Why is it that a politician can not hold a conversation without giving a election or re-election speech.  I found the visit with our state Representative a bit perplexing.  His presents was very ambiguous.  I could see why the people of his district continued to vote for him because he his very charismatic, but I felt that he was talking in circles about things that we already knew.  The best part of his visit was the question and answer section.  It seemed to be the one time that the Representative was genuine, but this could be because he was being drilled in such an intimate setting.  He did present very interesting information on the current budget issues in our state.  i had no idea that things were in such an awful state.  He even mentioned that thee were other states that were in the same position, and yet the President refuses to acknowledge that our country is currently in a recession.  I was very disappointed by the answer I received to my question about Chicago hosting the Olympics in 2016.  I was told that there really is no money in the state budget to bring the Olympics to our worthy city.  This was confusing because I know that the Olympics would bring in so much revenue for the state.  We would be missing out on an awesome opportunity because the Illinois Congress can not get a descent budget in place.  Hearing about the bickering going on between the majority leader and the speaker, who are in the same party was very discouraging as a supporter of the Democratic party.  We finally get the upper hand and yet we are fighting against one another.  i suppose that after writing about the visit, I realize it was fairly informational.  I guess I have a problem with listening to a republican, who does not admit he is republican speak.