Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Rahm Emanuel

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn at the White House (photo by Lynn Sweet)

WASHINGTON–Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, at the White House on Friday said working with Chicago mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel would be “fun.”

Quinn and Emanuel have known each other for years and they share a close friend in common–former White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod, who left the White House a few weeks ago to return to Chicago.

On working with Emanuel, Quinn said,”It should be a lot of fun. I’ve known Rahm Emanuel for 31 years, so I have a lot of experience. He’s a man of great energy and idealism. As mayor of Chicago and I’m governor of Illinois, I think we can do a lot of good things”