[itssme]

What the hell is wrong with Rauner? He's been in office one day and already he's stepped in the doo-doo. Does he not know who and what Meeks is? Does he not know what Common Core is all about? So much for the smart multimillionaire. Did anyone else see this coming?

[Springfield Reformer]

Did anyone else see this coming?

Not Meeks specifically, but I already knew this guy was from deep in the Combine machinery. So my level of surprise was, well, not so much ...

But the Meeks appointment makes sense, politically. Meeks gave Rauner an electoral foothold in Chicago, without which he'd have had no chance, so this is no doubt the reward for that.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Anyone who thought this guy would veer from Combiner dictates is a fool.

[Nextrush]

I think the millionaires and billionaires, the elite if you will, want Common Core. If Rauner is part of that crowd, he’s playing the game as one would expect.

[PhilCollins]

I didn’t see Common Core coming, but I knew, for at least the past 15 months, that Rauner is as liberal as many Democrats.