Don’t Say He Didn’t Warn You: Ultra-Rich Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner Spells Out Anti-Union Agenda

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18. Rauner : friend of Rahm, purported Republican who funds Democrats, corrupt insider.

Of course, a board member of the Illinois Policy Institute sits on Rauner's exploratory committee for governor. Jack Roeser also sits on Rauner's board.

There are others on Rauner's board that are of note - Citadel's Ken Griffin - a major campaign bundler to Barack Obama ($200,000) and top contributor to Rahm Emanuel. Between Griffin and his wife, a former executive with Soros Funds, they have contributed in excess of $200,000 to Rahm. The massive contributions have paid off. According to city records, Griffin has regular private access to Emanuel.

Griffin has a history of funding liberal Republicans and powerful Democrats - thousands to Richard Daley, Rahm Emanuel, and ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich among others. He's also been funding all of the John Tillman/Dan Proft political action committees and candidates.

Work with people? Rauner appears to have a habit of using his Democrat political connections to enrich himself. That's not "working with people." That's insider games. That's the pay-to-play politics of the "Combine." That's supposed to be what we, as Republicans, are against. But, then again, we have had many so-called Republicans who participate in "Combine" schemes with the Democrats.
http://www.chicagonow.com/kelly-truth-squad/2013/04/time-to-question-bruce-rauner-and-his-rahm-republicans/

Okay, I realize memories are short these days. So let me remind you that Bill Daley's the younger brother of Mayor Richard Daley, who's as much, or more, responsible for our state's financial woes as anyone else in or around Illinois.

Or at least the Chicago part of it.

But there Bill Daley was, standing front and center as part of the transition team Rauner introduced at yesterday's press conference.

Aside from being the brains of the Daley clan, Bill Daley is also—surprise, surprise—an investment banker, who made a small fortune working for JPMorgan Chase. He now works as a managing partner for Argentiere Fund LP, a Swiss-based hedge fund "whose principal place of business," according to a recent Tribune article, "was a post office box in the Cayman Islands."

No wonder Rauner likes him so much—they got that Cayman Islands thing going.

In all likelihood, Bill Daley also helped broker the deal in which President Obama dumped Rahm as chief of staff and sent him home to be our mayor.

For which I believe Bill Daley ought to be doing some kind of community service—as opposed to helping chart our state's political future.

http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2014/11/07/bruce-rauner-keeps-it-in-the-daley-family