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Originally Posted by the urban politician
^ Before you move forward in a new direction, you have to hit the brakes.
The Springfield legislature is so one sided that they will never let a Republican Governor do anything. That is the problem, and you will just keep denying that that is effectively the real reason why a Republican Governor will not achieve anything. Not because they don’t have ideas. Of course they have a vision, but that vision is DOA with a completely one party/machine dominated legislature.
So that is where we are. This discussion is meaningless because you guys pretend that there is Democracy in Illinois but there isn’t. There is one party rule, and this nonsense that the minority party has no “ideas” is a blatant falsehood.
To be honest, why the fuck do you guys even bother to vote? Why don’t we just declare this State a kingdom and put in place a benevolent monarch of your choosing and get it over with? It would be much easier and more honest than voting for the same fucktards over and over and then expecting something to change.
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Even when the same party controls both the executive and the legislature there is negotiation involved. East coast Republican governors, who are popular mind you, do so extensively with their quite powerful Dem legislatures. To pretend there is no model for this just because Rauner was an incompetent a-hole doesn't match reality. Illinois is not Indiana and you can't govern like it is if you happen to win the governorship.