For some time now Fran Eaton and Jill Stanek of Illinois Review have been strapping on their mean-girl knickers and poking fun at State Sen. Debbie Halvorson with goofy title posts generally along the lines of a series of porn movies which also use the name “Debbie”. (The goofy title posts are poor attempts at humor, which is in and of itself a poor attempt at covering up the utter vacuousness of their whining about Sen. Halvorson.)

Why they do this is a bit inexplicable. For a pair of cons who profess an abhorrence to “deviancy” and “pornography” they sure seem to get their giggles from referencing same. Well, joy of joys, their streak of silliness may last well into 2008…

Rich Miller’s “This Just In” reports via Politico that State Sen. Halvorson will be seeking to replace the controversial Republican Congressman Jerry Weller, who is retiring amidst a storm of questions over his Central American land deals and simultaneous legislative activity bolstering the profitability of people conducting business in the field of Central American land deals…

With the State Senate Majority Leader jumping into this race for an open Congressional seat in a very purple district, this race is sure to be top tier from the get-go given the prime opportunity to flip it from red to blue.