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Berkowitz: Cong. Darin LaHood (R-16th CD), 56, would play well as a U S Senate candidate upstate and downstate… and he could connect with moderate Dems and most independents, while being solid with the GOP’s conservative base…
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Jeff Berkowitz: Who does the GOP have to run for Governor? Well, they could have Todd Ricketts…The Ricketts family owns the Chicago Cubs and Todd is …
Todd, 55, was National GOP Finance Committee Chair [and was almost Secretary of Commerce in Trump’s first term]… So, Ricketts knows issues, politics…
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Berkowitz: …and you have a few more very credible GOP candidates [knows the issues, can build an organization & has or can get competitive money] for these races- Richard Porter, 65, is thinking of running for Governor, but he’s also very fluent with National issues [and national and local donors, as a former RNC committeeman, so he could just as easily run for U. S. Senate]…
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Berkowitz… and also Ted Dabrowski, 61, [President of Wirepoints, former VP, Policy, IL Policy Institute, and a former Executive and Trader in Finance at Citibank for more than fifteen years], is thinking of running for Governor, and is known for knowing IL state issues [and data] extremely well…
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Terry Martin: Ted is our friend from Wirepoints and we frequently use their research data for our slides on [IL state and Chicago issues]…
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Berkowitz: Trump’s trip to Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar was a game changer…
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President Trump: I want to make a deal with Iran but if Iran’s leadership rejects our olive branch and continues to attack their neighbors, we have no choice but to…