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Rate the messaging
Tuesday, Apr 21, 2026 - Posted by Rich Miller * I’m referring to Bailey’s succinct messaging, not Del Mar’s comments, which are not all accurate…
A Republican running against data centers. Dude knows how to read a poll, at least.
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- Candy Dogood - Tuesday, Apr 21, 26 @ 8:47 am:
A some point last month Darren Bailey woke up and realized he maybe needs to do something to avoid looking like a complete embarrassment and here is that something.
Lucky for him tweeting someone else’s interview is free and easy. Since he isn’t a serious candidate I don’t think we should expect much out of him that resembles a policy proposal, but tweeting probably helps him feel like he’s doing something.
- Leatherneck - Tuesday, Apr 21, 26 @ 8:47 am:
That will go well in southwest Sangamon County, as well as adjacent parts of Macoupin and Morgan. Which is all threatened by Cyrus One’s proposed DC near Lowder.
And the Lowder proposed DC is on farmland currently owned by the Dowson Farms out of Divernon. Dowson also farmed the land affected by the 2023 dust storm near Farmersville and may even rent the remaining farmland next to the YNot building in Chatham. So it seems like Dowson is at least somewhat culpable for two of the biggest Springfield-area tragedies of the last three years, and they are willing to create another tragedy in our area as well.
- CA-HOON! - Tuesday, Apr 21, 26 @ 9:10 am:
C-/D+
It’s boilerplate that will resonate with some of the base, but they’ve heard it all before for years and at least some of them are wise to the fact that property taxes are set at the local not state level, so not sure how well it’s gonna land.
Obviously for anyone outside the base this is just more of the same kind of prevarications and outright lies that has become the S.O.P. of the G.O.P.
It won’t move the needle in any measurable way, and Pritzker will take the governorship by double-digits. Again.
- Jocko - Tuesday, Apr 21, 26 @ 9:12 am:
Fair hit on gas taxes…provided you ignore the $45 billion infrastructure bill. I’m skeptical of the property tax claim if IPI is the one making it.
- Roadrager - Tuesday, Apr 21, 26 @ 9:51 am:
I do not think Darren Bailey can run a successful campaign appealing to a voter base that moved to Illinois in 2023 or later. Especially since his party is always crowing about how nobody ever moves here.