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Pat Quinn: Worst Governor in One of America's Worst-Run States
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Pat Quinn is so unpopular, according to a recent Public Policy Polling survey, that Lisa Madigan and Bill Daley would easily beat him in a Democratic primary while Kirk Dillard and Dan Rutherford would topple him in the general election. Quinn says he's going to run for re-election in 2014, but as 2012 comes to an end only 25 percent of Illinois voters approve of the job he's doing as governor. Public Policy Polling says 64 percent of voters disapprove of Quinn's performance — "making him the most unpopular governor PPP has polled on anywhere in the country this year." And there seems to be good reason for that. Last week, 24/7 Wall St. published a ranking of all 50 states, and Illinois emerges as the third-worst-run state in America, …
my opinion
8:50 am on Friday, February 8, 2013
Stop kidding yourselves people. Everyone in Springfield knows that Mike "the maggot" Madigan rules the state. Hey Mike, why won't you let any reporters interview you? Why do you think he got Lisa elected? Smart politics and self preservation, so the State Attorney General's office won't come after him. Lisa must be proud to be his daughter......thanks daddy for making my career. more ›