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A political newcomer who won the Democratic nomination for Illinois lieutenant governor said he has no intention of leaving the race after details emerged about his arrest for allegedly holding a knife to his former girlfriend's throat.
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Cohen was arrested on domestic battery charges in 2005, accused of pushing his then-girlfriend's head against a wall and of the knife incident. The police report noted abrasions on her neck and hand, but charges were dropped after she failed to appear in court.

Police records show the woman had been arrested for prostitution, the Chicago Tribune reported. Cohen said he did not know that at the time. He told WTTW-TV that he met her at a "massage therapy place" and believed she was a masseuse. Cohen denied hitting her and said their relationship was "tumultuous."

Cohen said he has asked her and his ex-wife, Debbie Cohen York, to clear the air. York sought an order of protection against Cohen in 2005 as she filed for divorce. She said his violence was fueled by anabolic steroids.

Cohen acknowledged his past steroid use but denied abusing York.

UNI88 wrote:
If the Republican candidate is a moderate (a couple of hundred votes separated the two leading primary vote-getters), they stand a decent chance of retaking the Governor's mansion.

mebison wrote:
Although since he said that, he has said he likes that young representative out of the Peoria area. My friend has crossed paths with him and said he's a good, smart young guy.

OSBF wrote:

UNI88 wrote:
If the Republican candidate is a moderate (a couple of hundred votes separated the two leading primary vote-getters), they stand a decent chance of retaking the Governor's mansion.

Looks like it's gonna be Brady, and he's far from a moderate.

His answer to school violence is a law REQUIRING teachers to be armed, with loaded weapons, in every illinois classroom.

He will be exposed as a far right fringe wack job, and we get 4 more years of Pat Quinn.

dbackjon wrote:At least Illinoisans still have South Carolina to laugh at...

OSBF wrote:

mebison wrote:
Although since he said that, he has said he likes that young representative out of the Peoria area. My friend has crossed paths with him and said he's a good, smart young guy.

Aaron Schock. Again, too much of a fringe/extremist to be electable in any statewide general election.

Hates public education with a fire and passion I have never seen.

Wants all education privatized, not just K-12 but colleges too.

Too extreme.

Ibanez wrote:That's good stuff. Good stuff..

houndawg wrote: Good stuff, but not our best......and to think that from the outside Illinois appears to be such a bland, white-bread mid-western state.....hell, we got governors making license plates, and my persoal favorite - Obama's oppoment for the US Senate seat whose campaign was hampered by a wife-pimping scandal.

ATrain wrote:To answer the title, since I don't live in Illinois, its high comedy.

UNI88 wrote:

houndawg wrote: Good stuff, but not our best......and to think that from the outside Illinois appears to be such a bland, white-bread mid-western state.....hell, we got governors making license plates, and my persoal favorite - Obama's oppoment for the US Senate seat whose campaign was hampered by a wife-pimping scandal.

Yep, the Repubs are just as bad as the Dems and frequently in bed with them on the backroom deals and other sleazy stuff.

ATrain wrote:To answer the title, since I don't live in Illinois, its high comedy.

I live in Illinois and I have to laugh otherwise I would be crying. I especially like Cohen saying that he didn't know his girlfriend was a prostitute, he just thought she was a masseuse. The offer of a "happy ending" didn't make him the least bit suspicious?