the politics in linois were stacked against him. national or cal, of any demoatic stature, would haveacked him. >> perry bacon, he seemed to love the job, emed to be thrill getting that apintmenthat looked like the place he wanted to spe the better part of the next decade, at least. los like he's got no fight left in him, huh? >> yes. saw him earlier this week, talked to him a bit. he made the same point ln made, which is he really wanted toe in this job. enjoyed it. always had smile on his face while he was in e senate. for democrats think this is good news for them. theyanted to avoid having him think he was a very ab didn't ndidate to win. i think they're hay about that. two, you've seen barack obama, president oba tryi to recruit otcandidates to run for this race personly at times. avoids having a divisive primary wherthe president himselis trying to defeat th only black senator out the i think that's good news for democrats who have been hoping, trying to dissuade him from running r quite a while. >> lynn sweet, youe our race f

o are some o the democratic candidates for the seat now, that they're lking abo in linois? it'she race against kirk, right? could be a pretty tough one. >>eporter: kirk being -- a long time ago, donaldrumsfeld tually again in the north suburbs o chigo. it had been assumed that the key candidate who would uash burris washe current atrney general, lis madigan. she got attention when she had her arm twisd runor the senate. not only didhe announce she would not run for senate, but she was not going to run fore positionvebody had figur she was destined for, namely, the governor's job. >> i'm going to cut you off. we're seein the back of somebody head. somebody'standing and clappi. burris is at the podium. th is a hotel in chicago. we ae that thatan getting a camera view -- or maybe he's goingolug the camera man, but in a se, we except burris to start talking in a second, so let's listen. thank you all so much. thank you, thank you. thank you. thank you. ippreciate all the energy. we're going to need it thank you for joining me here toda i'm here t talk about some impoant issues.

diane eastabro "nightly business repor" antioch, linois. >> paul: recapng today's market action: a late ying spree cuts wall street closing loss. the dow dropped 26 points and the nasdaq losseven points. to learn more about thstories in tonight broadcast, to watch our streaming video anto take part in our daily blog, go t ightly business report" on pbs.org. u can also email us at nbr@pbs.org. >> suzanne: anfinally tonight, despere times call for desperate measures. so the state of arizonis coming up with some pret original wayto raise cash. lawmakers there are nsidering selling the ate house and sete buildings in phoenix, along withozens of other state-owned operties. but, the plan isn't liquidate the properties. instead, officia hope to sell them and lease them ba over several years. ulmately, assuming ownership again. that could ge the state a cash infusion of morehan $700 million. paul? >> paul: thawould qualify, i assume, as a capital gain. >> very, very cute. it's ptty amazing wn you consider the sta of the real esta market in phoenix is pretty dperate. >> paul: little convoluted b

>> oh, i ththkk he gott the two-handed ovov from a w wlele lot of democrarats inn linois, ththe rarackbama white house and in washington. dedecrats are very relieved byy this becausese ee chancee that reblblics had i in ts very democraticiceaeang sate in recent electctio would haha h aa wkekene lele. i think most democrats are calculatining atat is more likekelyo o be a compepetiti candndide e th burris was going to be. in theirstuarter of 09, he raraeded about $1$1,0 for hihi campmpgngn, which is nothing at allin m mdern politics. >>yeah, the sesena mamaririty leadereraying that hee had raid very little moy.y. lly o'donnellll is onn capitol hill.. what can we expecect fromsenator rrrris d how many democrats up thther i ithe senate a havingg a sighof relieff todayy that thi thatburrisay be gone? >> priritetelywhen you talk to dedecrats here, i've had t tha sigh of relief, , enen se eye rollining, aenen that maybe the chter will come to an enen it's also observeded thahehe on his owown rere. and in some e ststans, that almomost aeaea sad. he a alsfrfreqntly gets the duty to be presiding ove

and linois tool works. i think the smart play is to buy these stocks when the u.s. centric invests sell like they did this morning andikthey did onthursday. here the bottom line, the real takeaway, there is no sing one piece ofata that is goingo dermine the mark perfmance. there are many dferent important eces of data beyond just u.s. joblessness. we're just not that iortant ymore. which ishy youeed diversify portfolio stocks that don't go down all at once. withome that benefit if the recessio lingersnd unemployment doesn't abate where the ll market is. and some th could soar if the recovery ever cks into higher gear. 're taki questions. we're ing -- this pie looks -- was this a bad idea, this tie? it's t same color ashis shirt. i got it at costco for $12. anyway, scott in wisconsin. scott? >> caller:im. beauful sunnyshores of the great lakes boyah. >> holy ow, i dn't know they hashores there. i thought they had like a dropoff. go ahead. >> calr: jim, considering the recent slowdown in the u.s. and world economies coupled wit the supply glut in crude, what accountso