2 <p> <div class="column span-4 small quiet"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/cdnassets/assets/9169/scott_col4.jpg" alt="" style="width: 150px;" /><br />Scott Lee Cohen</div> It appears that state senators Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard are at odds about more than just the Republican gubernatorial vote.</p> <p>In public, their stances on Democratic lieutenant governor nominee Scott Lee Cohen also differ.</p> <p>In back-to-back press conferences today, neither candidate said this was a good thing for Democrats. But while Dillard saw it as an opportunity for Republicans, Brady emphasized that it was yet another embarassment for Illinois.</p> <p>Dillard said that Republicans had a good shot to win even before domestic-abuse allegations about Cohen came into the limelight. But the public-relations nightmare has helped, he said.</p> <p>"The door has been open," Dillard said. "The Cohen fiasco opens the door a little wider."</p> <p>There's no denying that Cohen's problems are by extension the Democrats', and by extension to the benefit of Republicans.</p> <p>But in his public posture, Brady declined to acknowledge that it was an opportunity for his party.</p> <p>"Illinois has been stained," he said. "We don't need anymore of these embarrassing moments. We're gonna win in the general election, regardless of Scott Cohen."</p> 2010-02-05T16:30:00-06:00 1 31090 1 32 1 InCohenRepublicancandidatesseeopportunityandshame 1 In public, Kirk Dillard and Bill Brady see a public-relations problem for Democrats somewhat differently. 2 186