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 Wednesday, Feb 7 Speaking at the City Club of Chicago on Monday, Republican governor candidate Jeanne Ives defended her recent campaign commercial and asked, "What's offensive about the ad?" Here's what's offensive: The ad goes well beyond criticizing Gov. Bruce Rauner. It mocks and belittles Illinois residents who shouldn't face derision from a gubernatorial candidate. |
| Columnist Eric Zorn says Ives' new commercial is deliberately provocative in a bid to get attention from voters. It's a tactic President Donald Trump — whom Ives supports — has employed successfully. |
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Will the controversial ad help or hurt Ives?Yes, lots of people are denouncing Ives' latest ad (including these self-described "moderate Republicans"), but most critics are likely people who wouldn't have supported her in the first place. People who closely follow Illinois politics or live in Ives' district have long known about her record as an outspoken social conservative, but this may be the first time many across the state are learning about her. Will the ad boost her chances of topping the more moderate Rauner in the Illinois Republican primary? Send your analyses and predictions to letters@chicagotribune.com. |
| Be sure not to confuse Carter Page, a former Trump foreign policy adviser and a key figure at the center of the Devin Nunes memo, with Clarence Page, the Tribune columnist who wrote this piece. |
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| Territorially, Islamic State has been squashed. But the threat it poses remains all too real — and ominous. The terrorist group is morphing into a guerrilla movement with the West firmly in its crosshairs. |
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| There's been a sea change on the right with Donald Trump at the helm. And not just for the Republican Party, writes Jonah Goldberg. |
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| Does President Trump have something important to cover up? |
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| Check out the latest cartoons by Tribune editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis. |
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