Yup. They’re the American version of the UK Conservatives - liberals in GOP drag.
They’re not committed to a conservative vision of America. All they want is not to rock the boat and get safely re-elected.
The Democrats don’t mind them so much as they will do nothing to truly upset them.
I live in Chicago. I sincerely doubt that many Conservatives stayed home because Rauner wasn’t conservative enough. He won in a deep blue state.
Did he check off all the Conservative boxes? No. Did he replace a far left liberal democrat? Yes.
This is a win for us.