Bruce Rauner in 2018

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Yes. In fact, I am not even sure if I will endorse him again.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Re: Why I may not endorse Rauner: While I am still glad that he has given the state a huge wake up call to its budgetary and economic problems crated under Quinn and Blagovich, it is clear that Madigan needs someone of his own party label in the gov. Office to be prepared to do anything serious. While I would never trust a partisan dem in the gov. Office, a more moderate dem like Durbin or Harris may be exactly what the state needs.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Re: Why I may not endorse Rauner: While I am still glad that he has given the state a huge wake up call to its budgetary and economic problems crated under Quinn and Blagovich, it is clear that Madigan needs someone of his own party label in the gov. Office to be prepared to do anything serious. While I would never trust a partisan dem in the gov. Office, a more moderate dem like Durbin or Harris may be exactly what the state needs.

So you admit Madigan is a terrible hack who refuses to work with republicans but you'd rather just see him get his preferred guy in than actually have him compromise?  Sad.

Considering Madigan's preferred guy is a warren-style leftist - no.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Rauner will win, atlas is never right.

In all seriousness, he is underestimated as a candidate and out of staters don't understand the pathological hatred of Michael Madigan by the majority of Illinois and the Republican war chest that will remind them. Tossup.

I'd be willing to bet most people in Illinois don't know who Michael Madigan is, tbh. Atlas mistake #1 is to all voters have as deep a knowledge into their state's inner workings as you do.

There was some poll posted here a while back that asked IL residents who they blamed most for the state's problems - Madigan or Rauner - and Downstate, Collar Counties, and Suburban Cook County all said Madigan by big margins. The city of Chicago blamed Rauner, but I believe the margin was a rather underwhelming 52-35.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Tossup for now. He's no Mark Kirk, that's for sure.

I don't know, they're both PRO ABORTION REPUBLICANS!!!!!

As if abortion is the only issue worth caring about.