Lyons: Dems calling all of the shots in Springfield
While a tight presidential race had the country enthralled, enraged or unhinged, stranger things were happening closer to home.
Illinois wasn’t really much of a player on the national stage this time anyway, even though President Barack Obama held his victory party Tuesday night at McCormick Place. He was expected to carry his home state easily, and did.
Late polls also projected that Obama would win enough overall electoral votes to reclaim the presidency, and he did.
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