U-turn
2010-07-20 - by
Governor Perdue made the right move in removing Colonel Glover from the Patrol.
By the way, don’t believe for a minute it was Glover’s idea – or that the Governor was “surprised.” These things don’t work that way.
Unfortunately, she reversed direction a week later than she should have. This should have happened at her much-pre-hyped news conference. She would have gotten a lot more, ahem, mileage.
What happened to change her mind?
It may have been the realization that the much-maligned news conference – the one that ended with her spokeswoman covering the mike – made her problem worse, not better.
Specifically, it became clear that the media, especially the N&O, wasn’t letting the story go. In fact, the governor made things worse by saying she never intervened in Patrol promotions, a statement she has backed away from.
I sense here a hint of media paranoia that is worrisome.
Governor Perdue made a crack at her press conference about “you” (the media) thinking “two people from Eastern North Carolina ” (she and Glover) aren’t qualified to run things.
The worst mistake she can make now is to assume that the media is out to get her. No, Governor, they’re out to get a story.
Don’t let media paranoia lead you down the same path that Mike Easley took.
Posted in General, North Carolina - Democrats
U-turn
2010-07-20/
Governor Perdue made the right move in removing Colonel Glover from the Patrol.
By the way, don’t believe for a minute it was Glover’s idea – or that the Governor was “surprised.” These things don’t work that way.
Unfortunately, she reversed direction a week later than she should have. This should have happened at her much-pre-hyped news conference. She would have gotten a lot more, ahem, mileage.
What happened to change her mind?
It may have been the realization that the much-maligned news conference – the one that ended with her spokeswoman covering the mike – made her problem worse, not better.
Specifically, it became clear that the media, especially the N&O, wasn’t letting the story go. In fact, the governor made things worse by saying she never intervened in Patrol promotions, a statement she has backed away from.
I sense here a hint of media paranoia that is worrisome.
Governor Perdue made a crack at her press conference about “you” (the media) thinking “two people from Eastern North Carolina ” (she and Glover) aren’t qualified to run things.
The worst mistake she can make now is to assume that the media is out to get her. No, Governor, they’re out to get a story.
Don’t let media paranoia lead you down the same path that Mike Easley took.
Posted in General, North Carolina - Democrats