Long before Jeanne Ives ran against Bruce Rauner for Governor, Rauner was attacking pro-life conservative candidates in Republican primaries. Rauner and his donors have plied Dan Proft’s Liberty Principles PAC with $5 million plus to viciously attack pro-life candidates, including Sen. Sam McCann who announced last week he was running as the Conservative Party candidate […]
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Big trouble for Rauner: Pro-life Sen. Sam McCann enters Illinois Governor’s race
Press release from Sen. Sam McCann… This morning, Senator Sam McCann (C-Plainview) announced that he and Veterans’ Rights Activist Aaron Merreighn (pronounced “marine”) (C-Riverton) would join the Illinois Gubernatorial race as Conservative Party candidates. They will face Democratic nominee J.B. Pritzker and incumbent Republican Governor Bruce Rauner. “When I announced I was not going […]
After Ives’ failure, pro-life Sen. Sam McCann may be conservatives only hope to beat Rauner
Illinois conservatives, take a good hard look in the mirror. Former Rauner supporter, Rep. Jeanne Ives lost the Republican primary to incumbent Governor Bruce Rauner on March 20th. No, it doesn’t matter that Ives almost beat Rauner? No. Get it through your heads: Almost winning is losing. This baggage made it impossible for Ives to […]
Did Jeanne Ives blow the primary race to help Rauner?
Did Rep. Jeanne Ives throw the March 20th primary to Rauner? Let Real GOP Illinois count the reasons why Ives could have/would have bungled the primary race. There was only one way for Ives to lose on March 20th – she threw it! 1. Ives didn’t need to do anything to defeat Rauner; he had […]
Wall Street Journal Gets Smacked for Praising Rauner
Jeanne Ives, the Republican challenger to Governor Bruce Rauner has penned an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal, “Rauner Not the Answer to Illinois’ Problems,” challenging a piece praising the failed Governor. Subscribers can read the response here. “Regarding James Taranto’s “The Weekend Interview with Bruce Rauner: Bruce Rauner vs. the Illinois ‘Mafia’” (March […]
Rauner confuses, alienates his conservative base with attack on Ives’ ad
Governor Bruce Rauner is damned. Damned if he – pathetically – tries to defend himself and damned if he attacks his Republican primary opponent’s social conservatism. Last week, Rauner’s opponent, Rep. Jeanne Ives released what she calls an “edgy” ad that hits Gov. Rauner on the big three for social conservatives: abortion, illegal immigration, and […]
Rockford Rep. Cabello calls on Rauner to resign
ROCKFORD (WREX) – Republican State Rep. John Cabello tells 13 WREX he believes Gov. Bruce Rauner should resign during an interview following Wednesday’s State of the State address in Springfield. Cabello points to the governor’s credibility as the main reason for his comments, saying the governor has broken his word, specifically on House Bill 40. Cabello […]
New Poll Puts Gov. Bruce Rauner in Lethal Mark Kirk Territory
The media missed the point of the new We Ask America poll, which gives Bruce Rauner a 50 point lead over his GOP challenger, Jeanne Ives. In voting likelihood, Rauner has a 40 point lead. What does this point lead spread mean? Ask Sen. Mark Kirk. ‘We Ask America’ asked those polled, “If the GOP […]
Rauner’s big donors Uihlein and Griffin destroyed conservatism in Illinois
In the space of one itty bitty term, Republican Bruce Rauner signed SB 31 and made Illinois a sanctuary state (no doubt he got that idea from a little birdy named Mayor Rahm) and HB 40 which forces taxpayers to finance unrestricted abortion on demand. It doesn’t matter if you are morally opposed to abortion. […]
Rauner’s big donor, Uihlein, has history of sleazy donations
With the scandal storm over his financial ties to controversial donor, Richard Uihlein, Judge Roy Moore’s biggest donor, Governor Bruce Rauner is in full spin mode. Media are reporting Uihlein contributed $50,000 to a pro-Moore PAC on September 8th and another $50,000 after Moore was accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl and three other […]