In light of what we've all seen ... how can anyone be surprised? -Michael Madigan, Illinois House Speaker on Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

...about Blagojevich is minor compared to the furor in Illinois over the fact that Mike Madigan, the speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives and the Democratic state chairman, is trying to see his daughter, Lisa, nominated for attorney...

...It's as if there were no bill of particulars filed against him and approved almost unanimously by the members of the Illinois House of Representatives, who have endured six years of his misgovernment. By simply asserting the claim that the state...

...issues. As I learned on a visit to the congressman's Capitol Hill office last week, when Roskam moved from the Illinois House to the state Senate in 2000, he found Obama already serving there. They were both assigned to the Judiciary Committee...