The View from Right Field

Why I Hope Republicans Will Mostly Win on November 8

I vote for Republicans almost all the time, so why should anybody be surprise by the headline of this post?  Probably no reason other than I haven’t voted for a Republican candidate for President since Mitt Romney in 2012¹ and the Republicans have some truly abysmal candidates this year.

Some swing voters are understandably hesitant to vote Republican this year because the Republican Party is in such disarray and, as I said, it has some really bad candidates.  Consider Herschel Walker, running for Senate in Georgia.  And others, including Darren Bailey, Republican candidate for governor here in Illinois.  Many of these people won because of Donald Trump’s endorsement or believe his lie about the 2020 presidential election being stolen – or both.

The Most Important Election in Illinois in 2022: Amendment 1

The most important election in Illinois this year isn’t the race for governor or for the U.S. Senate.  It’s the vote on a proposed amendment to the Illinois Constitution that would add a guarantee of workers’ collective bargaining rights, and a very broad definition of those rights, to the Constitution.  (See the language of the proposed amendment here. )

The proponents of the amendment claim it’s necessary to protect the collective bargaining rights of workers.  Really?  The legislature, both houses of which have been controlled by the Democrats for 20 years, and will be again after this election, can’t do it? 

Break

I will be taking a break until the end of October.  Obviously, I haven't been posting much lately, and things will be busy for the next few weeks, so I might as well make it formal.  By the end of October, I hope to be able to get back to posting more.  See you then.