If I were a state House Dem, I like to think I’d join the crew urging Michael Madigan to step down as speaker—what with the Commonwealth Edison scandal endangering the Democratic Party.
And even if I miraculously survived Kasper’s challenge, Madigan would order some aide to dig through my past, looking for dirt to use against me.
And he’d be as sweet as Tupelo honey . . .
And, two, they know how tough he can be. So, they’re a little scared. It’s why so many legislators these days have been quoting Omar in The Wire—“You come at the king, you best not miss.”
And by that I don’t mean Madigan’s a right-wing racist who’s trying to bankrupt the government by giving tax breaks to the richest of the rich—like McConnell.
In fact, I’d go so far as to say that Madigan is the reason Bruce Rauner didn’t bust the unions in this state the way former Governor Scott Walker did in Wisconsin.
