foster, who helped design the main injector ring at Fermilab. He's used his scientific credentials to land the endorsements of 23 Nobel laureates:
http://foster08.com/main/

That's no small feat, given how apolitical most scientists tend to be. One of the leading Republican candidates, Jim Oberweis, seems like a total tool--he has 4 TV commercials on his website already:

http://jimoberweis.com/multimedia/

and they all make him look like a complete doufus. Unfortunately, sometimes a massive personal fortune is enough to win an election. Let's hope this is one case where reason and intelligence prevail.