“Rauner (RINO) squeaks out a win over Dillard (RINO). 40-37 with 97% in. “
It’s Illinois... RINO is as good as it gets. A conservative will not win a statewide contest there.
RINOs are how IL became a corrupt, Democrat state. Why bother putting up an opposition candidate when there is no ideological difference between them ? Either run Conservatives or fold up the party. Offer a choice, not an echo.
It’s not even a question of conservative. Rauner (and Dillard) are part of the bi-partisan cabal that runs this state (the combine). Some of them are conservatives. All of them are corrupt and work together across party lines.
A conservative won statewide for Treasurer in 2010, INCLUDING in Mark Kirk's district where Kirk's fans falsely claimed an unabashedly pro-life and pro-gun candidate "WILL NEVER WIN" a district like that.
The response from Team Rauner was to manufacture a phony "sexual harrassment" scandal like the ones used against Clarance Thomas and Herman Cain, in order to destroy his chances in the gubernatorial primary.
I'm not sure what's worse - combiner slime like Rauner, or "conservatives" who make excuses for them and suffer amnesia any time a conservative actually wins office.