The Republican Gubernatorial Primary in Illinois is a mess

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2022/05/republican-democratic-gubernatorial.html

Candidates all pointing out why their other GOP opponents are incompetent idiots, and completely unqualified to be the governor.

In true Trumpie fashion, the Republicans are ripping into each other, laying out all of their faults and making the case that none of them should be allowed to get anywhere near the governorship of Illinois, based on their total lack of character, lying about their record, and--this is a good one--lying about all of the monetary contributions they are getting from Democrats, including from Governor Pritzker. The lies are outlandish. But they are giving the Democrats their campaign theme.

They've got some time, between now and the primary, to really hand this to the Governor on a silver, or perhaps even gold, platter. On social media, even conservative Republicans are complaining about the candidates. The media is trying really hard to be fair, at least equally to the GOP candidates, but they're having trouble not pointing out polling data that shows this will be a runaway for Governor Pritzker. He'd be difficult to run against, being one of the best governors in the country.

[fizzix137]

1. It depends on turnout.

Here in the red part of the state, they are fired up and ready to take their state back. They HATE Pritzker, who dared to shut the state down, close schools, and force us to wear masks. With poor turnout, we could end up with another Ruiner.

[Bluethroughu]

2. All hands on deck ... vote and get everyone favoring Dems to the polls!

If it's a blow out, then we'll celebrate in the big blue state!

[lees1975]

3. The question is, who is the "red" part of the state backing?

These guys are all saying that they won't support any of the others if they don't win the nomination. Yeah, they may hate Pritzker, though the worst part of the pandemic happened in the "red" part of the state, while Chicago's numbers were close to the bottom of the "zones" they demanded to have set up. But they also hate each other. Irvin is running ads with veterans saying they wouldn't vote for Jessie Sullivan for dog catcher. And Sullivan is really making people sick by wearing his evangelical faith on his sleeve, while one of the others chased down his "pastor" and found out that Mr. Sullivan rarely shows up for church.

I don't think turnout will be a problem. With a senate race also on the ballot, the sensible part of Illinois, which has ten times the voters of the red parts, will make sure we don't go backward.