That first gubernatorial debate last week was quite the sight, and sound, for those who bothered to tune in.

 

There was a lot of sound and fury, and not so much in the way of further illuminating how anyone is really going to fix the state’s myriad problems.

 

And if you expect a governor to conduct him/herself with a certain deportment, you probably didn’t get any answers, either.

 

Democrat JB Pritzker got in his themes that Gov. Bruce Rauner is a liar and a failure. Rauner framed the campaign as being one of “taxes and corruption” and got to bring his favorite foil, House Speaker Michael Madigan, into the discussion. Conservative Party candidate Sen. Sam McCann managed to get under Rauner’s skin, sparking the most heated exchange of the evening. Libertarian Party candidate Kash Jackson got in a one-liner at Pritzker’s and Rauner’s expense that actually drew laughs from the audience.

 

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