2016 Postmortem

chuckstevens

(1,201 posts) Tue Mar 18, 2014, 04:38 PM Mar 2014

Primary Day In Illinois

The leader in the Republican Primary field for governor is Bruce Rauner: A self proclaim "businessman", who has spend many millions of his own money promoting ideas such as "Right to Work" in cheesy TV ads that we are all sick of. The man makes Scott Walker (Wis) look like FDR! I have talked to several fellow Democratic teachers who are terrified about losing their pensions (remember we don't pay a dime into Social Security) and in DROVES they are taking Republican ballots and voting for a moderate Republican State Senator named Kirk Dillard.

Will the great state of Illinois reject an extremist, right wing, anti-worker candidate tonight or will we show that ignorance on the issues and vague promises will carry the day? Stay tuned!

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Primary Day In Illinois (Original Post) chuckstevens Mar 2014 OP

Uber low turnout where I am frazzled Mar 2014 #1

Rauner wins in So Ill mikeysnot Mar 2014 #2

I hope You're Right! chuckstevens Mar 2014 #3

That is why he will take the burbs and So Ill. mikeysnot Mar 2014 #4

ugh Walker clone is ahead at this point lunasun Mar 2014 #5

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

1. Uber low turnout where I am

Reply to chuckstevens (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 04:50 PM

Mar 2014

We walked over to our (new) polling place (sad not to be able to go to our old one, at the IBEW union hall) around 12:30 pm. When we fed our ballots into the machine we were only the 15th and 16th persons to vote that day in the entire precinct!

No, I did not take a Republican ballot. There were a couple of judicial races I wanted to vote in.

ON EDIT: Whoever wins the Republican primary, we all have to get out and really do some groundwork like never before for Pat Quinn this fall. I know how "unpopular" he is, but I actually really like the guy. Minimally, he's the first governor--Republican or Democrat--we've had in Illinois who hasn't gone to prison!

mikeysnot

(4,757 posts)

2. Rauner wins in So Ill

Reply to chuckstevens (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 04:57 PM

Mar 2014

He panders to the idiots in the republican party, it will be Rauner and Quine, with Q winning handily this fall.

Rauner is an easy target with tons of baggage. There are groups following him around filming everything he says and does and he is a baffoon so he is giving them tons of materials.