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I went to college in Illinois and lived there for about 10 years. It used to be relatively Conservative. Not Chicago, of course. Now the thugs have taken over the state. Very sad. I remember driving home from work along Lake Shore Drive (toward my studio apt in Newtown) when I heard the WLS DJ announce that Mayor Daley had died (1975?). I thought ‘wow, that guy's going to lose his job over that comment’. Chicago has been governed by thugs for a long time. Too bad about the rest of the state. Still, downstate is pretty Conservative, just not Conservative enough to overpower the thugs in charge. Oh, yeah, there's all the Dem cheating, too. Think votes from the dead.

A lot of pundits describe the state as “very blue.” But this is a relatively recent phenomenon, wouldn’t you say? They elected Republican governors (even if they were “moderate”) from 1976 to 1998. If I’m not mistaken, Republicans controlled the legislature for at least part of the time prior to 2002. Republicans did OK when it came to the congressional delegation. Then all of a sudden 0bama runs for the Senate and he was such an unstoppable force they could hardly come up with anyone to oppose him. If IL had been smart and seen through this empty suit just maybe they could have spared the rest of the country from what we’re going through now!