*** UPDATE *** I thought he’d lay low. Apparently not…
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* Greg Hinz…
The Illinois Republican Party has just received another big bag of sweet stuff from its favorite sugar daddy.
That would be GOP gubernatorial nominee Bruce Rauner, whose campaign committee, according to a disclosure filed today, donated another $750,000 to the suddenly flush state party yesterday. By my count, that makes at least $2.75 million this summer alone, with most of that cash originally coming from Mr. Rauner himself.
Neither Team Rauner nor the party’s spokesman is commenting on how the money will be spent. It appears to be a combination of Mr. Rauner running expenditures for mailers through the state party so it can get a better rate on postage than the Rauner campaign can on its own. More significantly, donations will be used to help candidates for the Illinois Senate and, particularly, the House.
* Dave McKinney…
By far, the largest expenditures the state GOP has made since Rauner opened up his campaign committee’s fundraising spigot have gone to the House Republican Organization, which is focused on ending House Speaker Michael Madigan’s 71-vote supermajority.
State campaign records show that the House Republican Organization has collected more than $577,000 from the state GOP since June.
If Madigan were to lose just one seat, House Republicans then would have the power under the next governor to block veto override attempts and borrowing proposals.
* Meanwhile, on a somewhat related front, a buddy sent met this stuff the other day…
In June Bruce & Diana Rauner donated the max $10,500 each to the Illinois Republican Party.
On 9/12 one of them donates $10k to Henry County Repubs
On 9/17 Henry County Repubs donate $7k to Illinois Republican Party.
On 8/14 Rauner donates $7k to Hanover Elects Responsible Officials (HERO
On 9/17 HERO donates $7k to Illinois Republican Party. HERO had $1,399 in the bank on 6/30.
I asked the state party what was going on and they didn’t have an explanation. You’ll recall a similar thing happened a few years back with a couple of other wealthy Republican donors, the Griffin’s.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 19, 14 @ 3:52 pm:
@FakePaulSchimpf - Bruce, how about a lil simethin’ you know, for the effort? #DeathBedTotalConsciousness
- train111 - Friday, Sep 19, 14 @ 3:54 pm:
Rauner didn’t miss it since Kenneth Griffin chipped in another cool mil today.
- wordslinger - Friday, Sep 19, 14 @ 3:57 pm:
–I asked the state party what was going on and they didn’t have an explanation.–
Oh, I think they have an explanation, lol, just not one for publication.
Why did the Rauners bother with this silly money laundering? Just kick in as much as you want to Rauner’s campaign committee than transfer it over to the state party.
Geez, don’t be sneaky when you don’t have to. Makes people wonder.
- wordslinger - Friday, Sep 19, 14 @ 3:59 pm:
For that contribution, Griff might up end up kicking in another $500K to the future ex if the pre-nup doesnt’ hold up.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Sep 19, 14 @ 4:04 pm:
That million is great from Griffin…
That is a million that should have been ..,spent …in May, June, July, when Quinn could match as quickly.
When Rauner’s Crew whines, it should be more about whining at the missed opportunity of spending in the Summer.
- Anon - Friday, Sep 19, 14 @ 4:30 pm:
OLIGARCHY n. “a set of wealth-defense issues and politics around which the motives of oligarchs align, are shared and cohere.
“The unusual aspect of oligarchic politics is that massive fortunes produce both the need to defend wealth and the unique power resources for pursuing that defense…(Thus) those with the most ability to pay are also the ones most empowered to avoid doing so, and why ordinary democratic participation is an ineffective antidote.”
Source: OLIGARCHY by Jeffrey Winters (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2011)
- Formerly Known As... - Friday, Sep 19, 14 @ 4:35 pm:
Anon - don’t forget the April study from Princeton that found the United States is, in practice, an oligarchy.
- Yellow Dog Democrat - Friday, Sep 19, 14 @ 4:37 pm:
Asked what was going on?
It is called ‘Money Laundering.’
Hello? State Board?
Yeah. This stuff is all FILED with you.
Why aren’t you investigating it?
I never understood why it takes a complaint for ISBE to take action, and then the complainant has to prove the case.
Stuff as plain as this, ISBE should be able to investigate itself.
- WootBaseball - Friday, Sep 19, 14 @ 4:40 pm:
I guess easy come, easy go applies here.
All this money could’ve created some jobs jobs jobs, but no.
- JS Mill - Friday, Sep 19, 14 @ 4:52 pm:
Remember, he is just a regular guy!
- MrJM - Friday, Sep 19, 14 @ 5:06 pm:
Still just walking around money for men with thousands of millions of dollars.
– MrJM