Daily Herald endorses Pritzker
Friday, Oct 12, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller
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* Maybe I’m wrong, but I do not recall the Daily Herald ever endorsing the Democratic nominee for governor…
We can’t afford another four years of confrontation and stalemate. […]
Progress must come from somewhere, and we know that because of Illinois’ political realities, it will not be through Rauner’s re-election.
Hope for change rests only with Democrat J.B. Pritzker, a billionaire heir of the Hyatt hotel family fortune.
We’re not without reservations about Pritzker. We’re concerned about the lack of specificity in his graduated income tax vision. We’re offended by toiletgate. And we’re troubled by his ability to buy not just the governorship but also most of the legislature.
But Pritzker and Pritzker alone, among the four candidates on the ballot, can drive the change within the Democratic Party itself that must take place to solve Illinois’ enormous problems.
He has the wealth to maintain his independence, the personal skills to build collaboration, the breadth of ideas necessary to address the issues and the ambition to make a difference.
We endorse Pritzker because status quo is not an option.
You could knock me over with a feather right now.
- wordslinger - Monday, Oct 15, 18 @ 9:13 am:
–We endorse Pritzker because status quo is not an option.–
Kind of an LBJ “if I’ve lost Cronkite” moment.
The outer-burb beltway that Paddock serves has historically been GOP bedrock, where it can pile up big numbers. Those days are gone.
If a GOP governor proves himself to be a fiscally reckless and incompetent executive, he’s lost what used to be the main GOP brand promise in the suburbs, the area of the state that pays way more than it gets back.
What’s the motivation for Independent suburbanites to vote for a Republican that piles on $10B in unpaid bills, a billion in juice, and guts higher ed? I can’t think of anything.
You can’t just sell the Chicago boogie-man in the suburbs like you can Downstate.
- Northsider - Monday, Oct 15, 18 @ 9:22 am:
To quote Lennon, “Strange days indeed; most peculiar, Mama.”
- Cubs in '16 - Monday, Oct 15, 18 @ 9:59 am:
The Tribbies should take note. This is what non-partisan journalistic integrity looks like.