Body count: In the last six months 292 killed (murdered) in Chicago, 221 killed in Iraq. In July alone, 62 murders in Chicago, 5 combat deaths in Iraq.
State pension fund: $44 Billion in debt, worst in country.
Cook County ( Chicago ) sales tax: 10.25% highest in country.
Chicago school system one of the worst in country.
These are the numbers (Look'em up if you want).
Sens. Barack Obama & Dick Durbin, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Gov. Rod Blogojevich, House leader Mike Madigan, Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike), Mayor Richard M. Daley (son of former Mayor Richard J. Daley), the leadership in Illinois. All Democrats. Chicago is a combat zone. Of course they're all blaming each other. Obama can't blame Republicans, because there aren't any!
This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois. And now he is getting set to 'fix' Washington politics?
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