Generally the cabinet's performance in the past year was not encouraging. The proof is that our economy is not improving,

They have met and reconciled, and are continuing to maintain good relations with each other. The blasts were perpetrated by terrorists from outside,

Increase in economic relations with South Africa became important as that country has a strong economy,

We have a strong economy, but it's not bullet proof, so you've got to be very careful about the steps you take to try to change the way things are going. There is certainly room for the market to go up.

Over the course of the past several years, of waging successive, successful proof-of-principle fights, we saw that if the Democratic Party were to succeed in defeating the disastrous course of the Cheney-Bush Administration, we must bring the best of its traditions, that of Franklin Roosevelt, to life within the Party. Thus, we created the Club as a vehicle for that expression.

The performance of the index suggests that Illinois avoided the slowdown of the national economy that occurred in the last quarter of 2005.