Did Pat Pick Right Fight?
November 20, 2014 - by
Governor McCrory’s political instinct is right, but his choice of battlefield is puzzling.
The Governor seems to understand that the best way to get reelected is to pick a fight with the legislature. Governors are always more popular than legislatures. McCrory’s approval ratings are twice as high as this legislature.
But why not fight over something the public cares about? Nobody cares which politician appoints the coal ash commission.
And McCrory brings a glass jaw to this fight. As Senator Berger put it a while back: “The governor’s primary concern appears to be a desire to control the coal ash commission and avoid an independent barrier between his administration and former employer.”
“Former employer”! Yikes! Sounds like something a Democrat would say.
Or will say next year.
Did Pat Pick Right Fight?
November 20, 2014/
Governor McCrory’s political instinct is right, but his choice of battlefield is puzzling.
The Governor seems to understand that the best way to get reelected is to pick a fight with the legislature. Governors are always more popular than legislatures. McCrory’s approval ratings are twice as high as this legislature.
But why not fight over something the public cares about? Nobody cares which politician appoints the coal ash commission.
And McCrory brings a glass jaw to this fight. As Senator Berger put it a while back: “The governor’s primary concern appears to be a desire to control the coal ash commission and avoid an independent barrier between his administration and former employer.”
“Former employer”! Yikes! Sounds like something a Democrat would say.
Or will say next year.