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* I missed this Ameya Pawar video when it was released earlier this month, but have a look…

* Script…

I live for family. For my daughter, my wife.

My father grew up in India with no running water, doing homework by candlelight.

I grew up in Illinois.

We’re not wealthy or famous. My student loans and child care cost more than my mortgage.

But our family helps each other. We’re for each other.

Illinois is like a family when we’re at our best.

Some politicians try to divide us by where we live, where we’re from, and what we look like.

They leave us fighting for our fair share.

But we’re in this together.

When jobs leave a small town, that hurts Chicago.

When city schools are denied the funding to create tomorrow’s workforce, that hurts the suburbs.

When roads and bridges are crumbling, that hurts all of us.

We can’t disconnect, and we don’t want to.

We’re one state. One family. And we deserve a New Deal

My name is Ameya Pawar. I’m running for governor.

Maybe a little long for online, but still pretty good.

* Meanwhile, from the caption to a 2011 Youtube video…

Published on Jun 30, 2011

June 30 (Bloomberg) — Bruce Rauner, chairman and principal at GTCR Golder Rauner LLC, and J.B. Pritzker, founder of New World Ventures, talk about the outlook for venture capital investments and initial public offerings by Internet companies. They speak with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop.”

* The video…

Hat tip to Steve Bridge at WFMB.

posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 12:11 pm

Comments

===But we’re in this together. When jobs leave a small town, that hurts Chicago. When city schools are denied the funding to create tomorrow’s workforce, that hurts the suburbs.
When roads and bridges are crumbling, that hurts all of us.===

That’s a great message.

Comment by 47th Ward Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 12:16 pm
> Ameya Pawar video

Powerful, powerful stuff.

Comment by Anonymous Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 12:19 pm
Who’s that guy in a tie next to JB?

Comment by Henry Francis Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 12:31 pm
You mean the guy in a tie who isn’t dropping his G’s when he talks?

No clue who that guy is.

Comment by South of Sherman Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 12:44 pm
A Tale of Two Worlds. Great job by Pawar.

Comment by illinoised Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 12:56 pm
@Rich
This is one of the best topics in sometime. Great read! This 2018 Gov. race is going to be interesting. The billionaires vs. the underdogs.

Comment by Rocky Rosi Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 1:06 pm
quite a juxtaposition

Comment by Boone's is back Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 1:09 pm
The Pawar family is proof that you can make a go of it in Illinois.

Surprisin’ that the guy in the next video salivatin’ about gettin’ his mitts on public pension money doesn’t think his family can. He got pretty fat here at the public trough.

Comment by wordslinger Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 1:11 pm
Too bad the guy on the left has given up what he clearly does best. Have to wonder if we will be saying the same thing about the guy on the right in a few years.

Comment by GA Watcher Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 1:27 pm
I like that Pawar is using (or attempting to use) logic to connect the problems of Illinois. This acknowledges that Chicago vs. suburbs vs. the rest of the state is a real thing - and yet, we are all connected in some ways.

Comment by e Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 1:30 pm
BTW, South of Sherman is correct. Not one dropped “g”.

Comment by GA Watcher Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 1:35 pm
I like that Pritzker is a big guy but can still find a better-fitting suit than Rauner.

Comment by Arsenal Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 2:02 pm
“My student loans and childcare cost more than my mortgage.” That’s a great message for those of us in the middle class.

Comment by Grass Bowl Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 2:46 pm
Rauner right at pension funds as the primary source of growth in his business. Also interesting that the Pritzker’s start-up world is very different than Rauner’s venture capital world for established companies

Comment by walker Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 2:56 pm
Listening to Pritzker talking up Groupon is like listening to Gerald Levin talk up the AOL Time Warner merger.

Both men are more full of snake oil than a snake.

Winner: Biss

Comment by VanillaMan Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 3:12 pm
Pawar’s story is nice, however there are thousands of stories like his across the state. And a really progressive, tax and spend message is hardly unique, especially in this Dem field. I get it is an intro video, but you know what is missing from it, one single accomplishment from his professional life. Why is he running? He loves his family? He has a semi-inspirational background. Hardly unique. There must be 1000 other Pawars in Bucktown, Logan Square, Evanston or Skokie.

Comment by Red Ranger Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 3:34 pm
Red Ranger-
Those 1000s of Pawars vote. Hopefully.

Comment by Beaker Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 3:38 pm
Rauner was not dropping Gs in that interview with JB. You mean hasn’t always dropped his Gs? Surely that isn’t a new shtick just since he’s gotten into politics. Does this mean the flannel shirt and the Bob Vila This Old House carpentry workshop are political props too?

Comment by NotForSale Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 3:53 pm
Beaker, I think an intro video should give me some reason why I should vote for a candidate in addition to making an introduction. A semi-inspirational and a not really unique life story doesnt do it for me. There is no hook. What did he overcome? What did he build? What major piece of public policy did he create and pass? What is his case?

Comment by Red Ranger Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 4:10 pm
Pawar video is good start, it frames the division that Rauner is trying to sow without sounding angry. Definitely like the diversity in the video, in terms of gender, race, age, and at least by appearance, geography as well. Still, it was simply a short personal intro, what’s going on right now, and less about what his vision is. I do have to ask what’s up with all the candidates not wearing a tie…I get why the billionaires do that, but when you’re on the younger side it helps.

Comment by Veil of Ignorance Friday, Apr 7, 17 @ 4:12 pm