Illinois Odd Couple

Illinois Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner (R) “is an enigma to many or most veterans of the political scene in President Obama’s home state — but not to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel,” Politico reports.

“The two men have a genuine friendship that dates back a decade and a half, to Emanuel’s brief but lucrative stint at the investment firm Wasserstein Perella in the late 1990s. There, the future White House chief of staff helped cement a half-billion dollar deal for Rauner’s company GTCR.”