Rasmussan's Job No.1: Finding new corner for boss to paint

IL Gov Bruce Rauner was furious, having discovered there was no more corner to paint around himself. Thirty months into his bizarre, scorched earth assault on Illinois' neediest, 16 of his GOP minions abandoned his quixotic quest to hold Illinois hostage, refusing to do Job 1, fund government, till his oligarch's fantasy was passed. Rauner responded with typical billionaire bravado, firing his chief of staff Richard Goldberg instead of himself. If you guessed he'd learn from 900 days of failure and govern sensibly, guess again. He appointed Kristina Rasmussen, head of the extreme right think tank Illinois Policy Institute to find a new corner for Rauner to paint himself into. Rasmussen is up to the job, having argued that all 44 of Rauner's unconscionable demands before passing a budget must be enacted. She showed up on Day 1 with a new paint brush....and a big bucket of fresh paint.