It's a long shot, sure.  But there's been some chatter in the past week that the White House might consider Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan as a replacement for John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court.  As a guest on Bill Cameron's WLS Radio show yesterday, Ray Long of the Tribune and Greg Hinz of Crain's discussed the possibility (H/T Eric Zorn):

Hinz and Long went on to agree that, if Obama ultimately nominates a Chicagoan, federal judge Diane Wood is a much more likely choice.  (You can listen to the full segment here.)

Still, the Madigan idea is still fun to contemplate. When declining to run for U.S. Senate last year, she cited a desire to stay close to her young family.  Yet somehow I think the family would be moving to D.C. if this opportunity came her way.