Understanding Illinois: Term Limits Ploy by Rauner Brilliant
By Jim Nowlan
Outside Columnist
GOP gubernatorial aspirant Bruce Rauner has cast himself as Sir Lancelot out to slay an unpopular dragon (the Illinois legislature) in his initiative to limit the terms of Illinois lawmakers. Whether he wins on the issue is irrelevant to his real objective of winning the March primary. Here I take a look at the policy and, more important, the politics of term limits.
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