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Rauner Spends The Weekend Ducking Questions And Responsibilities

Yet Still Finds Time To Return To Campaign Trail Instead Of Negotiating On The Budget Bruce Rauner’s weekend can be summed up with two words: “failed leadership.” With the state budget negotiations falling apart, Governor Rauner hit the campaign trail and ducked any and all questions that came his way. In just a few days,…

After Slashing University Budget, Gov. Bruce Rauner Gets Booed at Chicago State

Rauner Loudly Booed At University That Saw A 40% Staff Cut Due to Budget Inaction While another budget deal falls apart in Springfield, Bruce Rauner visited Chicago State University’s commencement ceremony today where he was greeted by boos and jeers. Why? Maybe because the university had to cut 40% of its staff due to Bruce Rauner’s…

Gov. Rauner’s Bad Budget Week (And It’s Only Wednesday)

Governor Failing As Everyone Calls For Leadership And Warns Of Further Inaction The week is only three days old and Governor Rauner has been inundated with calls for leadership on the state’s budget. The week started with the state treasurer warning that continued budget inaction could result in further downgrading of the state’s credit rating,…

New Ratings: Rauner is the Most Vulnerable Incumbent Governor in America

Roll Call Analyst: Dems Now Favored in Illinois Gov. Race Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is the most vulnerable incumbent governor in 2018, according to new national election rankings today from Roll Call analyst Nathan Gonzales. Rauner is the only incumbent governor currently projected to lose in 2018, according to the non-partisan rankings. Gonzales lists Illinois as…

VIDEO: Iowa Gov. Slams Rauner for Budget Failure

Neighboring GOP governor on Illinois: ‘We don’t want to go there’ On Wednesday, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner told voters that “a lot of governors” around the country were “impressed” by the work he’s done in Illinois. A new video released today by the DGA shows Iowa GOP Governor Terry Branstad is clearly not one of them.…

Quad-City Times: ‘Rauner for Change’ Is No More

Newspaper endorsed Rauner in 2014; now says he can’t bring about ‘changes that Illinois needs’ What a difference a few years makes. In 2014, the Quad-City Times endorsed Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner believing he was the shake-up Springfield needed. Their endorsement was titled “Rauner for Change”. Yesterday however, the same paper took a very different…

Illinois Ed Boards Slam on Rauner for Campaigning During Budget Crisis

Rockford Register Star: ‘It may damage his chances of re-election’ Last week, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner embarked on a two-day statewide tour, which he insisted had nothing to do with a re-election campaign. But Illinois newspapers aren’t buying it. Several editorial boards usually supportive of Rauner thought he should quit campaigning and get back to work. Here…

Rauner Trips All Over Himself on Campaign Tour (Or Whatever It Was)

Ignoring Budget Crisis, Rauner Spends Tour Denying He’s on Tour On Tuesday, Governor Bruce Rauner kicked off a two-day tour of Illinois. Despite the trip having all the trappings of a campaign tour – events paid for by his campaign fund, corresponding fundraising emails from his campaign – Rauner claimed it wasn’t a campaign tour.…

New Poll: Rauner Hits All-Time Low

New Poll: Rauner Hits All-Time Low A new Simon Institute poll shows things are getting worse for Governor Bruce Rauner‎ in Illinois, as he prepares to face voters in November 2018. The poll, released today, says 58% of Illinois voters disapprove of the job he’s doing as governor, up from 50% at the same time…

The Reviews Are In: Rauner’s Budget Speech a Dud

The Reviews Are In: Rauner’s Budget Speech a Dud Nothing new in Governor Rauner’s highly anticipated budget speech Heading into Governor Bruce Rauner’s third annual budget speech Wednesday afternoon, few had high hopes that he would offer any new solutions to Illinois’ fiscal woes. Judging by the reaction to his remarks, it is clear skeptics had…

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