Are Illinois Democrats Seeing Blue?

Chicago - With a Democratic governor, House, Senate, all state elected officers plus two Democrats in the U.S. Senate, Illinois is about as blue as a state can get.

But for all its success, the Democratic party is not without problems in Illinois.

Democratic Rep. Danny Davis tells FOX Chicago Sunday that as strong as the state Democratic party appears to be, you don't count your political chickens before they hatch.

"Well there's discontent all over America and the discontent, much of it, is aimed at whoever is in power or in charge at the moment," Savis said.

Among the issues facing the Illinois party: a $10 billion state budget deficit, a frequently deadlocked democratic legislature, an indicted former governor going to trial who appointed an unpopular senator and some nasty mudslinging in key primary races.

Democratic strategist Kathleen Strand said as rough as this primary gets, Democratic wounds should heal by the general election.

"But at the end of the day, whoever the Democratic nominee is, we've got a great field of candidates who are going to go out there and share their ideas," Strand said.

"I think we're gonna be all right because overwhelmingly people in Illinois recognize the Democrats in this state really have the interests of the people at heart," Davis said.

That's a case Republicans will be making for themselves in 2010

For the first time in a long time, the national GOP will be putting up some serious money to try to reclaim the senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.