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Sources close to the governor confirm he will be in New Hampshire this Saturday to speak at the annual convention of that state's Democratic party in Manchester. New Hampshire is scheduled to hold the first primary of the 2024 presidential season; along with the Iowa caucuses, it kicks off the official part if the presidential race every four years. Visits there by politicians invariably are seen as an effort to draw attention to potential candidates.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Pritzker running for President?? Duh??? Yes. A 2024 presidential bid has been Pritzker’s goal all along. Like a leaf lifted high into the air by the winds of a storm and assuming that it must know how to fly, in 2018 Pritzker rode the blue wave into office. To him it was it proof that the voters really really loved him. Then in 2020 Pritzker saw Michael Bloomberg run for President and make it all the way to the primaries. Pritzker reasoned, “I’m way richer than Bloomberg. I’ve got gobs more of my daddy’s money than Bloomberg has of his… Read more »
I have this idea that Pritzker, because of his inherited finances, gets his way on many things. I would like to see him run because even though he appeals to the extreme left I am not sure that many of the more moderate Democrats would elect him meaning he wouldn’t make it through the primaries. I would then lie to see his face as he realizes there are things even his money can’t buy.
No one has ever told him No. Not even food!
JB the Hutt can bring his Illinois failure agenda nationwide.
No. Just no.
He is a useless POS. If he didn’t have an inherited fortune to his name, no one would have any idea who this guy is. Go for it slim – it would only increase the chances of an anyone but that guy vote… Bernie, weekend, not Sanders, could beat him… Sadly, Sanders would still pull the L.
I really hope he does along with the other tone deaf elites who only see it one way. He is so photogenic and such an inspirational leader, I would relish in seeing him fail and waste more of his trust fund $$$. I don’t think he plays well nationality and he is not Obama. He is a mealy mouth slimeball who is perfectly suited to continue to destroy the state and the city. If the Dems choose him its a loosing proposition. I wouldn’t underestimate the woke establishment putting him up for Senator or another statewide office he can influence.… Read more »
I will be anxious to see what his pitch is. Maybe something like, “I will be a president for all Americans. Just look what I’ve already done for Florida, Texas and Tennessee.”
One good Pritzker fart will turn the Resolute Desk into rubble
the GOLDEN BOY for the DEM`S is Newson of California he will be the nominee not Fred Flintstone
President Jabba? Kill me now.
No Illinois politician should advance to national office, given the condition of this state (#1-3 in overall taxes; #1-3 in political corruption; #51, behind PR in fiscal condition; “owned” by the public unions, with unfunded public pension and medical in the $0.5T range; pitiful home relative appreciation over the past 10 years; material “catch and release” crime; etc)…..totally clear that this state, and Chicago, is not just politically mismanged, but is in fact, out of control. And these people should get elevated to national office?
Makes sense. Nationally, the Democratic Party is in disarray with no clear front-runners. But I think Biden runs again only because incumbency is too valuable an advantage to just give up.
It does indeed make sense from his party’s perspective. You have to be far left to get through their primaries to get nominated, and who do they have instead? Nobody. Gina Raimondo is the only one worth a damn but she is said to be not interested.
The far left candidates nationally get wiped out by the time South Carolina comes around. This delusional nonsense is being floated in the press because IL is trying to make our primary the first (for Democrats) in the nation ahead of NH and IA. JB thinks that being gov. might catapult an otherwise DOA presidential candidacy to a forerunner.
Why not? If they can steal an election for Mr. Potatohead, why not Jabba?
Sickening but true. They had to get him out because they hated that we connected directly with him. Using the 3 letter agencies to have a soft coup outside US borders.
Imagine how many mules can be bought with his money.
The beauty is they don’t even need to use their own money. They use the largess from the myriad of billions doled out to special interests from DC via COVID largess and ginned up wars in YOUUUkraine. Stand with YOUUUkraine!
I just puked a little.
Heaven forbid!
YES.
If the Establishment wants him they can steal the 2024 Election like they did 2020, which they will.
And relieve Illinois (us) of him!
I only care about Illinois now. The country has lost its plot.
VOTE JB FREDDIE FOR PRESIDENT!
I’m heading to church immediately to light several candles that a failure of a person and politician like Pigster will never become president, we have one of those in office now
This guy is delusional! He thinks he is King Louis the XIV!