Obama to address Illinois General Assembly, talk of 'better politics'

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

A nostalgic President Barack Obama returns to Springfield next month, nine years to the day after he officially launched his White House campaign on the steps of the Old State Capitol, as rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders compete to duplicate his historic Iowa caucus victory on Monday.

I was en route to a Hillary Clinton get-out-the-caucus vote rally here on Friday when the White House announced Obama will deliver an address to the Illinois General Assembly where he once served as a state senator from the South Side of Chicago.

“Now, in the final year of his second term, the President looks forward to addressing the Illinois General Assembly on February 10th about what we can do, together, to build a better politics – one that reflects our better selves,” the White House said in a statement.

How ironic, a failed President returns to his home state where they are operating without a budget.