Illinois is a one-party state. Yet gridlock rules. Greg Blankenship, president of the Illinois Policy Institute, thinks that's a good thing. Here's what he said about it in a recent newsletter:

The Democrats have a 67-51 majority in the House and a veto-proof, 37-22 majority in the Senate. They control every constitutional office in Illinois, including the governorship. And they can't get anything accomplished.

I'm not saying these are "happy days," but things sure could be worse.

When the House convened two special sessions this week, Governor Blagojevich was seeking revenue increases from special fund sweeps, selling the lottery, borrowing $400 million, and gambling expansion -- all so that state government could spend $1.4 billion more than current revenue projections predict Illinois will have in the coming year. And the Governor has received none of it.

In fact, screwed-up priorities, political grandstanding, personal animosity, graft and distrust have been about all Illinois state government has accomplished since Governor Blagojevich's re-election. Given the total political eradication of a center-right party in Illinois, it's downright surprising that we don't have the DMV in charge of health care, $7 billion in new taxes, and just about every other bad idea ever dreamed up by the left being imposed upon us.

Nope, instead this week proves that we have gridlock. It isn't pretty, and you don't want look at it, but I'm not complaining about the results. In the of words my old boss at the Pentagon, "Smile, people. It gets worse."

Someone will eventually have to clean up this mess, and that will be ugly. But for now, I'm all for gridlock.