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Related: About this forumRauners State of the State...
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Rauners State of the State... (Original Post)
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Feb 2015
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truebrit71
(20,805 posts)1. Fuck that guy.
Twice.
Laughing!
guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)3. Same old GOP methods being used here.
Will the Democrats stand up to him or compromise to show bipartisan effort?
Baron von Carhart ran on rhetoric and still refuses to provide specifics about anything. His mandate is non-existent. He received 52% of the votes of the 34% of the electorate that bothered to vote. So he got the votes of 17% of the eligible voters.
But he will get the help of the Illinois media, primarily the Chicago Tribune and Faux News. The narrative will be framed as greedy overpaid state employees vs the average citizen.
It worked in Wisconsin and Michigan, but the GOP controlled the government there.
Predictions anyone? Will union workers be marching in Springfield the way many of us marched in Madison?