- Al Podgorski/Sun-Times Media
- Bruce Rauner is a great businessman—right?
The race for governor took an interesting turn yesterday. Mark Brown of the Sun-Times published the most cogent and urgent argument I’ve seen yet for not voting for Bruce Rauner. And the Tribune published the name of a third candidate, welcome news to voters who can’t bring themselves to vote for Pat Quinn either.
Illinois is full of people who see the need and would so strive. The Tribune could be describing a manager of a 7-Eleven or True Value franchise. What makes Rauner different is his hundreds of millions of dollars, which matter for reasons the Tribune doesn’t say but Brown put his finger on.
One head-over-heels endorsement.
Columnist Laura Washington writes: “The black vote has been front and center in this long, grueling campaign. Quinn’s Neighborhood Recovery Initiative was aimed at that vote. Now it is under investigation. Its execution was sloppy. It was also a badly needed response to the pernicious violence plaguing our communities. That’s what we know about Quinn. From Rauner, there have been too many evasions, too much shucking and jiving, too few answers.”
