Hoping not to become the next Martha Coakley, Scott Cohen has dropped out of a race for Lt Governor a week after winning the nomination:
CHICAGO – The Democratic nominee for Illinois’ lieutenant governor dropped out of the race Sunday night, less than a week after winning the nomination, amid a political uproar about his past.
Announcing his decision at a Chicago bar packed with patrons watching the Super Bowl, a tearful Scott Lee Cohen said the Democrats were not certain they could win with him on the ticket. He said he was stepping down because he did not want to jeopardize the Democratic Party ticket.
“This is the hardest thing that I ever had to do in my life,” he said before choking up with sobs.
The hardest? I guess he doesn’t consider cheating on his wife, trying to rape her then beating and threatening an ex-gf to be all that hard to do.
