The reason you can see us today is because we decided to stop cursing the darkness and instead lit a candle. No! No! That is NOT a birthday candle!!! Don’t blow it out!
“We don’t know, actually. She’s waiting to see how angry Bruce is and Mike hasn’t returned my calls, so ‘Who is angering their side more’ is still up for debate right now… “
“Welp, in the Senate, I’m going to nominate Christine for Senate President and Christine is going to nominate me for Senate President then I guess everyone will just vote by acclimation in the end. You’d have to ask the House Leaders… “
“Excuse me if this off the subject a little bit, but just take a guess at how much I can bench press. Come on, what do you think? Take a guess. 315 pounds, at the top of my game, maxing out at 500!”
“When you talk Rauner, Durkin, and Madigan, we feel Iike the parents of 3 rambunctious grade school boys… “
- Not quite a majority - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 2:20 pm:
“When the Director called and offered us the roles in the remake of Kramer vs. Kramer, I mean, how can you possible refuse?” (said by either or both of them)
Reporter “So is this statesmen-esque effort to come together and give all sides some wins so that Illinois can finally move forward indicative of a similar movement behind the scenes between Speaker Madigan and Governor Rauner?”
- Dave Dahl - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 11:54 am:
“Senator Radogno …” “Senator Cullerton …”
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 11:57 am:
“Well I like my salad dressing ON the salad… and she likes… ”
“On the side. I like my salad dressing on the side.”
- Norseman - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 11:57 am:
Leaders have finally shown up in Illinois.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 11:58 am:
“Yeah, we invited the Speaker and the Governor to join us but they had to be home before the street lights turned on, so… “
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 11:59 am:
“No, we’re the third of this government right now concerned with governing…”
- Annonin' - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:00 pm:
ILCA says no one had presser to announce a bill “refilling” So this is first.
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:01 pm:
“Yes, we play footsie sometimes. What of it?”
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:01 pm:
“No, it’s fun. We both found out neither of us are ‘boogie-people’ and that we both want what’s good for the state.”
- Amalia - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:01 pm:
Hope
- Earnest - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:02 pm:
The reason you can see us today is because we decided to stop cursing the darkness and instead lit a candle. No! No! That is NOT a birthday candle!!! Don’t blow it out!
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:03 pm:
“We both can count to 30… “
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:05 pm:
“Leader Durkin wanted to be here but he was afraid he’d be next on ‘BossMadigan.Com’ for some reason or another… “
- Precinct Captain - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:06 pm:
The worst Abbott and Costello impersonation
- The Captain - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:07 pm:
In the House Dem video game these are the two levels you have to beat before facing the big boss at the end.
- Bogey Golfer - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:08 pm:
The password is “compromise”.
- wordslinger - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:08 pm:
Bob Eubanks: “No, I’m sorry, John, Christine said ‘the laundry room.’ The ‘laundry room’ was her answer, not the garage…..”
- lake county democrat - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:08 pm:
Mr. Wonderful may have taken a pass, but we’re all in!
- Mercer County Whig - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:14 pm:
“We’re much nicer than those old guys on the Muppets.”
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:16 pm:
“No, we’re not trying to triangulate anyone. This is an ‘A-B’ working partnership, so ‘C’ yourself out of this… “
- Keyrock - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:17 pm:
We agreed that I’d be Kukla, and she’d be Fran.
The one thing we couldn’t agree on was whether the Speaker or the Governor is Ollie the dragon.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:19 pm:
“We don’t know, actually. She’s waiting to see how angry Bruce is and Mike hasn’t returned my calls, so ‘Who is angering their side more’ is still up for debate right now… “
- AlfondoGonz - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:19 pm:
“She insists on driving even though I own the car”
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:22 pm:
And to think that in some countries these dogs are eaten.
- LessAnon? - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:28 pm:
“Well, the reason we didn’t do this before is… well… I don’t know. =turning to the other= Do you know?”
- CLJ - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:31 pm:
That was actually easy than we thought, so we’re just going to take the rest of the year off. See you in 2018.
- Rich Miller - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:39 pm:
Cullerton: No, I don’t know what was up with my hair earlier today. No, it wasn’t a Mohawk.
- don the legend - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:40 pm:
“What’s that? No we haven’t heard from Lucky Pierre and Deft Wing but we’re pretty sure they’ll support us!!”
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:42 pm:
“No, this is a governmental press conference. We’re hear to talk about governing… “
- A guy - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:43 pm:
Yes, in the right light, he’s a handsome man. The lighting is better here than in the chamber.
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:44 pm:
“I’m just glad I changed, this morning I had the same outfit on as Christine… “
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:45 pm:
“Oh really? What did Lance tweet about what I haven’t said yet?”
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:47 pm:
“If we could ignore the House and the Governor, we would… but that pesky constitution, right Christine?”
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:50 pm:
“Welp, in the Senate, I’m going to nominate Christine for Senate President and Christine is going to nominate me for Senate President then I guess everyone will just vote by acclimation in the end. You’d have to ask the House Leaders… “
- Anonymous - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:50 pm:
Reunited, and it feels so good
Reunited ’cause we understood . . .
- Cook County Commoner - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 12:57 pm:
No matter what happens to the rest of you, we can afford to leave the state and retire in comfort on your dime.
- Joe M - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 1:04 pm:
Politics make strange bed fel… Maybe best to say Politics make strange partners.
- Rabid - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 1:05 pm:
The Kool-aid has been secretly replaced with laughing gas
- walker - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 1:06 pm:
“Loops? Triangles? It’s simple arithmetic. Not geometry.”
- Jocko - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 1:06 pm:
“And the Golden Globe for the most perfidious legislator goes to…”
- wondering - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 1:13 pm:
We are happy to announce we completed the ACT at the Governor’s suggestion. We are happy to announce we scored 20. Hmm, well yes, that’s combined.
- NeveroddoreveN - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 1:14 pm:
SR: “We aren’t used to smiling, that’s why it looks fake”
- Michelle Flaherty - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 1:15 pm:
Why not, it seems to work in Nebraska.
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 1:17 pm:
“Excuse me if this off the subject a little bit, but just take a guess at how much I can bench press. Come on, what do you think? Take a guess. 315 pounds, at the top of my game, maxing out at 500!”
- liberal muse - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 1:59 pm:
INCONCEIVABLE!
- Springfieldish - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 2:01 pm:
Cullerton: “Why yes, we did coordinate our outfits. Pretty cool, ay? We actually found fifty shades of gray we can agree upon!”
“What? No, no, no. I said ‘gray’ with an ‘a’ not, you know, the other one. Jeez, you guys …”
- Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 2:04 pm:
“When you talk Rauner, Durkin, and Madigan, we feel Iike the parents of 3 rambunctious grade school boys… “
- Not quite a majority - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 2:20 pm:
“When the Director called and offered us the roles in the remake of Kramer vs. Kramer, I mean, how can you possible refuse?” (said by either or both of them)
- Cook street - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 2:20 pm:
Meet your student council president and vice president.
- DownStateGrl - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 2:21 pm:
Reporter “So is this statesmen-esque effort to come together and give all sides some wins so that Illinois can finally move forward indicative of a similar movement behind the scenes between Speaker Madigan and Governor Rauner?”
- Blue dog dem - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 2:29 pm:
From a famous Illinois politician whose name i have forgot, “this should change the trajectory of the state”.
- Mama - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 2:32 pm:
We thought we would show Rauner and Madigan what bi-partisan looks like.
- Nick Name - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 2:36 pm:
“Betcha this picture won’t end up on CapFax!”
- Jake From Elwood - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 2:39 pm:
Hopefully they are reminiscing about Sen. Sullivan on his last day in the chamber.
- Robert the Bruce - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 2:41 pm:
The two consistent voters on the optimistic side of Cap Fax reader polls have been identified.
- weary - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 2:56 pm:
liberal muse nailed it!!!
- Old What's His Name - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 2:58 pm:
Meet the new anchor team on NewsChannel 20.
- Rabid - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 2:59 pm:
Cohost Illinois state society inaugural heartland ball trajectory
- Rabid - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 3:04 pm:
Our hands aren’t tied everything is above board
- zatoichi - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 3:10 pm:
What we worry?
- Rabid - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 3:21 pm:
When do you think the two year old govenor will walk on his own?
- Rabid - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 3:57 pm:
If this don’t work I’ll high dive into a glass of water
- DuPage - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 4:22 pm:
Punch and Judy.
- Henry Francis - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 4:53 pm:
Is the release of information exchanged 2 years ago going to cause a competitive harm?
FOIA is not a swift process, especially with this Administration.
- Henry Francis - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 4:54 pm:
Guy - records created by a reporter are not FOIAble.
- Commonsense in Illinois - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 7:09 pm:
Why yes, we did appear in the Princess Bride…why do you ask?
- Cook street - Tuesday, Jan 10, 17 @ 7:28 pm:
Wow! You can barely hear Madigan and Rainer behind the curtain telling them what to say.
- Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 11, 17 @ 3:48 am:
I can’t help it. Every time I hear reform I start laughing
- Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 11, 17 @ 3:51 am:
What makes you think there’s something under the table
- Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 11, 17 @ 3:54 am:
Do we look underhanded?
- Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 11, 17 @ 3:58 am:
It’s time to put your cards on the table a two year poker game
- Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 11, 17 @ 4:03 am:
I’ll take Illinois governor for $100. What is the govenor to balance yearly?
- Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 11, 17 @ 4:06 am:
Deal us in Goldie
- Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 11, 17 @ 4:08 am:
Superfiscal
- Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 11, 17 @ 4:12 am:
A show of hands for support
- Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 11, 17 @ 4:15 am:
It shall be known as a joint tax
- Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 11, 17 @ 4:20 am:
Haha I slipped in term limits for mike
- Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 11, 17 @ 4:21 am:
I don’t need this job
- Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 11, 17 @ 4:28 am:
Yes ken dunkin is part of my staff now, next question
- Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 11, 17 @ 4:30 am:
Next item up bid a remote controller from the comptroller office
- Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 11, 17 @ 4:42 am:
I think millionaires should be taxed at corporate rates
- Rabid - Wednesday, Jan 11, 17 @ 4:50 am:
I will be mark kirk’s campaign manager for govenor soon