Illinois, United States - Obama Presidency Oral History Illinois, United States Index / Locations Transcripts Penny Pritzker ...who's going to be the next senator from Illinois .” There was nothing in it excep... ...you know, “Indiana is contested. Illinois is going to be relatively easy. Let'... Martin Nesbitt ...was it called? The Athletic Club at Illinois Center, which was right downtown, righ... ...ratings were really good, not just in Illinois but nationally. People knew who he was... ...everybody in Chicago, then everybody in Illinois . It was a real viral dynamic. Bu... David Axelrod ...said, “We tried something like that in Illinois when I was a state senator, and it wa... ...body man. They were down in southern Illinois , deep southern Illinois. I forget th... ...in southern Illinois, deep southern Illinois . I forget the town, but much... ...Barack Hussein Obama in deep southern Illinois in a VFW hall, it sounds like it coul... ...We were driving around in downstate Illinois . Cell service wasn't good. Mary Bet... ...whole strategy was to assure people in Illinois that he wasn't going to run. We kep... ...was sort of the Orville Redenbacher of Illinois politics. He had a bow tie, horn-rimme... ...bought a small-town newspaper in Troy, Illinois , and used it to crusade against th... ...even though he was from southern Illinois , where it wasn't easy to do. And ... ...kid. He was working for the Illinois Public Action Council. They had run a... ...elect a guy named Lane Evans in western Illinois , first Democrat to win in a hundre... ...of significant positions in Chicago and Illinois politics and government. Just a numbe... ...years—in 2008, four years out of the Illinois state senate. The Kenya trip, o... ...he would travel to deep southern Illinois . He would be in a VFW hall, all White... ...to the kingdom to this young guy from Illinois who had won one caucus. They wanted t... ...could be that damaging. He came back to Illinois . He was going to do some editoria... ...Simon, who ran for the US Senate from Illinois , got elected, and defeated Roger'... ...school and was going to work for the Illinois attorney general. Bras... ...on Washington's shoulders, in terms of Illinois politics and Chicago politics. But i... ...win the general election. At that time, Illinois was more of a swing state, so it wa... ...This guy was a state senator in Illinois . He had no staff to speak of at tha... ...me from—they were in deep southern Illinois at a VFW [Veterans of Foreign Wars... ...Barack Hussein Obama in deep southern Illinois , it sounds challenging to me, but—” h... ...go in that VFW hall in deep southern Illinois . He could be in a tony suburba... ...general campaign did not take place in Illinois at all. It took place in Boston, and i... ...they were, of the Republican Party in Illinois , decided, “Well, the Democrats go... ...talk would undermine his standing in Illinois , that people would come to think of i... ...would come to think of it as him using Illinois as a waystation on the way to runnin... ...running for governor at some point, of Illinois . We weren't talking about running fo... ...that he had already shown in downstate Illinois that allowed him to be such a stron... ...thought was to our advantage was that Illinois bordered Iowa, so Iowans were no... ...terrain, he was accustomed to downstate Illinois . It was very much like Iowa. He wa... Show more... Andrew Winer ...three years old, we moved to Champagne, Illinois . I lived in Champagne until I wa... ...Elementary School in Champaign, Illinois . B-O-T-T-E-N-F-I-E-L-D. I went t... ...about this guy that was running in Illinois who had gone to Punahou. You know, hal... ...was actually doing remarkably well in Illinois . I had lived in Illinois when I wa... ...well in Illinois. I had lived in Illinois when I was growing up, so I felt sor... ...maybe February 12 in Springfield, Illinois . Within about a week or two afte... ...It turned out there was an Hawai'i Illinois official ball and that was nice. Bu... ...Obama supporters. Senator Durbin from Illinois was one. They all ended up supportin... Show more... Chuck Freedman ...any other state did that. I doubt it. Illinois , maybe Illinois did. During th... ...did that. I doubt it. Illinois, maybe Illinois did. During the presidency, what wa... Avelino Halagao ...before that was a state legislator in Illinois and became probably one of the mos... Konrad Ng ...run for the US Senate, for the state of Illinois . And yeah, I met them briefly. I wa... ...of Chicago's proposal, University in Illinois . So a few proposals. So that wa... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the East Wing East Wing go to the Gun Control Gun Control go to the Public Health Public Health go to the Transition Transition go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate