an intelligent man who can be an effective communicator. Instead of using his intelligence, they do all these contrived events, with people asking contrived questions. |
He said if the legislature doesn't do certain things, he's going to take the issues to a referendum, ... Then he has to follow through. |
I think the governor's going to be in a difficult position, because during the campaign his positions were ambiguous on the issue. |
It's $40 million down the toilet, ... He's worse off now than if he hadn't held a special election. And these policy reforms — ideas that have merit — are now repudiated. |
The governor lacked a strategy, blew his honeymoon and had a series of major blunders that came back to haunt him for a special election that never should have been called. |
When you look at the gyrations in his policies, it appears he's plagued by an absence of core values. He comes across as a caricature, where energy and enthusiasm are confused with core values. |