In Orwellian Scenario, Big Spender Madigan Becomes “Fiscal Conservative”

In one of the strangest cases of political duplicity in recent memory, Ill. House Speaker and Chicago machine boss Michael Madigan (D-22, Chicago) has morphed himself into a “fiscal conservative” as he attempts to cast Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, also a Democrat, in the role of the state’s big-spending villain. Read more