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Bruce Rauner Needs to Lose if Illinois is to be Saved

“Bruce Rauner needs to lose if Illinois is to be saved” — is what a few of us said four years ago, and it is still true today. There’s no question the above statement…

Republicans Were Warned About Rauner. But in 2014, They Just Wanted to Win.

In 2014, Business Insider wrote about the fact that Bruce Rauner had an extramarital affair with his current wife Diana Rauner (who was “set to be married” to another man at the time) while…

Republicans Were Warned About Bruce Rauner. But in 2014, They Just Wanted to Win.

In 2014, Business Insider wrote about the fact that Bruce Rauner had an extramarital affair while his wife was pregnant with their third child. It was a messy situation to say the least —…

Ignore Rauner: The State of the State is Bankrupt

As one of those people who rarely watch our governor’s State of the State Address, the Bruce Rauner speech on Wednesday reminded me why most people don’t bother. Much like his performance before the…

Rauner Win in Illinois has Nothing in Common with GOP Victories Around the Country

So Democrat Bruce Rauner is governor-elect in Illinois, having won (what one friend called it) the second Democratic Party primary election of the year. Yes, Rauner is not a RINO (Republican in Name Only),…

Rauner Win in Illinois has Nothing in Common with GOP Victories Around the Country

So Democrat Bruce Rauner is governor-elect in Illinois, having won (what one friend called it) the second Democratic Party primary election of the year. Yes, Rauner is not a RINO (Republican in Name Only),…

Why this lifelong Republican can’t vote for Bruce Rauner

From Doug Ibendahl at Republican News Watch: Back in the fall of 1998 I was a young (okay, young-ish) associate at Mayer, Brown & Platt (now Mayer Brown LLP), the Chicago-based law giant. One…

Rauner Company Raised Cost of Life-Saving Drug for Babies 1,300%

From Doug Ibendahl at Republican News Watch: Bruce Rauner was given multiple chances during last night’s debate, but he couldn’t name one company he’s owned which has created jobs in Illinois. Not one. After…

What Rauner Wants You to Ignore in the Chicago Sun-Times Scandal

From Doug Ibendahl at Republican News Watch: Ongoing revelations about Bruce Rauner’s shady business practices are having a devastating impact on the challenger’s poll numbers which are sinking faster than that barge in the…

Bruce Rauner thinks Pat Quinn is some kind of genius

From Doug Ibendahl at Republican News Watch: Bruce Rauner seems a little paranoid these days. I won’t say he’s at the tinfoil hat wearing stage – yet. But then again I don’t know what…

Bye Bye Bruce

Doug Ibendahl says bye bye to Bruce and puts a nice postscript on the pathetic Rauner years: Our Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is a bit of an odd duck. By all accounts he was…

Illinois GOP Chair Must Step Up for President Trump or Step Down

Here is Doug Ibendahl writing at Republican News Watch — and he’s right, the GOP chairman should step down if he doesn’t recognize the opportunity that President Donald Trump has provided Illinois Republicans. The…

A Call to Attend the May 19th meeting of the IL GOP State Central Committee

An important meeting is coming up later this month. And as the saying goes, some articles write themselves. In this case, three Illinois conservatives who have a keen understanding of politics were asked by…

(More) Conservative Christians (Still) Needed to Rescue Illinois

The above (slightly altered) title, which was added to a recent post after I wrote it, is too good to use only once. Conservative Christians are needed — and it is a rescue mission….

Is the Illinois GOP Civil War Finally Here?

Now that prominent conservatives are seeing Governor Bruce Rauner for who he really is, we arrive at a genuinely dramatic moment in a state where the Republican Party’s failures have paved the way for…