Nothing in Illinois is going to change for the better until better people take the field –
Trump-like doers to be exact. Becoming a Republican Precinct Committeeperson is the perfect place to start.
We wouldn’t want to make too much of comparisons between Donald Trump and Henry V since the unhinged already try to say this President thinks he’s a king. But there are some remarkable similarities.
The Illinois political class can save their self-righteous lectures. If they really want to be helpful maybe they could give all of us a heads-up the next time Big Gambling, Big Weed or Big Whoever is about to get one of the bills they’ve written fast-tracked into law.
In President Trump we finally have a fighter. He’s not a product of the political environment. But the political environment has certainly become a product of him.
Having the same right to directly elect the members of the central committee of the state party, the organization that is arguably more powerful and more important than any single county organization, would just seem to be common sense.