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murielm99

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2. Their name is Durkin,
Sat Sep 1, 2018, 02:04 PM
Sep 2018

not Durkins.

They are a major Republican family in Illinois. Rauner is an outsider. He can gripe about cronyism all he wants. In Illinois, both parties have powerful families. Politics is the family business.

Rauner might have done better if he had learned how things work here and if he could have learned how to work with the political families on both sides of the aisle. Rauner does not know how to negotiate or compromise, two things essential to politics. He is much like trump when it comes to working with others.

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Great News!! blue-wave Sep 2018 #1
Their name is Durkin, murielm99 Sep 2018 #2
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