42 Comments - wordslinger - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 1:35 pm: Kash Jackson makes news in some bizarre way. - Angry Republican - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 1:37 pm: Rauner won’t deviate from “blame Madigan” Pritzker won’t give any specifics on his tax hike McCann does anything and everything to get attention Jackson ignored by everyone - Henry Francis - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 1:41 pm: My wish: Ives sitting in the front row of the audience messin’ with the Guv. My prediction: Madigan, taxes, toilets. Failure, liar. Not a real republican. Vote for me and I’ll set you free. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 1:41 pm: Rauner will continue to attack Pritzker, conceding he (Rauner) is terribly unlikable, and Pritzker (if they are at all smart in continuing the Rauner 2014 playbook) will begin every answer to every single question with “Bruce Rauner failed”… and Rauner chuckling, interrupting with ridiculousness like “outrageous” will make himself (Rauner) less and less likable, making the debates a wash… as Pritzker will focus on Rauner failings… and Rauner will continue to come off as the most unlikable person in this race. Rauner gets angry and frustrated at times… one lil outburst will seal Rauner’s fate, even if Pritzker stumbles. - DuPage Saint - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 1:45 pm: In the state of Illinois N F L Thursday night football will have its highest ratings ever - Moby - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 1:45 pm: If you vote for me, all of your wildest dreams will come true. - Anonymous - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 1:45 pm: Kash Jackson doesn’t show up because Judge Salvi got tired of waiting for that child support check to clear - Saluki - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 1:46 pm: Kash Jackson answers all questions in limerick form. - RNUG - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 1:51 pm: Rauner will contiune to say he is the only hope for Illinois’ fiscal problems. JB will be the likeable non-Rauner candidate who will make Illinois great again. Jackson will find a way to self destruct. And NcCann will try to position himself as the middle class, conservative, downstate alternative to the two rich guys. But even if he were to succeed beyond my wildest expectations, that would only get McCann 20% of the votes. - Generic Drone - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 1:51 pm: ===if you vote for me all your wildest dreams come true=== Will there be a skit afterwards too? These debates will provide nothing new. I will tune in to watch Rauner’s costume changes. - njt16 - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 1:54 pm: @DPS Browns - Jets or this debate? Tough choice where no one wins. - Responsa - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 1:57 pm: JB will wear a nice suit and tie. Bruce will wear a nice suit and tie. Both will smile a lot. Both will dissemble when answering important questions. Voters will come away from the debates thinking that these two are nothing like the demonic scourges on society as they have been portrayed by each other in ads and press releases. - flea - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 1:58 pm: McCann wins by 3 pints - @misterjayem - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 2:04 pm: Gubernatorial debate drinking game: “Madigan” = 1 shot “Failed/failure” = 1 shot Anyone still conscious after the third round of questions should seek treatment immediately. – MrJM - wordslinger - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 2:05 pm: –In the state of Illinois N F L Thursday night football will have its highest ratings ever– Jets vs. Browns? - Louis G. Atsaves - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 2:05 pm: ===If you vote for me, all of your wildest dreams will come true.=== Well done. Love the Napoleon Dynamite reference. Congrats @Moby. - Chris P. Bacon - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 2:05 pm: Mostly boring with high probability of intermittent stale talking points. Some zingers can be expected. - Ron Burgundy - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 2:06 pm: “What do you think is the most important issue facing Illinois?” JB: Tax inequity. Rauner: Reforming our state government. McCann: Returning Illinois to its conservative roots. Jackson: Keeping the legal system from oppressing Dads like me! Other 3: *blank stare* - frisbee - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 2:07 pm: McCann goes full bulldog on Rauner. Jackson either wears a costume or walks out halfway through claiming the “system is rigged” possibly both. Pritzker avoids details or direct answers on toilets, unions and taxes. - Anonymous - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 2:08 pm: Madigan. Trump. Trump. Madigan. Madigan. Trump. - GOPgal - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 2:08 pm: Oh goody, I wonder if Rauner will bring up Mike Madigan. Cue eye roll. - BlueDogDem - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 2:13 pm: I predict Pritzker comes out like a lamb . Very cautious. Very not “mean”. Rauner comes out like an attack dog. Like a person down 19% in mid September. - njt16 - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 2:14 pm: word, fantasy football keeps the people coming back despite how bad the Thursday match ups can be. - reddevil1 - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 2:18 pm: Cleveland is actually decent to watch….probably more exciting than the debate - Arthur Andersen - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 2:22 pm: McCann is late to the first one because his truck was repo’d. - Rail Splitter - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 2:33 pm: Grayson Cash Jackson formerly known as Benjamin Adam Windrweedle until name changed on August 29, 2017 uses all of his allotted time just saying his name as it will appear on the ballot. - The Far Left of a Centrist Party - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 2:39 pm: Gov. Rauner will reveal more details about JB’s plan to insert a microchip in every citizen’s head as part of an elaborate plan involving ITAX scanners that will soon be as ubiquitous as Chase Bank, Starbucks, or Walgreen’s. JB will counter that he only wants to raise taxes on billionaires like himself and Rauner. The governor will turn purple with rage on the verge of tears while noting that his wealth doesn’t compare to JB’s. This will be the most truthful remark made by the governor who will protest furthermore about JB trying to buy the election. Rauner will then lecture about the absurd waste of saturation advertising. For all the hyperbole, I am confident the pathos will not extend to stories of parents in progressive income tax states being forced to cannibalize their children to survive, but I wouldn’t make book on that. - The Most Anonymous - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 2:43 pm: JB Pritzker will be relieved he’s moved on from having to debate Chris Kennedy. - Steward As Well.... - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 2:48 pm: Lots of g dropping by the guv. He’s not about to change. - Grandson of Man - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 3:04 pm: I expect Rauner gonna Rauner. Don’t know what to expect from Pritzker, as far as performance. He seems like a pretty smart guy so I expect he should understand how to attack Rauner on his worst-ever performance. - btowntruthfromforgottonia - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 3:38 pm: Rauner goes negative and seals his fate in November. Giving a “here is why people don’t like me” performance. - Steve Rogers - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 3:49 pm: Rauner laughs before every answer. - regnaD kciN - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 4:13 pm: ===Bruce will wear a nice suit and tie.”=== What? You mean he won’t wear his orange Carhartt in the big city like he does when he’s downstate? ===Lots of g dropping by the guy.=== Only if he’s wearing his Carhartt and/or flannel shirt. - Lt Guv - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 4:36 pm: JB - “I got nothin’” Rauner - “Because Madigan” McCann - “Because Rauner” Jackson “Where am I?” - Robert the Bruce - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 4:39 pm: Rauner has been a disaster as a governor but he’s good at staying on message and good on the attack. So I’ll predict that Rauner will just laugh off the others and will effectively attack JB. JB will disappoint; he’ll struggle to answer both questions from reporters and attacks from Rauner. - Anonymous - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 4:56 pm: Every poker playing viewer salivates at the prospect of sitting at the table with Tellin’ Rauner? - West Sider - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 5:08 pm: I predict hearts and minds will be changed….. OK, seriously, I predict that there will be a cap of “three people”in the viewing audience who are not already firmly committed. 50 days to go. - Anonymous - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 5:54 pm: Rauner will troll for applause by praising veterans and first responders and teachers and hard-workin’ trade union members. The other candidates will then explain how Rauner sticks it to unions, was in charge and wasted time hiding the news when veterans died from tainted water in Quincy, vetoed pay increases and support for teachers and Illinois schools, cut MAP grants for kids wanting to go to school, cut funds that help first responders and cut two years’ worth of cadet classes and new squad cars for the State police. While making shady deals on the back porch of the Governor’s mansion, regarding a “blind trust” that isn’t. Did I miss anything? - VanillaMan - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 6:37 pm: I predict Rauner will poll lower afterwards. - Rabid - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 6:44 pm: Madigan in front row flipping off Rauner every time he speaks - Stuntman Bob's Brother - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 7:33 pm: ==Kash Jackson answers all questions in limerick form== If only the capitol of Illinois were Nantucket instead of Springfield. Or at least Cadott. - Real - Monday, Sep 17, 18 @ 8:44 pm: Rauner has been a disaster as a governor but he’s good at staying on message and good on the attack. So I’ll predict that Rauner will just laugh off the others and will effectively attack JB. JB will disappoint; he’ll struggle to answer both questions from reporters and attacks from Rauner. -Rauner has only been good at funding attacks. He has not been good at live attacks because he will be met with truth. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.