Pat Quinn’s revenge

It’s all these last-minute exec orders, seven of them, including got-back-at-you items to show Rauner who used to be boss.

In one fell swoop, Gov. Bruce Rauner reversed seven 11th-hour executive orders signed by outgoing Gov. Pat Quinn, declaring they were not in the best interest of Illinois residents.

That includes an executive order that called for Rauner to release all of his tax information as well as one that increased the minimum wage for state contracts from $8.25 an hour to $10 an hour. Both of the issues were sticking points in a bruising campaign between the two men in 2014.

It’s (almost) enough to make you feel sorry for the party that made him its standard-bearer. Not quite.