"It seems like that was the Democratic playbook. I'm a Democrat. I'm about as far left as you can get. But he just kept pivoting to the governor," says Jeff Jenkins, a member of the Coonley local school council. "We know the governor isn't doing us any favors. That said, he's been there 18 months and (Cullerton) has been there 37 years and (House Speaker Michael Madigan) 45 years, and so for 80-plus years, you've been running the state."