Couple of quick items from upcoming House races in Illinois:

Dave Parro reports the fur is already flying between Chris Lauzen and Jim Oberweis in the GOP primary in IL-14. Lauzen put the Kane County GOP Chairman on his campaign payroll at $5k per month and Oberweis is crying 'payola politics as usual.' But apparently Oberweis inquired how much it would take to bring the same person on his staff, and instead of offering a higher bid he decided to try and use the episode to score political points. Meanwhile, Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns, the other Republican in the primary, stands by watching the mud fly back and forth.

And up north in IL-8, Republican Steve Greenberg is calling on incumbent Melissa Bean to give back the $23,000 she's gotten in contributions from "radical liberal" Congressman Charlie Rangel.

"By keeping Rangel's donations, Melissa Bean is demonstrating solidarity with Rangel's desire to raise taxes and take more money out of the pockets of the individuals, families, and small business owners of her district," Greenberg said in a statement released today. "Melissa Bean has chosen her liberal big government, tax and spend friends, Nancy Pelosi, Charles Rangel, Moveon.org, etc., over the best interests of the individuals and families she is supposed to represent."

Before Greenberg gets to take on Bean, however, he faces a primary challenge from Ken Arnold and Kirk Morris.