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Friday, Aug 8, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller

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Friday, Aug 8, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Bruce Rauner’s tracker took video today of Gov. Pat Quinn being questioned by Statehouse reporter Hannah Meisel about how his security detail kicked a tracker out of a public event a couple of weeks ago…

An additional irony is that the booted tracker is related to a different reporter who was at today’s scrum. Probably not a great move by the Quinnsters, although the reporter is about as top notch as one can get.

* Meanwhile, remember how the Quinn campaign has been complaining about a tracker who allegedly hides in bathrooms at events to avoid being detected by Quinn security? The Quinnsters say the tracker also changed clothes after being turned away from one event.

Well, the tracker in question is featured prominently in a Rauner door-hanger, which is entitled “Put politics aside, support Bruce and Evelyn” and features endorsements from a couple of Democrats an independent and the GOP tracker…

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Friday, Aug 8, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller

* The Democratic Governors Association is trying to gin up the animosity toward Rauner…

As Chairman of GTCR, Bruce Rauner was a central figure in the formation of ConvergEx. As news breaks that ConvergEx’s CEO will be added to the list of Rauner’s indicted business associates - Rauner is again trying to distance himself from the CEO and the company he formed.

The truth is the that GTCR’s investment model includes picking company managers and management strategies. But Bruce Rauner is banking on the fact that you won’t understand how he made this money through private equity.

Rauner actually said, “Your average voter will never understand what private equity is and I’m not going to try to explain it too much. They’re not going to know.”

OK, first of all, the head of ConvergEx wasn’t indicted. The head of ConvergEx Global Markets Limited was indicted. It’s a subsidiary.

The video of the quote is here. Go to the 44:45 mark.

* Rauner also said this right after that above DGA-supplied quote (which I corrected after watching the video)…

“I help companies grow. I provide capital to help companies grow and that’s about the level of detail that I’m going to get into.”

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Oberweis compares Durbin to Nixon in new radio ad

Friday, Aug 8, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller

* From a press release…

The Jim Oberweis for US Senate campaign released the following statewide radio ad to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the resignation of Richard Nixon:

VO: Did you know Article 2, Section 1 of the impeachment against Dick Nixon was for using the IRS against his political enemies?

VO: Did you know Dick Durbin asked the IRS to investigate a political opponent about the same time the IRS began illegally targeting American families?

VO: Did you know Dick Durbin refuses to reveal any other correspondence he may have had with the IRS during the midst of the scandal?

VO: Did you know Dick Durbin took thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the IRS union and refuses to return the money?

VO: Did you know Dick Durbin refuses to answer whether he supports a Special Prosecutor to get to the bottom of the IRS mess even though most Americans want one?

VO: Paid for by Oberweis for Senate

JO: I’m Jim Oberweis and I approve this message and if you elect me to the U.S. Senate, I’ll make sure we get those answers…. and that the IRS will never again be used as a weapon against American families.

JO: It was wrong when Dick Nixon did it, and it’s wrong when Dick Durbin does it.

JO: To help me stop this type of abuse, please visit my website, jimoberweis.com

To listen to the ad, click here.

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