This article was just too good to pass by… Obama’s own state party has complete control over his home state, and can’t get their act together.
Illinois Dems offer little for Obama to brag aboutWhen Barack Obama announced his candidacy for president from the steps of the Old State Capitol, he described Springfield as the crucible where he learned the art of politics and bridging division.
“It was here in Springfield where I saw all that is America converge,” he told a crowd of thousands that frigid February day in 2007. “It was here where we learned to disagree without being disagreeable. That it is possible to compromise so long as you know those principles that can never be compromised. And that so long as we are willing to listen to each other we can assume the best in people instead of the worst.”
One has to wonder today what Springfield Obama was talking about.
Given complete control of state government, Illinois Democrats have produced unbalanced budgets, callous funding cuts, and antagonistic gridlock.
Left out of the lineup is two-term Blagojevich, who has been dogged by federal investigations and bitter legislative gridlock.
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