PrintJuly 31, 2010
A Political Soap Opera with Few Rivals
If you want to find the most captivating and bizarre political landscape in the country, then you need look no further than the Great State of Illinois. What makes this state's politics so fascinating is not just that Illinois is the home state of Barack Obama. Obama may indeed not even be the most intriguing political figure in the state, as the competition for such a title is fierce. Indeed, the political soap opera that is Illinois politics is a combination of an oddball ex-governor, a headline-grabbing Senate race, and a governor's race in which the winner will inherit a state in fiscal shambles. At the top of this toxic soup is the embattled ex-governor Rod Blagojevich, who managed to continue Illinois' tradition of scandal in the governor's mansion (actually, Blagojevich spent little time in the governor's mansion which is in the state capital, Springfield, as he was most often in Chicago, which Illinoisans will happily tell you is not the capital)....(Read Full Article)
