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Thursday, Sep 11, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller

Thursday afternoon, Gov. Pat Quinn attended practice for the WNBA’s Chicago Sky.

While there, he participated in a short shootaround, where he tried to show off his basketball skills. It didn’t go very well.

* Video…

…Adding… He does make a couple in a row on a Facebook video, however.

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Rauner targeting moderate suburban women on cable TV

Thursday, Sep 11, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller

* I’ve been asking the Rauner campaign the past few days for a copy of this ad, which is being targeted to suburban women on cable TV. They never sent it.

Illinois Review recorded it off a TV, and the conservatives over there ain’t happy with Rauner for so openly “being pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage”…

The ad, airing on [cable] television only, is titled “Why Are You Voting for Bruce Rauner for Governor.” It opens with Marjorie Shapiro, who is identified in other videos on the Rauner website as a “pro-choice independent.”

Shapiro states:

“Bruce doesn’t have a social agenda. He’s pro-choice and will leave the marriage equality law alone.”

Rauner has been recorded on several occasions saying he’s personally pro-life, but believes in a “woman’s right to choose.” He has also been quoted as saying he would repeal the same-sex marriage law if he were governor. The conflicting statements, coupled with the ambiguous and situational definition of “no social agenda” has many conservative Republicans questioning their support for Rauner.

* Watch…

* Script…

Male announcer: Why are you voting for Bruce Rauner for governor?

Caucasian woman: Bruce doesn’t have a social agenda. He’s pro-choice and he’ll leave the marriage equality law alone.

African-American woman: Bruce will fight for good schools for all of our children, no matter where they live, no matter what the power brokers say.

Latina: We need a clean break from the Blagojevich-Quinn machine.

African-American woman: It’s time for a change.

Female announcer: Bruce Rauner, shake up Springfield, bring back Illinois.

It’s actually a pretty well crafted ad, but, needless to say, it ain’t gonna be running in Downstate markets.

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Evelyn Sanguinetti debate snippets

Thursday, Sep 11, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller

* I’m still not sure who, if anyone, “won” the Tribune editorial board debate. But I’m pretty sure who lost. This was posted a few minutes ago by the Quinn campaign…

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Nothing, nothing, nothing… huh?

Thursday, Sep 11, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Rauner hasn’t wanted many debates, so no surprise here…

Republican Bruce Rauner’s campaign said Wednesday that the candidate for governor would not accept an invitation from The State Journal-Register and WICS-TV Channel 20 for a live debate in Springfield with Gov. Pat Quinn.

Quinn’s campaign had said last week that the Democratic governor would participate if Rauner agreed to take part.

* No way were the firefighters gonna sit this one out or be with Rauner…

Gov. Pat Quinn [this week] visited a downtown fire station to receive the endorsement of the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois, which has 15,000 members across the state, including 5,000 in Chicago.

Union President Pat Devaney said it was an “easy” choice between Quinn and Rauner, saying it’s clear the Democratic governor would fight for working people while Rauner takes stances that would hurt them, such as previous statements that he would support eliminating the minimum wage.

* The only surprise about this is that the state police commanders had never endorsed in a governor’s race before…

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner announced today that he received the endorsement of the Illinois State Police Command Officers Association (ISPCOA).

“I have tremendous admiration for every member of our state police force. They are heroes who are willing to risk their safety for all of us, and they deserve the best in return,” Rauner said. “I’m humbled and grateful to have the support of the State Police’s top leaders with the endorsement of Illinois’ Police Command Officers.”

“Our Association strongly supports your effort to establish term limits for elected leaders in our state and sincerely appreciates your support of law enforcement and public safety,” ISCPOA President James Alexander wrote in the endorsement letter. “We enthusiastically support your candidacy.”

* But check out this headline…

Could State Rep. Jeanne Ives be the first IL female Governor? Watch Rep. Ives w/Berkowitz on Cable/Web and you decide

Watch…

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