Political Wire reports:

With Mike Ditka telling Illinois Republicans he will not run for Senate, WMAQ notes the Republican Party "will now focus on two potential candidates: Jim Oberwies, who finished second in the primary for this nomination, and John Cox, who ran a couple of years ago. Both have the distinction of being multimillionaires."

"But another name surfacing is that of rocker, outspoken conservative and gun-rights activist Ted Nugent." Says Cook County Republican Chair Gary Skoien: "He grew up in Arlington Heights. He went to St. Viator High School. He has more connection to Illinois than Hillary Clinton had to New York, and he's been a very articulate spokesperson on constitutional issues. He would be a very interesting candidate."

Oliver Willis doesn't think much of the idea. We think he's too tied to Michigan to win--Hillary moved to New York and began campaigning way longer than four months before the election. He probably would win if he ran for the House from Northern Michigan. Word of cauthion: be careful if you badmouth him, he may file a defamation suit against you.