Having lived through and closely covered the Bruce Rauner gubernatorial administration, I’ve been getting a strong sense of déjà vu lately as several famous “wise old men” have publicly advised Gov. JB Pritzker to call President Donald Trump and make some sort of deal that settles their disagreements.

This effort by political consultant David Axelrod and others was highlighted earlier this month when a Chicago TV reporter asked Pritzker: “Don’t you think if you maybe called [Trump], you can lower the temperature?”

Those of us who lived through the Rauner era heard and even futilely asked that very question time after time for more than two years.

But the truth was that Rauner was fighting an existential battle with labor unions. To accomplish that goal, he set out to damage and even des

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