What to do about Scott Lee Cohen

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I finally, after much study, voted for Mike Boland, though I was originally going to vote for Turner for Lt. Gov. This stuff coming out about Cohen is getting an awful lot of very bad press. I am hoping Quinn can somehow convince him to drop out or whatever, for the good of the Party. Take the next highest vote winner, which would be Turner. Cohen somehow (?) got 212,902 votes and Turner got 182,432 votes.



http://www.wgntv.com/news/wgntv-cohen-arrest-feb3,0,4002257.story


http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=7254527

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2010/02/new-questions-in-2005-arrest-of-democratic-lieutenant-governor-nominee-.html


Details surface of Scott Lee Cohen's 2005 domestric violence arrest
SHOCKING PAST | Dem nominee for lt. gov was once accused of holding knife to woman’s neck
February 3, 2010

BY CHRIS FUSCO, DAVE McKINNEY, ABDON M. PALLASCH AND STEVE WARMBIR Staff Reporters
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State Sen. Terry Link (D-Vernon Hills), one of the unsuccessful candidates for lieutenant governor, and representatives of the other candidates met a month before the election with representatives of the Quinn and Hynes campaigns to warn them about Cohen, Link said.


"We tried to warn the governor beforehand and they didn't want to listen to it," Link said. "He and Dan should have issued a joint statement denouncing this guy."

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/2029016,scott-cohen-arrest-020410.article