In 1998 massive numbers of Pro-lifers voted in the Democrat primary for Proshard. In the same election massive numbers of union Democrats voted in the Republican primary for pro-lifer Peter Fitzgerald.
In 2018 Pro-Abortion Rauner is running against pro-life Ives. Every pro-lifer who votes in the Democrat primary is voting for pro-abortion Rauner.
Lipinski will win the primary. Don’t worry. Madigan needs to protect his flanks. Madigan decides the congressman in that district.
I remember the 2014 election for Governor pretty clearly (I also remember 2010 and 2006 pretty well, so I can safely say that Mark Kirk did NOT "work the suburbs harder" in 2010, for example).
Looking back at 2014, I distinctly remember NUMEROUS conservatives on here saying that they were backing Rauner over Rutherford because they were convinced Rutherford was a homo. The fact Rauner was 20X to the left of Rutherford didn’t stop them from supporting him. So apparently having a married Governor in office was more important than them than saving babies or preventing illegal aliens from voting for Democrats.
Well, four years later, we can be certain Bruce and his liberal Democrat wife are not gay, so I guess the Rauner backers can take comfort in that. Illinois did not get a gay Governor.
As for me, I would GLADLY have an unmarried middle aged pro-life and pro-gun man in office instead of leftist backstabbers Bruce & Diane.
On a related note, I very clearly remember Bruce Rauner being very proud and PUBLICLY gloat about his support for Planned Parenthood (Phil Collins remembers it too, and both of us remember warning conservatives and "Tea Party" people about that, given that the other three candidates in the primary -- Rutherford, Brady, and Dillard -- were all proven pro-lifers, making Rauner CLEARLY the MOST LIBERAL of the four Republicans running). Again, it did not stop numerous conservatives from pimping Rauner during that primary. I guess getting a nice donation from Bruce's bank account and being "not gay" are big priorities with some Illinois conservatives.
Those of who were paying attention in 2014 don't see that Rauner "betrayed" us on social issues. He pretty much governed exactly as his track record (a hard core social liberal who is best pals with Rahm Emanuel and married to a card-carrying proud liberal Democrat) showed he would.
If my memory is mistaken, please let me know.