Illinois Republicans will spend lots of time this year on the attack against President Obama, but House Speaker and state Democratic chair Mike Madigan may be a close second on their list of favorite targets.
At the state party convention over the weekend, Illinois GOP chair Pat Brady went on the attack, calling Madigan, quote, “a controlling, vindictive, ethically challenged, self-serving leprechaun.” Brady compared the state under Madigan’s leadership to a Third-world republic like Venezuela.
The party hopes to weaken Madigan’s iron grip on the House in the fall elections.
