Chicago pols and Illinois politics

If a comment must be made about the Blagojevich fiasco, one could say that rumors of problems have surrounded him for years and this should not be any great surprise. In fact, it sounds pretty normal for Illinois politics when viewed from the adjacent state of Wisconsin where I lived for many years.

Not familiar with the Chicago machine or Illinois politics? Here's two items that will help you catch up.

Kossak don mikulecky pointed out Harold Meyerson's column on politics in Chicago and the great state of Illinois and made a few comments himself from his 73-year-old vantage point about Chicago politics.