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Where is Illinois’ Scott Walker?

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    John Kass of the Chicago Tribune on the need for reform in Illinois.

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-- walker his one his recall election our next guest is asking the following question.

Where is Illinois Scott Walker are there any -- market tops among our Republican politicians or.

Have they been prudently squirrelly squirreled away in a cave or -- -- hut for safekeeping.

-- there's so we'll find out Jon Katz from Chicago the Chicago Tribune isn't.

Illinois now I guess every state investing that -- your state needs Scott Walker more than most now that.

Most.

Pretty bad publicity we have unions running to a show of the democratic machine controlling everything capital leaving this state.

-- if you if you look at -- -- when it's almost like the United States of America.

What what is -- -- -- -- well it has like the United States of America just may be worse they don't have their own printing press but it all gets down a political will.

And a lot of times is easy just to blame the Democrats but what are what have the Republican.

Standouts -- and in your stay what's the bill why are they so intimidated is -- the old machine there that's just so intimidating.

No one has the guts to really stand up and so.

True leadership.

There's two things going on number one you're right the -- many of the Republicans are.

Our you know -- submitted by the democratic -- but secondly.

Many of the machine bosses the guards who really run things the place where the machine that Barack Obama comes out.

Are subsidized.

By Republican and big business.

That one bit try to keep that -- control -- I'm not a rag on Illinois I lived in Chicago three year it's a great place I love Chicago but a better idea of you know -- leadership in your state fair for well over two decades I made the comment when -- -- US where -- Republicans I I snorkeling said in jail I mean.

Leadership has been missing in action in Illinois for decades.

Wall -- of those you know we have a Republican governor in prison George -- and and and a few weeks the boss of the Illinois Republican Party.

I -- -- facto boss big bill Cellini.

There's going to be sentenced in.

Corruption -- scandal.

Charges.

In which the Republican boss dealt with democratic.

Governor Rod Blagojevich who's also improves -- so -- it's pretty bad here.

And if you try in the understood you know what's interesting the national media tries to understand Barack Obama in terms of some mythic.

Stories about pulling the sword from the stone.

But if you cannot understand him unless you understand word comes from in in this state it's about corruption.

Muscle.

Power the and ideas like what we heard in Wisconsin.

Are very few and far between.

John it's Monica Crowley here -- do you think -- some point high do you think at some point the laws of economics or the reality of the economic situation might actually.

Generator produced decent leaders who could undertake serious reforms because a lot of your high net worth individuals a lot of your businesses.

Are fleeing to more business friendly states like Wisconsin thanks to Scott Walker like Ohio thanks to governor John case.

Right well you know Paul.

Congressman Ryan's on the phone every day trying to pull people a lot of Illinois to go to Wisconsin -- Scott Walker dozens.

In in Ohio and you know -- -- -- said that never waste.

Never could number waste to crisis all of that was that was.

Rahm Emanuel write that you knew where the crisis didn't know the new superstar -- -- states cast Chicago Tribune thanks a lot but it for help without things really got got some serious work added.

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