Democrats talked about of party unification and reelections at Governor's Day at the Illinois State Fair- although not all key players showed up.Go to the 1:04 marker on the video.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan tried to rally the troops with a big, "Good morning, Illinois Democrats!" But one of the missing Dems was her father, Michael Madigan, the state's Democratic Party chairman.
"Some people are out of town, I guess, but we have the Democratic Party alive and well right here in Illinois, and we're going to go out next year and re-elect President Barack Obama," Gov. Pat Quinn said.
Quinn talked about Obama's re-election while dozens of union members protested his move to take back promised pay raises for state workers. He downplayed the missing Dems -- which included Dick Durbin, who is out of the country on vacation with his wife -- and joked about his time with Republican presidential candidate Texas Governor Rick Perry, with whom he roomed during a trip to Iraq two years ago.
"And I had to listen to his so-called philosophy for seven days. The harshest philosophy known to man," Quinn said.
Speaking of harsh, when is Illinois going to recover from the 2001 recession reflected in the employment chart down below?
