The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: 240B on February 07, 2018, 06:00:44 pm
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Constitution
By Onan Coca
February 7, 2018
Illinois’ Republican Governor, Bruce Rauner (R-IL), has not had the most successful run as Governor.
He’s unpopular, but that’s to be expected in a state as blue as Illinois. No, the worst part of his time as Governor is the way that Rauner has alienated his base of support. Republican voters could stomach an unpopular Governor, so long as he was unpopular because of his conservative policies, but Rauner has governed as anything but a conservative.
Honestly, his time in office has looked remarkably similar to what a mainstream-left Democrat’s time in office might look like, which is probably at least partly to blame for why the state has done so poorly during his tenure.
In December, the conservative National Review called Rauner “The Worst Republican Governor in America.†Ouch.
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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/7/congress-reaches-spending-deal/