The most encouraging result of the night...
...was Bruce Rauner winning in Illinois.
What he'll be facing in Illinois is, to put it mildly, massive. And he's going to have a heavily Democratic legislature to contend with. But Rauner cited his models as....Scott Walker and our own Mitch Daniels. If that's any indication, he doesn't intend to be a placeholder.
Granted, Pat Quinn is incredibly unpopular. So Rauner's victory shouldn't be too surprising. And, obviously, it's not getting the attention that the Senate horserace is. But it could end up being a lot more meaningful, particularly when juxtaposed with Walker's huge reelection win in Wisconsin. Wisconsin's a bluish purple state. But Illinois is royal, if not midnight, blue.
And for candidates on their kinds of platforms to win, in those kinds of states, is very encouraging to somebody of my worldview.
I'm hoping we'll be hearing and seeing more of Walker in the next couple of years. And I wish Rauner luck...he's gonna need it with the mess he just inherited.
This post was edited on 11/5 12:58 AM by crazed_hoosier2