* Gov. Pat Quinn was asked today to respond to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s new advertising campaign in Illinois urging businesses to relocate to the Garden State.

“He was advertising before November 2nd for my opponent and nobody listened to him then and I don’t know why anybody would listen to him,” Quinn said, adding “This is a guy whose business climate is rated 48th in the nation.”

Oof.

Watch…

Quinn also said of Christie, “New Jersey’s way of balancing the budget is not to pay their pension payment, not to deliver on property tax relief that was promised, to fire teachers… I don’t need that kind of advice from that guy.”

Um, OK, what about that property tax relief, governor? Didn’t you promise that last year? Also, lots of Illinois teachers lost their jobs last year.

Thanks to BlueRoomStream.com for the video.

* State Treasurer Dan Rutherford showed his bipartisan chops during a CNBC interview earlier today. The hosts appeared to think the Republican would gush all over their budgetary hero Chris Christie (who has barely touched his deficit) and toe the DC party line on bankruptcy for the states. Rutherford, however, appeared to surprise them. He didn’t overtly praise Christie and he completely ruled out that silly bankruptcy proposal. He also refused to run down his own state, despite plenty of CNBC baiting. Must watch…

* Our last video is also a must-see. Tom Jaconetty talks to the Chicago Bar Association Election Law Committee about what ballot challenges are really all about. Jaconetty is working with Burt Odelson to kick Rahm Emanuel off the ballot. He’s brutally honest…

Sorry for the video quality on that one.

*** UPDATE *** The Illinois Policy Institute wants to repeal the income tax in its entirety…