Another fine Democratic nominee in Illinois

Scott Lee Cohen — a pawnbroker who shocked state Democratic leaders Tuesday night by winning the party’s nomination for lieutenant governor — was arrested about four-and-a-half years ago and accused of holding a knife to a former live-in girlfriend’s neck, newly obtained court records show…

Cohen’s problems, “sound at least as bad as Jack Ryan’s,” a Democratic strategist said. After winning the 2004 GOP primary for U.S. Senate, Ryan stepped down from the ticket after sexually charged revelations from a divorce case.