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* Friday…
This should put the speculation to rest: A-1: $35,000,000.00 JB for Governor https://t.co/Es1SqTGHK1
— Rich Miller (@capitolfax) March 20, 2021
If you click the link, you’ll see that Pritzker wrote the check on Friday, March 11th, a week before he reported depositing it.
* Tribune…
Pritzker has repeatedly dismissed questions about his political future as the 2022 campaign season has begun, saying he is focused on public health efforts to deal with COVID-19 and help restore the state’s economy in a post-pandemic environment.
“I’m just focused on the job that I’ve got today and making sure we get through this pandemic and get everybody vaccinated,” Pritzker said Monday in an interview with the Tribune.
That interview took place three days after Pritzker wrote the check. So, apparently, he wasn’t telling the entire truth when he said he was “just focused” on his job as governor. And he said that in pretty much every interview. From his interview with Hannah Meisel…
“My focus really has just been keeping people healthy, safe and keeping the economy going,” Pritzker told NPR Illinois. “The politics will take care of itself in the end.”
Not sure why he would undercut his own words like that, so we’ll see how that works out for him.
* Sun-Times…
The $35 million contribution isn’t exorbitant for Pritzker, whom Forbes has dubbed the richest politician in the nation with a net worth of $3.5 billion.
It’s only a fifth of the $171 million Pritzker spent to defeat multi-millionaire Republican ex-Gov. Bruce Rauner in 2018, a clash of investment titans that went down as one of the most expensive gubernatorial races in American history.
And it’s well short of the $58 million Pritzker dumped into an ill-fated ballot initiative last fall to amend the state constitution to allow for a graduated state income tax system. The governor was outdueled in November by fellow billionaire Ken Griffin, whose $53 million helped persuade voters to reject the plan.
It’s also short of the $50 million Rauner plunked down just before the beginning of the 2018 cycle.
* Crain’s…
Asked about when the governor might formally announce or whether such a large donation should be viewed as a sign Pritzker is worried about his chances, campaign spokesman Quentin Fulks said in an email, “Given the increasing number of Republicans who have declared their candidacies for governor in 2022, Gov. Pritzker wanted to ensure that he was ready to respond to their false and misleading attacks if necessary.”
A handful of Republicans have already tossed their name in for the 2022 race: state Sen. Darren Bailey, businessman Gary Rabine, former state Sen. Paul Schimpf and Christopher Roper, a downstate resident.
“Over the past two years, the governor has led Illinois through a global pandemic by listening to the experts, not the anti-science conspiracy theorists currently running in the Republican primary, while improving the lives of millions of Illinoisans through his actions,” Fulks said, also citing other Pritzker accomplishments on infrastructure spending, health care, and women’s rights.
*** UPDATE *** Tribune…
He did so again Monday during an event touting a new mass vaccination site in Forest Park. “I’m focused on getting us past this pandemic keeping people safe and healthy in the state of Illinois,” Pritzker told reporters.
“Any of that support for my committee is really designed as a preventive measure in the event that Republicans continue in any more public way to try to attack the Democratic agenda of standing up for working people or to frankly lie about the Democratic agenda,” Pritzker said.
“We’re doing what’s right for people all across the state of Illinois, making sure that working families get what they need to stay in their homes, to get jobs, to raise their wages, etc. And so, those resources will be used simply to fend off those illegitimate attacks,” he said.
Whatever. He deliberately played reporters for chumps. Not cool.
posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 9:28 am
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== Not sure why he would undercut his own words like that, so we’ll see how that works out for him. ==
This doesn’t make sense to me. It can be both true that he is focused on governing while also knowing he needs to prefund his organization for reelection. It isn’t like he is personally planning ad buys or get out the vote initiatives. He has campaign staff for that, presumably, and also presumably, they want to get paid.
This is very different than someone like Trump ignoring security briefings to go on cross country campaign style events while or ignoring COVID to spend all day rage tweeting.
Comment by Homebody Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 9:40 am
==Not sure why he would undercut his own words like that, so we’ll see how that works out for him.==
This is one of the more nitpicky things I have seen in a while. He has the luxury of never having to pick up the phone to fundraise - he can stroke a check of that size and still be legitimately and solely focused on governing.
Not mutually exclusive.
Comment by JP Altgeld Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 9:41 am
In all fairness, I probably spent a lot more time worrying about how much lunch cost me than JB worried about writing a 25 million dollar check. More a statement on how horrible lopsided our society is than anything else.
Comment by Too cute by half Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 9:44 am
Well. That settles it. Darren Bailey will have to tap his vast personal wealth and make a donation to himself to keep up.
Comment by dan l Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 9:45 am
1. Money CANT buy you love.
2. I’m assuming that if you added all monies in campaign committees of retired republican legislators and current republican legislators- YOU WILL NOT REACH $35 MILLION..
Comment by Dollar OBSERVATIONS Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 9:55 am
For what it’s worth, I’m betting the decision to transfer $35M to his campaign fund took all but 2 minutes of brain power and someone else actually did the transfer. So he’s probably honest when he says he’s not really thinking about it.
Comment by good luck Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 9:56 am
It’s also short of the $50 million
But 35MM is likely to be way more than his opponents will have. And JB doesn’t have a primary.
Comment by Fav Human Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 9:56 am
An opening operational budget of $35 million is enough to hire a “set it and forget it” campaign apparatus.
Including hiring/bringing in someone to develop a campaign plan based off how things are going, and what’s been done, existing public statements, existing campaign memos, etc, to present as a pitch with alternatives.
If this is what the set up is going to be, that would allow the Governor’s focus to be on governing.
Comment by Candy Dogood Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 9:59 am
Seems like a silly, unforced error not to have messaged better. They’ll have to do better soon.
Comment by McGuppin Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 9:59 am
It’s a big number. So was the $58 million he blew on the fair tax. I hope he puts different people in charge of this effort. JB may be the richest politician in the state. He isn’t the richest man in the state.
Comment by SSL Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:07 am
I wrote a check on Friday because my bike needed to be fixed and I’m going to want to ride it in the future, but my focus then, as today, is making sure my family is safe and healthy. Are you suggesting that isn’t my focus?
Comment by Joe Bidenopolous Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:08 am
It requires zero focus from Pritzker to write a check for $35M.
The $35M check is so he can pay other people to focus on getting him re-elected.
Comment by Thomas Paine Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:16 am
The governor had a fundraiser.
It was successful.
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:17 am
=Not sure why he would undercut his own words like that=
Seems like he can write the check and still be true to his words.
Totally agree with @ Candy Dogood.
Comment by JS Mill Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:17 am
Watched the Governor’s interview with Mark Maxwell over the weekend. Governor Pritzker is incapable of taking responsibility for anything. I guess that’s the way it works when your born into Billions.
Comment by Disappointed Female Suburban Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:19 am
Maybe he needed to keep a minimum balance in the account to avoid service fees?
Maybe it was meant as a sign to GomerI & Gomer II that they might be in a little over their heads. Perhaps a message for ‘Zinger (Karl Rove’s Mahoney) or the Commando/Single Mom of what might be needed for messaging.
Comment by Annonin' Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:20 am
Also,
As of this moment, just the $35 mil alone, the Governor could spend roughly $96k a day, every day, till primary Election Day…. just with that cash alone.
So there’s that.
He can focus on the governing until someone wants to, in a primary, spend ~$96,000 a day, every day until Primary Day
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:20 am
The governor’s communications staff thinks that the state’s political reporters are a bunch of spoon-fed idiots.
Prove him wrong.
Comment by Juvenal Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:22 am
Maybe the “set it and forget” it fair tax apparatus is available
Why would JB take responsibility for anything?
He was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple.
Comment by Lucky Pierre Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:24 am
I guess I just don’t understand the outrage, other than why our governors have to be billionaires. I understand that. But to take 10 seconds out of one day to write a check does not insinuate that he is doing his job poorly or is unfocused.
Comment by Ducky LaMoore Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:28 am
It doesn’t take too much energy to write a check. $35 million is a lot to us, but not so much if you are worth $3.5 billion.
Comment by levivotedforjudy Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:29 am
Slow news week if we are focused on whether the Governor did or didn’t think momentarily about something other than the pandemic. What was he supposed to say “My focus really has just been keeping people healthy, safe and keeping the economy going, except for that $35 mil I gave my campaign, the politics will take care of itself in the end.” As stated in a comment above, that type of check buys him an apparatus that he can plug in and forget about so indeed he can focus on governing.
Comment by Nadigam Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:32 am
===This is very different than someone like Trump ignoring security briefing===
Thanks for the ’splaining, but has anyone made that comparison besides you?
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:34 am
Feel I have to point out you don’t “buy” the win by simply plunking down the money; it still has to be put to productive, effective use, and not just in ad buys, but a ground game. You still have to campaign. Because your opponents are.
That didn’t happen ( buying a win) in the Fair Tax initiative. Though Griffin had the easier task there. The consensus is the ones managing that got complacent.
But if you tell me JB put a bunch of his own money into his campaign, zoot alours, quell surprise. And so what.
He could have messaged better. When you are that rich there us no point in not owning it. Better to have acknowledged it and moved on. “Yes, campaigns are always running in the background, for every office holder. I’m funding myself. I have people running it, so I can spend my time on the job of governing, but at some point I’ll be actually campaigning, sure. Next question.”
Comment by Give Us Barabbas Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:37 am
== Thanks for the ’splaining, but has anyone made that comparison besides you? ==
I was giving an example of something that I would consider an example of “not focusing” which was the premise of this blog post. I don’t consider writing a check to be an example of “not focusing.”
Given the general tenor of the comments to this point, I could equally say “has anyone made that [he’s not focusing argument] besides you?”
Comment by Homebody Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:43 am
I don’t see the issue here.
I pre-paid my car insurance last week for the rest of the year, that doesn’t somehow mean I’m not focused on my job.
Comment by TheInvisibleMan Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:44 am
==He was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple. ==
I like how your white-hot hatred of JB leads you to just repeat every insult you’ve ever heard at him, regardless of how many times it so clearly doesn’t apply that it makes you, not him, look silly.
Comment by Arsenal Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:46 am
I can be focused on 1-2 things yet still accomplish other things. This just doesn’t seem disingenuous or even problematic to me.
Comment by Father Ted Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:48 am
From figures on this pge, his net assets are 20,000 times bigger than mine. So it’s like me signing over my stimulus money. Not nothing, but not a big deal, either. Buying a new car was a big deal (And BOY did the state rape me on sales tax!). So wake me when he writes a $700,000,000 check (equivalent to me buying the car). Still, that took me only a day to decide. Actually to decide to agree with my wife.
Comment by Streamwood Retiree Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 10:53 am
A. Making sure he’s still governor can be part of his plan to fight the epidemic. It’s not really going to be over by the time the election rolls around again.
B. I doubt he even had to write a check to transfer money to the campaign.
Comment by Cheryl44 Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 11:01 am
===I doubt he even had to write a check to transfer money to the campaign===
Since it took a week to report it, I doubt you’re correct.
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 11:03 am
=== “has anyone made that [he’s not focusing argument] besides you?”===
When you dismiss all talk of campaigns at the exact same time you’re already gearing up to run for reelection, you ought to be called on it. You’re free to disagree, but so far it’s just whataboutism.
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 11:06 am
==Since it took a week to report it, I doubt you’re correct. ==
Yeah, but one of the things he’s probably spent that $35m on is hiring someone else to decide when to report, lol.
Comment by Arsenal Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 11:07 am
== $35 million is a lot to us, but not so much if you are worth $3.5 billion. ==
To put it in perspective, it is one tenth of one percent of his reported net worth.
For the rest of us, it is kind of like deciding to buy breakfast for the family.
Comment by RNUG Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 11:20 am
Did he send it with Zelle?
Comment by Da Big Bad Wolf Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 11:53 am
Why do these ultra rich keep running for office such as this
Not for the money
It’s for power and for a hobby
They could care less about the livelihood of the average citizen
It’s a shame that by these super rich buying the election
It keeps out the average people. The ones in the trenches
And want to make lives better
Will never have a chance
Comment by Nicky Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 12:17 pm
Not sure I buy into Mr. Fulks explanation of the 35 million dollar campaign contribution.
Feeling pretty confident that it wasn’t made to contest Mr. Bailey in a General Election. Might be wrong here, but I think a few buttons and billboards that simple say “Our guy is not Bailey” should be enough for a Democrat to win the general election against Mr. Bailey.
I am thinking the money deal was kind of a warning shot to anyone thinking about running in the primary.
If the R’s run a strong candidate, the issue for Democrats is whether or not a Democratic primary voter wants to make the standard bearer for the party someone who has had some problems governing as evidenced by being underwater in recent polls.
I understand spending $300,000 a day or $96,000 a day can have an effect on an election. I also understand that spending $40 Billion (with a B) or so by State Government a year that seems to have 60% of the voters in Illinois not supporting you can be a problem.
Gov. Really needs to step up the “governing” approach.
Comment by Back to the Future Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 12:35 pm
- Back to the Future -
Who is this Dem that is still thinking of running?
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 12:37 pm
=== 60% of the voters in Illinois not supporting you can be a problem.===
Where is this 60% of what you speak?
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 12:37 pm
St. Louis Federal Reserve: “Wealth inequality in America has grown tremendously from 1989 to 2016, to the point where the top 10% of families ranked by household wealth (with at least $1.2 million in net worth) own 77% of the wealth “pie.” The bottom half of families ranked by household wealth (with $97,000 or less in net worth) own only 1% of the pie.
You read that correctly. If we rank everyone according to their family net worth and add up the wealth of the bottom 50%, which includes roughly 63 million families, that sum is only 1% of the total household wealth of the United States.”
https://www.stlouisfed.org/open-vault/2019/august/wealth-inequality-in-america-facts-figures
Comment by Gretchen Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 12:38 pm
Lastly…
===If the R’s run a strong candidate===
Who is this candidate of which you speak?
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 12:38 pm
OW, you raise a great question, but thinking the question at this point isn’t “who” should run in the primary. All the polls and articles are asking “why Pritzker”.
You may think that with all his money he can turn around the 55% of folks in the Northwestern poll that don’t approve of the job he is doing on Covid (that surprised me) or the 60% of the folks in the poll mentioned last week that don’t approve of the job he is doing (that did not surprise me).
Perhaps we should have this discussion after he gets down to 35% in polls because I think we can agree that is where he is headed if he doesn’t do a better job at governing.
Comment by Back to the Future Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 12:46 pm
How many people could that feed…
Comment by Just Me Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 1:08 pm
=== All the polls and articles are asking “why Pritzker”.===
No snark, probably for the 9th time, you can’t beat someone with no one. There is no one. Who do you have running in the Dem primary willing to run.
The rest is dorm room.
Also, cite the poll again.
I don’t recall, but a link will help.
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 1:27 pm
==How many people could that feed… ==
I’m quite sure that no one in the Pritzker household is involuntarily missing meals. And that is all that he is legally or morally obligated to feed.
Perhaps you should sell all your goods and give them to the poor.
Last time I looked, the Gov didn’t belong to a religion that followed Jesus. I’m assuming you do.
Comment by Streamwood Retiree Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 1:57 pm
==the 60% of the folks in the poll mentioned last week that don’t approve of the job he is doing==
This is pretty disingenuous. In that single poll, his approvals were 41-41. The Republicans aren’t going to be dumb enough to assume that that entire 18% that didn’t state an opinion are on their side, so we shouldn’t, either.
Comment by Arsenal Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 2:02 pm
=== This is pretty disingenuous. In that single poll, his approvals were 41-41.===
This is why I’d like to hear real rational thoughts to this, and there’s no name to associate with a credible Dem challenger.
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 2:04 pm
“You can’t beat someone with no one”.
Depends on how you define “someone”.
In a race to head up the Democratic Party of Illinois, the “someone” as in Team Pritzker lost. This was an election of people that were Democratic officials, publicly elected Democrats, lobbyists as well as Democratic volunteers.
Of course, Dr. Kelly was a “somebody”, but starting out it looked like Team Pritzker could surely win an election where Democrats were the only people voting.
The Democratic Party has lots of qualified folks like Dr. Kelly. I agree looking at the ability of Team Pritzker’s money is something to consider if any one wants to put their name and reputation in the ring.
The poll I recall seeing was commissioned by ACTA. I believe it was referred to in Capital Fax, but also can be found on Google. It was taken in February of this year. Pritzker approval was at about 41% after spending over at least 250 million in political donations and about 80 Billion in public taxpayers money since he announced for Governor. That is a lot of money to end up where “someone” is in the polls..
Comment by Back to the Future Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 2:08 pm
==This is why I’d like to hear real rational thoughts to this, and there’s no name to associate with a credible Dem challenger.==
There’s not even an Eisendrath-level Dem challenger. Dems are by-and-large fine with JB, and there’s a secretary of state primary to absorb anyone who’s overly ambitious.
If Pat Quinn made it through 2014 without a serious primary challenge, JB Pritzker will in ‘22.
Comment by Arsenal Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 2:10 pm
The DPI was a “somebody” vs. “somebody” race- a siting Alderman, the mayor’s floor leader, vs. a sitting U.S. Rep who had run statewide before. And it was a proxy battle between two heavyweights, the billionaire governor and the U.S. Senate Majority Whip.
And Harris would’ve won if Durbin didn’t have a long-held ambition to take over DPI, so, sure, if he’s got a similar ambition to be Governor, I guess that could pose a problem to JB. But he doesn’t.
Comment by Arsenal Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 2:45 pm
Arsenal
You make a good point.
My initial thought was that Mr. Faulks representation that the 35 million was to deal with folks like State Senator Bailey did not strike me as credible and I thought the 35 million was made to give any Democrat thinking about challenging Team Pritzker some cause to think about if he or she was going to put their reputation on the line and jump into the ring.
Weak candidates attract challengers like bee to honey. The real issue is whether or not Democrats should start discussing a change. I get it and respect that you might not think way.
Comment by Back to theFuture Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 2:58 pm
LOL the outrage. I’m sorry but how is a billionaire giving money to his re-elect which probably consisted of a phone call him taking away focus from his Covid response. It’s kind of brilliant - he can’t really stop to do a big campaign rollout right now but he can send a clear signal to all the people thinking about running what they will be facing. But by all means reporters should make it personal.
Comment by DuPage Dem Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 3:12 pm
=== In a race to head up the Democratic Party of Illinois, the “someone” as in Team Pritzker lost. This was an election of people that were Democratic officials, publicly elected Democrats, lobbyists as well as Democratic volunteers.===
Proxy fights versus deciding to actively run for governor are two different to animals
You type so many words, you have NO candidate.
Go on the quad and play frisbee until a credible Dem shows up to take on the governor… then find a reasonable Republican that can first get out of the primary then keep up with the $300K a day.
=== The poll I recall seeing was commissioned by ACTA. I believe it was referred to in Capital Fax, but also can be found on Google. It was taken in February of this year. Pritzker approval was at about 41% after spending over at least 250 million in political donations and about 80 Billion in public taxpayers money since he announced for Governor. That is a lot of money to end up where “someone” is in the polls..===
… and yet he sits at 41-41, you pretend you have this groundswell candidate in a primary, meanwhile your hot pocket is burning in the dorm microwave
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 3:22 pm
=== The real issue is whether or not Democrats should start discussing a change. I get it and respect that you might not think way.===
Where is this candidate to which you speak?
Where?
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 3:22 pm
==My initial thought was that Mr. Faulks representation that the 35 million was to deal with folks like State Senator Bailey did not strike me as credible and I thought the 35 million was made to give any Democrat thinking about challenging Team Pritzker some cause to think about if he or she was going to put their reputation on the line and jump into the ring.==
I get it, but there just isn’t any serious Democrat looking to challenge JB. And JB will definitely spend $35m over the course of the campaign, even if he “only” faces Bailey. Might as well get it in the bank now.
Comment by Arsenal Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 3:23 pm
I would really like to be playing Frisbee on the quad again.
Wish I had a microwave where I was staying in college. Not sure they were invented.
Thinking we will be seeing some names pop up over the summer. If Team Pritzker gets something’s accomplished then the names may not be big names like Jane Byrne or Dan Walker or Pat Quinn or Carol Mosley Braun that were not favored or not well known or not well funded, but the Veterans Home issue that bothered us both - remember the “stuff happens” comment - - may be enough alone to make some Democrats think about voting for another candidate.
One thing we all know is that “some ones”get beat a lot because they pile up bad records on important issues.
Pritzker needs to get better at governing.
Comment by Back to the Future Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 3:51 pm
=== Thinking we will be seeing some names pop up over the summer. If Team Pritzker gets something’s accomplished then the names may not be big names like Jane Byrne or Dan Walker or Pat Quinn or Carol Mosley Braun that were not favored or not well known===
(Sigh)
Jane Byrne, explain how she won. Bilandic, snow.
Sincerely. Explain, then apply that to Pritzker.
Carol Moseley Brawn, explain how she won. Hofeld, Dixon, then Rich Williamson.
So far, two unicorns, neither faced a sitting governor with unlimited resources, the ability to sign legislation and neither were one on one with that governor.
Pat Quinn never won to unseat a governor, Quinn replaced a governor who was impeached and removed. Who ran against Quinn for a full term?
Dan Walker? If you have to go that far back… as tee-vee even invented?
You can’t name a soul.
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 4:02 pm
=== that “some ones”get beat a lot===
If that were true… you wouldn’t need to go back to Bilandic, Simon, or Dixon.
That’s not a lot. That’s hoping.
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 4:04 pm
OW
Just when I am trying to talk she who must be obeyed into adding a couple of frisbees to the grocery list, you downplay my history lesson.
Agree “snow” might not be a Pritzker problem, but IDES sure is his problem.
I liked Senator Dixon, but looking back at that race his support was a mile wide and an inch deep. Senator Carol had a great smile and was a pretty smart lady. That was enough to win. Also her campaign folks were having fun and working hard. She really did not have anything close to Pritzker money, She represented “change” and Illinois voters basically are not a happy bunch.
The R’s will have a strong candidate if Pritzker appears weak. Could Pritzker beat any of the former US Attorneys. I would like to see the USDA from the Northern District stay put, but if he finds he has time on his hands he would be a formidable candidate.
Comment by Back to the Future Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 4:33 pm
=== I liked Senator Dixon, but looking back at that race his support was a mile wide and an inch deep. Senator Carol had a great smile and was a pretty smart lady. That was enough to win.===
Did you forget Al Hofeld or hoped he wasn’t important?
=== The R’s will have a strong candidate if Pritzker appears weak.===
Who is this candidate? LOL
They need to win in a Trumpkin primary, then all but remove themselves from all things Trump.
You have no names.
=== I would like to see the USDA from the Northern District stay put, but if he finds he has time on his hands he would be a formidable candidate.===
You think a USA is going to run?
As a Republican?
Huh.
===you downplay my history lesson.===
It’s not even recent history…
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 4:38 pm
== Wish I had a microwave where I was staying in college. ==
Microwaves were commercially available in the late 1940’s, but bulky and very expensive.
Comment by RNUG Monday, Mar 22, 21 @ 5:24 pm
“All the polls and articles are asking “why Pritzker”.”
And if he writes that check to someone else’s campaign, what’s the story line then?
Comment by Odysseus Tuesday, Mar 23, 21 @ 12:57 am