48 Comments - Bruce Please - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 9:51 am: So…. Barack Obama created Donald Trump? - 360 Degree TurnAround - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 9:52 am: Drury deserves to be “Dunkin’d” soon. Drury may need to stay near his voting switch at all times. Remember when Dunkin didn’t vote for Secretary of State approp and domestic violence money? He stepped away from his switch, and none of his colleagues had his back to help him with the “yes” button. - illini - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 9:53 am: Oops, he forgot to mention that he is a former Federal Prosecutor. If he had included that fact the statement would have had immediate credibility. - Yiddishcowboy - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 9:57 am: I try very hard to be open-minded and accepting, but there’s something (a lot?) about Drury that I find downright irritating. He just leaves a lot to be desired. Perhaps it’s his, what seems to be, holier than thou attitide…and blatant hypocrisy…dunno. - Ron Burgundy - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 9:59 am: OK, then who’s Igor (or Eye-gor)? - Moist von Lipwig - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:00 am: Why doesn’t Drury keep his eye on the ball? In fact, you know who created Rauner? It may be lily-livered Democrats who refused to support Quinn in 2014. You know, people like Rep. Scott Drury. He couldn’t keep his eye on the ball then, and he can’t now. If he doesn’t laser focus, his career in the big leagues will be a record of hand-wringing and failure. - The Captain - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:00 am: Drury wants to be taken seriously but he’s raised no money and has resorted to lashing out from the cheap seats. He might as well change his name to Fioretti or Waguespack. - Moderate Condor - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:01 am: I do hope they both end up in the North Pole. - Texas Red - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:01 am: Straight out of Game of Thrones, kill the king and all that. - Northsider - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:01 am: So, the O/U on Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Drury’s vote share next March … Shall we say, 3.5%? - Name/Nickname/Anon - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:03 am: Would not surprise me if he is shilling for Rauner. - Skeptic - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:05 am: “OK, then who’s Igor (or Eye-gor)?” And who is Abby Normal and why do they keep walking that way? - Keyrock - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:05 am: Totally wrong. Madigan is Dracula, not Dr. Frankenstein. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:06 am: The ILGOP allowed a stranger in our house. It wasn’t Madigan. It was Rauner seeing a failing company and buying it up. Proft is “CEO” of the Rauner politics now, installing Matt Besler, the helper of Ken Dunkin thru hundreds of thousands of dollars IOP touted and gave Ken Dunkin. John Tillman got the Governor’s Office, from Kristina Rasmussen who touted that IPI budget, to Diana Rickert and her askewed view of state governing practices, to even the hire of Brittany Carl, the think tank thinking has infested the governor’s office with Tillman having his grasp on the governing thoughts and policy. Nope. Nope it wasn’t Madigan. We Republicans let strangers, Diana and Bruce Rauner in our house. This is what happens. If Drury wants to make the case for Dems, and Madigan, and that dynamic, have at it. But Republicans, we did this. We chose it. We failed Illinois on our own. - DuPage Bard - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:10 am: Probably going to see some Ken Dunkin style money in here soon. I’m guessing Scott will become the Dem darling of the Trib as well with this message. Coordination? Question is does he take enough votes away from JB and Kennedy to allow Biss a win? The Gov’s folks would much rather go against anyone but JB. - Moe Berg - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:11 am: What isn’t Madigan responsible for, really? One could probably create a causal path for why it is his fault the White Sox have the worst AL record. Unless Madigan actually recruited Rauner to run for governor, this is a very, very strained analogy from a one-trick, former federal prosecutin’ pony running a sanctimonious, self-righteous vanity campaign. - cdog - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:16 am: Drury is exactly correct. The Dem Party completely squandered any opportunity to behave responsibly in accordance with their public agenda. Just like the national Dems, what they say and what they do are completely disconnected. - DuPage Saint - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:25 am: I don’t think he will ever get a clock - Michael Westen - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:26 am: If Drury were a serious person, he might get some traction. He isn’t, so he won’t. - slow down - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:27 am: The Dunkin comparison seems silly to me. Drury isn’t running for reelection. He’s trying to gain traction in the crowded gov primary field. I imagine he thinks that if he can become an alternative to the party insider choices, he has a chance to compete. Attacking Madigan makes a ton of sense in that context. - former southerner - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:29 am: Drury will end life as one of those senile angry old men writing opinion letters to his local newspaper that causes rational individuals to collapse in fits of laughter. I am glad he is a former prosecutor and hopefully appointment standards have increased since his time to avoid more of such lightweights occupying a critical role. - Gooner - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:31 am: While in many ways he does have a point (failed policies lead to the desire for an outsider) I’m not seeing how making that argument helps Mr. Drury’s case. Does he think statewide Dem primary voters are ready to rise up against the Speaker? I’m just not seeing that as likely. This would be a good argument after a person got a nomination. A Dem could appeal to the left and the state party, get the nod, and swerve right. That would make sense politically. This though? Right or wrong, it just doesn’t help his case for the nomination. - Juvenal - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:58 am: === When Democrats had total control of Illinois, instead of promoting progressive ideas that helped the working class === Says the guy who opposes the millionaire’s tax and the progressive income tax. - Norseman - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 10:59 am: Wake me up when Drury actually becomes relevant. - Pundent - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 11:03 am: I would say that Drury is going to get his clocked cleaned here. But that only serves to remind me that he never received his clock. But when you’re on an island by yourself time is a bit irrelevant. - Trapped in the 'burbs - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 11:03 am: If only there was a clockless former federal prosecutor to save us. He’s an alternative reality: Feckless Scott Drury votes to override Rauner’s first veto and Madigan succeeds in the override, the governor realizes that he has to work across the aisle and we don’t go without a budget for years with unpaid bills going from $5 billion to $15 billion. That fantasy is closer to reality than Scotty boy getting 4% of the vote in the democratic primary. Someday fed boy will look back at the joke his elective career was and accept that he blew it. - SwingVoter - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 11:06 am: Progressive Voters in Drury’s district rejected Quinn in 2014. Quinn lost by double digits there. That same year, progressive voters in 58 rejected national democrats. Schneider lost to Dold in Drury’s district. Drury won by 11 points. This messaging makes sense it is his lane to claim in the primary. - Arsenal - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 11:15 am: ==One could probably create a causal path for why it is his fault the White Sox have the worst AL record.= Let’s talk about the stadium funding deal. Drury may have a point, though, that if Madigan/Quinn had passed a full-throated progressive agenda, Quinn would’ve been in a stronger position in ‘14. Instead, they tried to cut their base’s retirement funds. - IRLJ - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 11:25 am: Let’s talk about his siding with Rauner on the union-arbitration bill. He, the former prosecutor, claims to be a progressive? A desperate candidate hunting for a lane to run in. - Lucky Pierre - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 11:28 am: Of course Drury is correct. Democrats squandered their chance at fixing illinois during their 12 consecutive years of total control of Springfield. Instead of retooling their message and changing course they are doubling down on their failed policies. How else did a Republican win the Governor’s race in a state Hillary won by 17 points? No economic development message to the private sector, or middle class families, just rubber-stamping whatever their special interest trial lawyers and unions demand. When the leader of their party is as radioactive as Nancy Pelosi it’s time to break up the Madigan machine. - JoeMaddon - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 11:35 am: Drury would have a point if he had ever pushed a progressive agenda. Unfortunately he has almost been one of the key folks standing in the way of progressive legislation. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 11:45 am: ===How else did a Republican win the Governor’s race in a state Hillary won by 17 points?=== “Pat Quinn failed” Now it’s… “Bruce Rauner failed”… at a 63% disapproval. As @StatehouseChick says… “Simple” - Politix - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 11:51 am: I know he’s a former prosecutor and all, but if not for this blog, I wouldn’t even know who this person is. - wordslinger - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 12:16 pm: Look at CDog and LP, agreeing with Drury that Rauner is like Frankenstein’s monster. The Boss ain’t going to like that. Did you two obtain the brain of Abby Normal? - Morty - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 12:32 pm: - Arsenal - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 11:15 am: ==One could probably create a causal path for why it is his fault the White Sox have the worst AL record.= Let’s talk about the stadium funding deal. Drury may have a point, though, that if Madigan/Quinn had passed a full-throated progressive agenda, Quinn would’ve been in a stronger position in ‘14. Instead, they tried to cut their base’s retirement funds. Correct This was the wedge that Rauner used to get elected. That being said, Drury voted for slashing retirement benefits (with the lame excuse that he needed the Supremes guidance about what was consititutional…some lawyer he is. And with the 0% of reflection on his own life/personality/career that is the hallmark of the Scott Drury Experience- he has failed to support any progressive economic legislation he has had an opprotunity to vote on - cdog - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 12:37 pm: Word, I am not a Rauner supporter, but that doesnt mean I don’t believe in smaller government, less regulation, etc. I may vote for Rauner, if the choice is between him and a machine-Dem. - cdog - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 12:38 pm: I will definitely be pulling a democratic ballot in the primary, unless McCann gets on the republican ballot. - bored now - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 12:48 pm: so here’s the problem i have with anyone arguing that somebody else created the problems since rauner was elected. sure, governors aren’t all powerful, but the fact that rauner seemed to run on the same platform as sam brownback and appears to have similar results is significant. what’s the (popular) definition of insanity? - Hypocrite - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 1:14 pm: Drury owes his seat to Madigan. Had the speaker not cleared the field for him, he would never have held elected office. Shortly, Scott will be a former elected official struggling to pay the bills for his one man firm. - DeseDemDose - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 1:45 pm: bored now, you are 100% correct. - DisgruntledLaborer - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 2:02 pm: In Illinois, nothing is more progressive than standing up to Madigan and trying to change the Springfield power structure. That being said, those knocking Drury’s record, clearly haven’t looked at it or are stumping for other candidates who recognize he is running in an open lane. - Morty - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 2:20 pm: ‘That being said, those knocking Drury’s record, clearly haven’t looked at it or are stumping for other candidates who recognize he is running in an open lane’ Really? AFSCME labor vote- no Millionaire tax- no Override of Rauner’s veto of budget- no Unconstitutional pension reform- yes The only “progressive” issues Drury has supported involve gun control and marriage equality, which in saner times would make him a moderate Republican But let’s not forget his greatest legislative achievement- a day honoring the Grateful Dead when they came to Chicago - Morty - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 2:25 pm: His progressive record Milionaire tax- no Afscme labor mediation- no Override of Rauner’s veto of budget- no Unconstitutional pension reform- yes His only progressive stances involve gun control and marriage equality - Morty - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 2:25 pm: Dreaded lag post- sorry - walker - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 2:27 pm: What Gooner said. Rainer’s sustained anti-Madigan campaign will have some impact on the General voters, but not on the Dems who will show up for the Primary. Drury won’t get to the General with that message. - Annonin' - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 4:15 pm: “Drury will end life as one of those senile angry old men writing opinion letters to his local newspaper that causes rational individuals to collapse in fits of laughter.” A d/Lake County Cal Skinner - wordslinger - Monday, Jul 31, 17 @ 8:17 pm: This just in — Breakthrough: Madigan and Rauner workin’ in step with each other. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1FLZPFI3jc - JoeMaddon - Tuesday, Aug 1, 17 @ 8:18 am: **A d/Lake County Cal Skinner** LOL - perfect. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.