I'm am startin to believe Mr. Obama's "Change you can believe in" battle cry he has been preaching for over a year now. While doing a few simple Google searches it appears that Mr. Obama has brought about lot's of change in Illinois.

Murder Rate Up 18% in Chicago

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...0,260187.story

Chicago Highest Sales Tax in the U.S.
http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_b...o-gets-hi.html

Illinois Pension Debt Worst In Nation

http://www.rrstar.com/news/x19440510...orst-in-nation

Illinois Unemployment Rate 7.3 percent, worst in 15 years

http://www.city-data.com/forum/illin...mps-7-3-a.html

Health Care State Rankings 2008 - Illinois is 33rd
http://www.cqpress.com/product/Healt...ings-2008.html

Obama - Change you can believe in! (Change for the worse).