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* Gov. Rauner was clearly fired up by the union protesters who forced him to change the venue of his LaSalle County event today. The governor’s comments begin at about the 3-minute mark…

…Adding… As of 4:03 pm, the CMS site isn’t feeding audio. Not sure if we broke their site or it went down on its own. Once the problem is fixed I’ll download the file and put it on SoundCloud or something.

…Adding More… In the meantime, here’s the governor in Oregon today. I haven’t had a chance to listen to the whole thing yet…

*** UPDATE *** Here’s the raw audio from the LaSalle County event…

posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 3:23 pm

Comments

“Gol Darnit” is the new “will of the people/law of the land”

Please adjust your drinking games accordingly.

Comment by Michelle Flaherty Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 3:25 pm
Hysterical!

Sounds like Rauner realizes… Governors own.

Unions,

No Quarter! Don’t let up

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 3:32 pm
He came off somewhat cowardly today. Perhaps his business experience got him too used to delegating the less pleasant direct activities.

Comment by Earnest Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 3:32 pm
Earnest,
I don’t know about “cowardly.”
I’d describe it more like “defensive Yosemite Sam.”

Comment by Michelle Flaherty Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 3:35 pm
Summary: Call your legislators. I’m only the Governor. I can’t do a darned thing.

Comment by Sangamo Sam Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 3:45 pm
So governor, what kind of revenues do you support?

Please, I am very interested in what you have to say.

Comment by JS Mill Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 3:50 pm
This:

>I’d describe it more like “defensive Yosemite Sam.”

Plus this:

“Gol Darnit”

Makes this varmint want to rise to a higher level of commenting.

Comment by Earnest Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 3:50 pm
Rauner is finally starting to realize that he is losing in this political battle. When will he stop campaigning and start doing his job?

Comment by Chris Butler Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 3:51 pm
“They’re not sayin’ booooo, they’re sayin’ Bruuuuuuuce!”

Comment by Anonymous Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 3:53 pm
Gol Darnit.

Nice governor, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice.

Comment by AlfondoGonz Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 3:56 pm
Maybe one of the Superstars needs to tell the Governor he’s also upside down like Madigan.

Seems a prudent thing to do

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 3:57 pm
In the latest move between Rauner and Madigan, the Speaker has introduced legislation which would restore the letter “G” to the Governor’s speeches. Rauner has responded by vowing to refer to the Chicago area Democrat henceforth as “Speaker Madian.”

Comment by Illinois jones Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 3:58 pm
===“They’re not sayin’ booooo, they’re sayin’ Bruuuuuuuce!”===

Yeah, I think we’re at the point where a former NFL wideout would do a better job as Governor than Rauner.

Comment by Graduated College Student Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 4:01 pm
Is that a bad link or did Rauner embarrass the government again and they took it down?

Comment by Dale Cooper Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 4:05 pm
I was wondering why I couldn’t load the audio. Can you provide a transcript of key quotes?

Comment by Wensicia Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 4:06 pm
Reminds me of a boxer pinned against the ropes. Desperate, defensive and deflective.

Comment by Bulldog58 Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 4:09 pm
We are having network issues at the moment so check back in a bit. Sorry for the inconvenience

Comment by IIS Radio Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 4:14 pm
Hell hath no fury like a governor scorned..

Comment by blue dog dem Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 4:24 pm
Did I say I was proud of Labor today…

Any time you “Flustrate” a governor, that’s as good as it gets.

Do not be fooled.

Rauner wants labor decimated, and state workers eliminated.

Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 4:27 pm
Jim Edgar was announced for Chicago Tonight on WTTW for today.

Comment by Anonymous Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 4:30 pm
Rich often makes references to various nuances of compromise on the part of the Governor. Hard to find those on these tapes. The Stop gap budget only puts the fight for the turn around agenda on hold and in six months we are right there yet again.

Comment by Rod Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 4:44 pm
Well, I hope this exploration outside his comfort zone was instructive for him. I have a feeling he lives in a very comfy echo chamber and personal privilege bubble. So much so that he thought he could venture out of it. Well….did you learn something today Governor? People aren’t as supportive as you thought are they?

Comment by Honeybear Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 4:48 pm
Thats painful to listen to. Rauner is so all consumed with his view of the world, there is no oxygen left to consider ideas to the contrary. Also, no connection to poltical reality, and no ownership of the damage he is doing. He cant win by standard vote tallies, so he will crush the dems into submission.

Comment by Langhorne Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 5:29 pm
So the exit strategy is HDEMs breaking to vote for the TA ? Driven by Madigan’s unpopularity, the Governor’s public hectoring, or campaign cash ? The past 18 months tells us this is weak political tea.

Time to adapt Governor.

Comment by peon Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 5:33 pm
According to the governor from his Ottawa remarks, he and rank-and-file Democrats had come to an agreement on a “balanced budget,” but dat bad ol’ Madigan “put a stop to it.”

Wow, I sure would like to hear some details on that.

At least show us what that “balanced budget” agreement that the governor was willing to sign looked like.

What a p.r. coup it would be, for the governor to release his proposed balanced budget that Madigan put a stop to.

The dude will say anything, without flinching. And some of the people, all of the time, will buy it.

Comment by wordslinger Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 5:56 pm
Gov - “I’ve introduced budget ideas . . . But the democrats aren’t doing their job”.

Ideas?

Comment by Henry Francis Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 6:41 pm
Campaigns are based on words. Governing is based on actions. Rauner has come up woefully short on the later.

Comment by pundent Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 6:51 pm
Once again let me note that Rauner is a complete and utter disappointment as governor.

Comment by DuPage Dave Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 8:19 pm
To Rauner’s comments: First, the ÎL House did pass a “fair maps” bill. Second, when Madigan no longer has his super majority, who is he going to blame?

Comment by Bleh Monday, Jun 6, 16 @ 8:42 pm