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Originally Posted by Ch.G, Ch.G
Right.
And the thing is, as far as I can tell, Dems in Illinois don't display the pathological opposition towards Rauner that national Republicans have towards Obama since before the man's presidency even begun, which is to say a good faith, honest effort at achieving some sort of bipartisan consensus from the get-go (a la Obama at the beginning of his first term) might actually yield results here. The ridiculous strategy Obama has been forced to employ—and which LVDW seems to believe Rauner is likewise following—characterized by patently absurd opening gambits is one of the worst ways of getting things accomplished.
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I very much agree except for the part where you're making an apparent comparison between Obama's opening offers and Rauner's. The difference is huge and it has to do with the actual quality of the policy contents. Obama's might be non-starters in that he knows the republican congress won't go for them, but there is this little detail that for the most part they are reasonable, pretty centrist and more-or-less good public policy (not in entirety perhaps but the very solid majority). Sure, Rauner likewise knows that the IL dem-controlled legislature won't buy his gambit, but the quality of the policy contents is absolutely horrendous, and of course politically it's quite extremist.....
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