Dennis Byrne: The Sorry State of Illinois

No Paul Green talk here. Byrne blames the business people.

Once elected to high office, their lordships begin sharing the same rarified air that the rich and powerful heads of the town's big national and international corporations breathe. It's a long way from the humble work of hustling votes by ringing doorbells or holding someone's fedora. On MRI brain scans, it shows up as metastasizing clumps of self-importance. Governors, mayors, agency chairmen, department heads and even aldermen all display the symptoms. It makes them feel untouchable.

I'm guessing the pols pull the business community then the other way around; but either way that feeling of self-importance can be lethal to someone in power.

Update: Heck, it's not business folks calling shots in Springfield; it's bloggers according to Cynthia:

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that upon the request of Carl Nyberg at Proviso Probe, Illinois State Representative Karen Yarbrough (D-7th Dist) introduced an impeachment resolution in the Illinois General Assembly (House Joint Resolution 125) that called for the impeachment of George W. Bush.