Posted on 07/16/2016 4:50:02 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
President Obama’s nostalgic speech in Springfield has local politicos wondering what he has planned after leaving the White House.
“I miss you guys,” Obama said during an address in the Illinois statehouse on the anniversary of his Presidential campaign announcement. He returned to his frequent theme of bringing civility and compromise to politics.
Next year I’ll still hold the most important title of all, and that’s the title of citizen. And as an American citizen, I understand that our progress is not inevitable — our progress has never been inevitable. It must be fought for, and won by all of us, with the kind of patriotism that our fellow Illinoisan, Adlai Stevenson, once described not as a “short, frenzied outburst of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.” Obama will only be 55 when he leaves office next year and clearly wants to do more than paint self portraits.
His visit included a trip down memory lane to his old Senate office and a campaign-style stop to a popular lunch spot, The Feed Store. Obama has previously said Bentoh’s was his favorite during legislative sessions, but like many local businesses, they were forced to leave downtown as attacks on the state workforce damage Springfield’s economy.
Current Governor Bruce Rauner’s failure to attempt anything that remotely resembling governing has Illinois residents eagerly looking forward to replacing him in 2018. That’s just enough time for Obama to get settled in a new house and open his Presidential Library before running for Governor.
Rauner’s unpopular budget hostage taking makes him unlikely to win a second term but you can’t dismiss anyone willing to spend millions of his own dollars to fund a campaign. Perhaps only a former President can raise enough to match Rauner’s spending.
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If he does, fifty-fifty chance he ends up in prison!
Win-win!
No.
No.
He is heading to the un from kenya..... Indonesian then he will be grand pooba of the world
Michelle will run for governor.
Agreed. A Governorship is hard work, much decision making and constant accountability. obama is not interested in and is unable to cope with any of these requirements.
No. He will go to the UN and run for President-General of Earth and the Star Trek Mirror Universe will be born.
Don’t make me laugh.
He’ll fill his days acquiring a fortune making the occasional leftist self serving speech and continue to play at world class golf courses all over the work while having the MSM slobber over him until he takes his last breath.
He’s going to have too much fun playing the role of Trump critic to run for governor.
And CNBC, CNN, PBS, and the rest of the liberal media will be more than happy to give him a platform.
“Mr. President, what are your thoughts on President Trump’s [insert policy du jour here]?”
I hope he does and I hope he loses. The idiot.
“If he does, fifty-fifty chance he ends up in prison!
Win-Win”
And Illinois totally bankrupt (See Rahm for details)
Win-Win-Win!
B!tch, please.
No. He’s served the Corporatocracy well. He’s going to cash in big time.
Illinois.
Where politicians go to go to jail.
I don’t think he really wants an office that close to the people he governs.
Too much work.
Is she get the good word from Jerry Wright?
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