Political Boss Mike Madigan Makes History. Illinois Democrat Party Chairman and Speaker of Illinois House Becomes America's Longest Serving Speaker of The House in U.S. History.

Boss Mike Madigan has made history. Here's what they call they "success" in Blue America. A relic of the past is still in charge ... in Illinois. Without Mike Madigan , there would have been no Barack Obama. After all, Madigan had to give the nod to get Obama's career off the ground. Here's Madigan's ties to the Mob. Do you know Mike Madigan's "day job" is being a property tax appeals lawyer ? After all, you don't need a tax appeals lawyer if you don't have high taxes .

A record: Last week, Mike Madigan became the longest-serving House speaker in US history, passing Solomon Blatt's 11,893-day tenure in SC.

— Dave McKinney (@davemckinney) August 8, 2017