Hilarious. For those unaware, there has been a huge budget battle in Illinois, and the house speaker (Madigan) and the governor (Blagojevich) do not get along. This is the current episode in the soap opera.

 

Blagojevich is such an awful governor. His budget expectations make no sense, and he comes off as about the least intelligent governor the state has ever had. Well, now he's learning something that most people familiar with IL politics already knew - Madigan runs Illinois. Has for some time.

 

We'll see where this goes. Probably nowhere.

 

Amazing point to note: Madigan and Blago are in the same party. And Madigan managed to negotiate budgets with multiple previous governors, who were in the other party. What does that say about Blago?

 

Blago for some reason still has the Oval office in his dreams. Will never happen, he is too much of an idiot. And people think Bush is stubborn!

Democrats have no business governing with long-term Democratic congresses.

Democrats have no business governing with long-term Democratic congresses.

Funny as that sounds, Illinois seems to indicate you are correct. IL worked pretty well with GOP governors like Thompson and Edgar, along with Dem legislatures. Now with Blago in there, its a mess.

 

Funny as that sounds, Illinois seems to indicate you are correct. IL worked pretty well with GOP governors like Thompson and Edgar, along with Dem legislatures. Now with Blago in there, its a mess.

 

Also see Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.

Blago is a moron. I don't have anything else to add to this discussion.

Also see Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.

Yes, which could work that opposite way - Clinton at Prez, after the 1994 GOP takeover of Congress, one might say was a pretty effective President in terms of getting things accomplished and reigning in spending. So maybe the best case scenario, in general, is for the legislature and President to be from different parties. That has certainly been suggested before.

 

Yes, which could work that opposite way - Clinton at Prez, after the 1994 GOP takeover of Congress, one might say was a pretty effective President in terms of getting things accomplished and reigning in spending. So maybe the best case scenario, in general, is for the legislature and President to be from different parties. That has certainly been suggested before.

 

It's an interesting balance, to be sure.