Ditka Had A Shot At Obama?

In an interesting blog post from Matt J. Darnell on Yahoo Sports.com, former Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints head coach Mike Ditka could have beaten soon-to-be-President Barack Obama in the Illinois senate election in 2004.

As improbable and ridiculous as it sounds, Darnell claims that the previous Republican candidate bailed out after he was caught in a scandal.

"The vacancy left GOP leaders in the state scrambling to find a replacement. With fears that the election was all but lost, Republicans wanted a major name to turn the tide. Ditka was that name." (Darnell).

Read this interesting Post from Yahoo right now.

Anyway, speculation of past events aside, Obama won that election in 2004 against Alan Keyes, and, if the polls are accurate, is well on his way to becoming the 44th President of the United States.