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Wednesday, Sep 3, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Michael Madigan is to ____ as Bruce Rauner is to ___?

       

81 Comments
  1. - What's in a name? - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 12:51 pm:

    Mike Madigan is to Politics as Bruce Rauner is to Mergers and Acquisitions


  2. - Mattman - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 12:51 pm:

    arrogant, arrogant


  3. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 12:52 pm:

    Mike Madigan is to apples as Bruce Rauner is to wine.


  4. - PublicServant - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 12:53 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to “The Man” as Bruce Rauner is to “Con Man”.


  5. - Six Degrees of Separation - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 12:54 pm:

    How I made my first million to how I made my first billion.


  6. - Sir Reel - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 12:56 pm:

    Power/money


  7. - Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 12:56 pm:

    House seats is to Houses.


  8. - Ducky LaMoore - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 12:57 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to clout as Bruce Rauner is to “donations.”


  9. - Kevin Highland - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 12:57 pm:

    Road Runner / Wile E. Coyote


  10. - Sunshine - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:03 pm:

    power, financial results


  11. - So what? - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:04 pm:

    Seymour Skinner to Scrooge McDuck


  12. - js - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:06 pm:

    passing bill as to spending bills


  13. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:08 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to you’ll be fine as Bruce Rauner is to baloney


  14. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:08 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to Michael Corleone as Bruce Rauner is to Moe Green!


  15. - John A Logan - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:09 pm:

    Bankrupt State / Bankrupt Nursing Homes


  16. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:10 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to career politicians as Bruce Rauner is to those trying to influence career politicians.


  17. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:12 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to having a lot of buffers as Bruce Rauner is to paying for a lot of buffers.


  18. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:13 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to knowing who he is as Bruce Rauner is to denying who he is…


  19. - Gooner - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:14 pm:

    Madigan is to Al Capone as Rauner is to John Gotti.


  20. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:14 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to loyalty as Bruce Rauner is to “how much will it cost me?”


  21. - Gooner - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:17 pm:

    Madigan is to Richard J. Daley as Rauner is to Blagojevich.


  22. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:19 pm:

    Michael Corleone::Moe Green


  23. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:23 pm:

    Chess is to Monopoly


  24. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:28 pm:

    - 47th Ward -, great minds. I’m glomming on as I drag you down…

    Michael Madigan is to Original Coca-Cola as Bruce Rauner is to New Coke!


  25. - nothin's easy... - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:30 pm:

    Speaker Madigan is to patient strategy as Bruce Rauner is to being painted into a corner.


  26. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:31 pm:

    ===Chess is to Monopoly===

    Yikes, that’s good…

    Michael Madigan is to running the Dems like a sports team as Bruce Rauner is to owning parts of three professional sports teams.


  27. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:33 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to being a Chicagoan as Bruce Rauner is to being a Chicagoan, kinda, for four years, then quietly, pretending to move out.


  28. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:33 pm:

    Sorry Willy, missed yours.

    How about Mike Madigan is to General Patton as Bruce Rauner is to General Growth?


  29. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:34 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to the velvet hammer as Bruce Rauner is to paying whatever it costs to get his way.


  30. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:37 pm:

    - 47th Ward -, no, glad to see our idea resonated.

    I like the Patton one…

    Michael Madigan is to Rich you’re not helping as Bruce Rauner is to Rich you’re not helping.


  31. - Omay - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:38 pm:

    John #1 and John #2. Both are I’m the same business.


  32. - 3rd Generation Chicago Native - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:39 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to _change as Bruce Rauner is to poor?


  33. - Omay - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:39 pm:

    Both are in the same business.


  34. - OneMan - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:41 pm:

    disliking Quinn
    disliking Quinn


  35. - Darrow - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:46 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to money and power as Bruce Rauner is to money and wanting power


  36. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:47 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to owning one House as Bruce Rauner is owning to nine houses.


  37. - Six Degrees of Separation - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:48 pm:

    Not living for a week on minimum wage

    to

    Not living for a week on minimum wage


  38. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:49 pm:

    Mike Madigan is to Metra as Bruce Rauner is to Payton Prep.

    (And people wonder why we don’t use our real names on Capitolfax?)


  39. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:50 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to Saputo House Wine as Bruce Rauner is to $100K gift bottles of wine.


  40. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:52 pm:

    ===(And people wonder why we don’t use our real names on Capitolfax?)===

    lol, yes. Well done.

    Michael Madigan is to cultivating Mushroom a as Bruce Rauner is to wanting to get to “know” Mushrooms.


  41. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:54 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to working to reduce property taxesas Bruce Rauner is to filing 3 homeowner exemptions.


  42. - Jocko - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 1:57 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to property tax breaker as Bruce Rauner is to property tax maker.


  43. - Bill White - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 2:00 pm:

    Michael Madigan will be to “I drank your milkshake!” Mighty Mouse as Bruce Rauner will be to “You drank my milkshake!”


  44. - The End Is Near - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 2:01 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to underfunding public education in Illinois as Bruce Rauner is to underfunding public education in Illinois.


  45. - Bill White - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 2:02 pm:

    Ha! “Mighty Mouse” is from another answer I tried to delete.

    CapFax needs a preview function!


  46. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 2:12 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to a man of few words as Bruce Rauner is to a man with few facts.


  47. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 2:13 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to “A Bronx Tale” as Bruce Rauner is to a fairy tale.


  48. - Loop Lady - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 2:13 pm:

    rigid, stinging power: corporate greed and lack of empathy


  49. - Left Leaner - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 2:29 pm:

    Mike Madigan is to Pat Quinn and Bruce Rauner is to Pat Quinn.


  50. - Sangamo Sam - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 2:37 pm:

    Grumpy/Dopey


  51. - DuPage Bard - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 2:39 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to producing ducks as Bruce Rauner is to hunting


  52. - Enviros-Anon - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 2:59 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to raising the minimum wage as Bruce Rauner is to outsourcing the minimum wage jobs.


  53. - A guy... - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 3:13 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to Springfield as Bruce Rauner is to Napa Valley.


  54. - A guy... - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 3:14 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to Rolex as Bruce Rauner is to Timex.


  55. - A guy... - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 3:15 pm:

    Only 16 Willie? you need to try harder! lol/snark/apology in advance.


  56. - Linebacker II - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 3:19 pm:

    Madigan is to Springfield as Rauner is to the Caymans.


  57. - walker - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 3:20 pm:

    Mike is to do it my way, as Bruce is to do it your way and keep me out of it.


  58. - downstate commissioner - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 3:21 pm:

    Madigan is to Eisenhower as Rauner is to MacArthur… (History lesson for younger folks-Eisenhower was Supreme Commander in Europe who became President; MacArthur was Commander in the Pacific who was fired… because he couldn’t keep his mouth shut…)


  59. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 3:24 pm:

    ===Michael Madigan is to Rolex as Bruce Rauner is to Timex.===

    Michael Madigan is to liking expensive wine as Bruce Rauner is to owning vineyards and laughing about it.

    That’s 17 - A Guy… -,

    Got a response yet to the bald face lie, or have your talking points not been cleared?


  60. - A guy... - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 3:28 pm:

    I posted it Willie, even before clearing it. C’mon man, catch up with your outfit.


  61. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 3:30 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to keeping the Majority as Bruce Rauner is to keeping facts from the majority of people.


  62. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 3:33 pm:

    You call that a response? I guess selling out your integrity is a response I guess. Honesty was gone from Rauner long ago, avid ethics…welp, you stick with your fairy tales.

    Michael Madigan is to know the fool at the poker table as Bruce Rauner is to trying to figure out who the fool at the poker table is.


  63. - Siriusly - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 3:33 pm:

    Mike Madigan is to Joseph Cannon as Bruce Rauner is to Theodore Roosevelt (yes they served at the same time)


  64. - aunt_petunia - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 3:54 pm:

    Madigan is to mold as Rauner is to slime.


  65. - DuPage Bard - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 4:12 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to people think I don’t understand the real folks of Illinois as Bruce Rauner is to opening his mouth and proving it.


  66. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 4:19 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to recruiting Mushrooms as Bruce Rauner is to getting to know the fears, weaknesses and vulnerabilities of Mushrooms for “later”.


  67. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 4:57 pm:

    mike is to amen a bruce is to caymen


  68. - Sentinel - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 7:06 pm:

    Mike Madigan is to corruption as Bruce Rauner is to money.


  69. - Rockwell - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 9:20 pm:

    Madigan is Lowes as Rauner is to Home Depot
    Madrigan is to Sams as Rauner is to Costco. No presence in Springfield.


  70. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 9:44 pm:

    mike is to the sox`s,as bruce is to the cub`s


  71. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 9:48 pm:

    mike is to pat as bruce is to evelyn


  72. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 10:04 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to Party Loyalty as Bruce Rauner is to Party Ownership.


  73. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 10:08 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to limited answers as Bruce Rauner is to “limited answers”.


  74. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 10:09 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to White Sox as Bruce Rauner is to “Red Sox”.


  75. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 10:13 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to “Kelly Green” as Bruce Rauner is to “Money Green”.


  76. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 10:14 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to “The Colbert Report” as Bruce Rauner is to “The Onion”.


  77. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 10:17 pm:

    mike is to wrestling as bruce is to boxing


  78. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 10:21 pm:

    mike is to a 9 iron as bruce is to a shooting iron


  79. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 10:25 pm:

    “9 iron”? That’s Two-Putt Cross! lol

    Michael Madigan is to long history with many governors as Bruce Rauner is to a long history of donating to many governors.


  80. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 10:31 pm:

    Michael Madigan is to “Boss Jim Gettys” as Bruce Rauner is to “Charles Foster Kane”.


  81. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Sep 3, 14 @ 11:41 pm:

    mike is to tipping the scales,as bruce is to tipping the cows


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