Other governors back Rauner to get edge over Illinois

In their latest round of TV ads, the Bruce Rauner campaign has enlisted the help of the governors of three of Illinois’ neighboring states, Indiana, Wisconsin and Missouri, to push for Rauner’s re- election. Their thesis is that state House Speaker Michael Madigan is responsible for all of Illinois’ problems and that we should vote against Madigan, who is not running for governor, by reelecting Rauner.

First of all, I think we have to presume that these three governors are good men and good governors; otherwise the Rauner campaign would not have used them. And therein lies the problem. To be a good governor, you have to put your state’s interest first, especially as it affects your relations with other competing states. Why then, you should ask, would a governor promote the competitive ability of another state at the expense of his own state? The answer is that he probably wouldn’t.

Is it possible that these governors are promoting Rauner because they realize, asmany Illinoisans realize, that Gov. Rauner is the cause of most of Illinois’ problems and that if we are silly enough to reelect him their states will benefit? Sneaky, huh? Edward Levy, Homewood

Timeline unfair to Trump

The Sun- Times carefully lays out a timeline on the Paul Manafort indictment and indicates that Manafort tried to arrange a meeting between Trump and Putin, forgetting to point out that Trump did NOT. Trump turned DOWN that suggestion. Three pages dedicated to this and nothing about the real collusion between the Clintons and Obama. Connie Aitcheson, Darien