Your favourite moment in 2010 politics?

[Franzl]

1.) Cameron becoming British PM

2.) Quinn winning in Illinois

3.) Lame duck congressional session in Illinois (civil unions, abolition of death penalty, deficit reduction) (technically 2/3 of it in 2011...but same Congress )

[Franzl]

3.) Lame duck congressional session in Illinois (civil unions, abolition of death penalty, deficit reduction) (technically 2/3 of it in 2011...but same Congress )

They managed to realize all that in the lame duck session?

Correct.

[Franzl]

3.) Lame duck congressional session in Illinois (civil unions, abolition of death penalty, deficit reduction) (technically 2/3 of it in 2011...but same Congress )

They managed to realize all that in the lame duck session?

Correct.

Imagine the brouhaha if they'd done that in a lame duck session after losing their majorities!

Illinois abolished the death penalty? Good news, thanks.

Well, technically, Quinn still has to sign it.....and he's not telling the media what he'll so, he'll "follow his conscience".

Doubt strongly that he'd really veto it though.

EDIT: And practically speaking, they have lost their "working majorities" with all the Democrats from the South. There's a real reason that Madigan and Cullerton pushed it through now.