On a scale of 1-5 rate your governor

[LynneSin]

I'm just excited to be in a state with a great governor (Delaware and Governor Jack Markell) and I know this country isn't overloaded with governors like Kasich, Walker, Scott and Brewer. Rate your governor and check in with who you have.

Anyhow, we need to know what states we have to focus on so more of you have great governors again!

[NYC_SKP]

1. Jerry Brown. (nt)

:bounce:

[upstatecajun]

2. Guess!!!!!!!!

OHIO :argh:

[dana_b]

36. +1

we are very fortunate

[mike_c]

55. I'm giving Jerry a "he's OK" rating....

Brown's fiscal conservatism is still likely to do more damage than good, especially to higher education and services for the poor, elderly, sick, etc. He has so far been unwilling to even discuss progressive taxes to fill the budget hole with revenue-- his proposals to extend existing taxes place most of the burden on the middle class and the poor.

California isn't broke. It STILL has the worlds 8th largest and most robust economy, putting us ahead of many COUNTRIES that care for their citizens far better than California does. Brown isn't providing leadership when he pledges not to do what's necessary to solve the state's budget problem without agreement by all stake-holders. Republicans are NOT going to get on board no matter what he proposes-- they benefit politically when Brown fails or even simply appears to flounder. Anyone with even the slightest conservative ideological leaning will vote to throw a monkey-wrench into Brown's plans if they ever get a chance-- remember, he's asking poor and middle class Californians to raise taxes on themselves while letting wealthy individuals and corporations utterly off the hook.

So my assessment SO FAR is that while Brown's social liberalism is a breath of fresh air in Sacramento, and I certainly applaud the increased access that I and my union have in the governor's office, I'm afraid his deep fiscal conservatism is ham-stringing his ability to LEAD California out of its doldrums.

On edit-- at the recent April 13 demonstrations on my campus, I spotted a sign that really says everything I want Jerry Brown to hear: "Tax the rich. Problem solved."

[KamaAina]

105. Megadittos, Mike!

:hi:

[Le Taz Hot]

153. +1

Thank you. He's not the savior so many make him out to be. Yes, anything's better than Ahnie but he came out against PROP. 19 (legalize marijuana) and he's too much of a Party Puppet. The draconian cuts he's making because he refuses to tax the rich are no better than what a Republican governor would have done.

I'm tracking SB676 (legalizing hemp) which just got through the Ag Committee and is now in Sec. Committee. It's passed the leg. twice already and both Wilson and Ahnie vetoed it. I'm going to be real interested as to how Brown handles this one.

[K8-EEE]

60. Another big FIVE for Gov Brown!

So glad to have him back!

[shanti]

116. yep, JB is the one!

:) after almost 16 years of repuke rule, he is most welcome!

[shanti]

117. dupe

self-delete

[AsahinaKimi]

126. like!

eom

[Beaverhausen]

135. yep!

[Tikki]

151. For sure....

YAY, I say...


Tikki

[flamingdem]

177. Yay Jerry

Seems to know how to handle freeperepublicans and kicked Meg's hiney, shall see.

:hippie: :toast:

[Raine]

190. Jerry Brown for me too, can't say he's the greatest

because from past history he's very unpredictable and all over the map but he's OK, better than average. :thumbsup:

[dimbear]

207. Jerry. Jerry.

If he can't fix it, nobody can. Which, of course, could be.

I look at Jerry like a favorite set of bookends. :)

[musette_sf]

223. 1 to the +

Hooray for Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr!

:woohoo:

[panader0]

3. Jan Brewer

you didn't have a zero so I had to vote 1.

[LynneSin]

7. well 1 is the absolute worst governor but you'll have to share that title with a few others

:cry:

[blueamy66]

24. Me too

At least Ms. Tate got her transplant....coach at my alma mater....went to fundraisers for her...

I wanna move outta this state.....

[blondeatlast]

134. Yep--Jan "George Wallace" Brewer and Joe "Bull Connor" Arpaio.

Welcome back to 1959...

[thelordofhell]

147. on a scale of 1-5.......she's the negative 5

We needed a governor, we got a deer in the headlights

[atreides1]

4. Virginia

[mikeytherat]

44. I'm with ya, here. Is "negative infinity" a number?

mikey_the_rat

[MilesColtrane]

5. The absolute worst, and I am surprised he hasn't declared yet.

[creon]

176. Perry is terrible

The man who came before him -- GWB was worse.

[grillo7]

200. I wasn't here for the reign of W in Texas, but Perry is awful

[creon]

221. blind kitten

Perry is incompetent.
TX has a weak governor system, so his stupidity can be hard to notice.

[demmiblue]

6. Rick Snyder=1

:(

[Urban Prairie]

130. "No Neck" Engler was no prize either.

But of all of the GOP governors that Michigan has had, since I was born, I do respect and have admired William Milliken, and wish all Rethugs were more like him.

[erinlough]

218. Absolutely!

Most dangerous also.

[seabeyond]

8. perry? ah hahahaha. nt

[kentauros]

28. Yeah, we need a zero for him

or negative numbers }(

[seabeyond]

42. that is what i was thinking. but really, scott and walker and dude in ohio worse, i think. nt

[kentauros]

95. Perhaps it's that they have done as much damage as Perry,

only in a very short time. Perry has overstayed his "welcome" while the others are just getting started...

[seabeyond]

97. that and i was thinking. he seems to be doing it but it is much quieter

so may not seem as much

i was so hoping he would be beat last time. so bummed he wasnt

[cali]

9. my new guv has only been in office for a couple of months so

so saying he's the best ever is a tad premature. I do think that he's quite a good governor and perhaps will be a great one. Oh, Peter Shumlin, btw.

[lpbk2713]

10. Rick Scott

Need I say more?

[csziggy]

124. Yeah, I never would have thought Florida could get worse than Jeb Bush

But we managed to go MUCH lower!

[SacredCow]

11. Piyush....

There is not a rating system that can be comprehended by the human mind to describe how craptastic he truly is.

[LynneSin]

14. On the bright side at least he ruined his chances of running for president

although it would have been amusing to see him try.

[hobbit709]

12. About a -1000 for Governor Goodhair.

[sasha031]

13. Deval Patrick

:)

[jpljr77]

15. Martin O'Malley - Maryland. Solid 4, probably a 4.5, actually. n/t

[LiberalEsto]

29. I agree with you

O'Malley's pretty good, but needs to be a bit more forceful on issues like wind power.

[madinmaryland]

191. Martin O'Malley for President in 2016!!

[kwassa]

199. I gave O'Malley a 5.

I'm in a generous mood.

[mvd]

216. He gets extra points for standing up to Christie the bully's taunting!

I used to live in MD and am happy you have a good governor. :thumbsup:

[BillStein]

16. Corbett

Not the worst, but still a steaming pile of republican values

[femmocrat]

197. I had to give him a 1, but he deserves a zero.

He is the worst PA governor in my lifetime.

Welcome to DU, BillStein! :hi:

[Altoid_Cyclist]

17. Tom (Gasman) Corbett

We are very much fracked in PA.

[Mnemosyne]

37. And he is fracking us more each day. Corbett is a complete asshole.n/t

[RamboLiberal]

132. +1000 on King Corbett

[Mnemosyne]

148. He makes Ridge almost seem like a good governor. n/t

[Sinistrous]

43. I wish it were just the fracking issue that Corbett and

his legislative lapdogs were screwing us with. His budget is an obscenity.

[PRETZEL]

58. Next year will be worse, nt

[starroute]

86. Another Pennsylvanian here

We're not in fracking territory, so he hasn't impacted us as directly as some -- yet. But I'm waiting for the effects of his budget to show up locally.

He may not be the worst governor in the country -- but I think he's the worst we've had here.

[PA Democrat]

90. Corbett's budget is disgusting. The reason the man is so pasty white

is that his head is so far up the butt of the frackers that he hasn't seen the light of day in years.

[grntuscarora]

100. just cast a" worst" vote for Corbett

What he's letting the gas drillers get away with is criminal.:mad:

[mvd]

212. I gave Corbett a 1

Why? Because he's just as bad as the others, only more quiet than some.

[peace13]

18. Kasich...you tell me? The worst!

[rucky]

39. Taft was still worse (so far), but Kasich is quickly catching up.

[mod mom]

118. Are you kidding? Taft was nothing as bad a Kasich who is selling off state assets to cronies

for pennies on the dollar and then there's this:

Taxpayer Rip-Off of the Week Award: The Kasich Budget’s “Secret Six”
APRIL 12, 2011 BY EDITOR

For Immediate Release:
April 12, 2011
Contact: Dale Butland
614-783-5833
INNOVATION OHIO’S TAXPAYER RIP-OFF OF THE WEEK:
THE KASICH BUDGET’S “SECRET SIX”

LITTLE KNOWN BUDGET PROVISIONS MAKE OBM DIRECTOR A CZAR;
FAVORED CONTRACTORS WOULD PAY NO BUSINESS TAXES

Columbus—Innovation Ohio, a progressive think tank headquartered in Columbus, today presented its second “Taxpayer Rip-Off of the Week” Award to the “Secret Six” pages of the Kasich budget which would not only give the Administration unprecedented contracting authority, but also exempt winning contractors from paying any state or local business taxes, including the state “CAT” that all other businesses are required to pay.

Squirreled away between pages 261 and 266 of HB 153 (Kasich’s proposed two-year budget) are 200 seemingly innocuous lines that would make OBM Director Tim Keen the most powerful unelected person in Ohio. These passages authorize him to contract out—for up to 75 years—ANY state service to ANY applicant that he alone deems “qualified” to “more efficiently and effectively provide those services.” Best of all, contractors Keen picks as winners would pay no business tax on gross receipts or on any income “derived from providing public services.”

There is no requirement that the favored bidder be current on taxes, operate a safe workplace, pay a legal wage or even be an Ohio company that employs Ohioans. Nor is there any prohibition against awarding contracts to major Kasich campaign contributors. And awards would not be subject to review or approval by the state Controlling Board or anyone else.

Said Innovation Ohio’s Communications Director Dale Butland:
“With these “Secret Six” pages, the Governor’s proposed budget takes “taxpayer rip-off” to a whole new level. They transform the OBM Director into an unaccountable modern day Czar, vested with unchecked power to contract out any state service to any company he alone deems ‘qualified.’ The lucky companies get a contract for up to 75 years and—as an extra bonus—don’t have to pay taxes on the money they earn!

“So let’s review. A generous Kasich campaign donor behind on his taxes—who operates a call center in Bangladesh paying workers $4.00 per day—would pay no business taxes on income from a state contract providing job re-training advice to unemployed Ohioans over the phone.

“Of course, public scrutiny, legislative oversight, and tax fairness don’t mesh with privatizing state services ‘at the speed of business.’ It’s a ‘new day and a new way.’ And transparency and fairness are so yesterday.”

http://innovationohio.org/featured/taxpayer-rip-off-of-the-week-award-the-kasich-budgets-secret-six

[tularetom]

19. My governor inherited a big giant fucking mess and he hasn't fixed it yet

But hey, he's only been governor for a couple months and it looks like he's taking a pretty good shot at it. I'm encouraged that he doesn't hesitate to talk shit to the people who helped cause the mess.

There really was no category for "Too soon to tell".

Now the governor we had before this one, he was a worthless POS. Plus I think the governor of a state ought to be able to pronounce that state's name and he couldn't.

[JVS]

20. 4: Pat Quinn.

[mucifer]

34. same here Pat Quinn 4

[surrealAmerican]

155. Likewise ...

... although we actually haven't had a better governor since I've lived in this state, there is some room for improvement. Still, I'm glad to have him: we could have done so much worse.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

198. Agree. 4. Not great but I think he's competant and honest.

[abq e streeter]

21. Susanna Martinez---endorsed by Sarah Palin....need I say more?

[William769]

22. -1000!

Florida.

[jillan]

23. Brewer.

[kenfrequed]

25. Mark Dayton

4-5 somewhere in there.

[hifiguy]

27. Agreed

I would give him a 4+.

[kenfrequed]

66. I have a guilty confession

I really wasn't as fond of Kelliher as she seemed to trend to the center a bit too much and actually was glad that Dayton took the primary.

[geardaddy]

67. I felt the same way.

I was glad when Dayton won the primary.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

194. Dayton is all that stands between the people of Minnesota and

the carnage the Republicans would wreak on us if they could - like Wisconsin and Ohio.

[MadBadger]

26. Christie in Jersey, Walker in Wisconsin

Fucked in both ends

[tabbycat31]

201. I hear you

I'm a NJ girl who is working a recall in Wisconsin right now.

[jpak]

30. LePage - LeSuckage

yup

[bullwinkle428]

31. Branstad in Iowa. Lousy for sure, but he ain't Walker, Kasich, Scott, Brewer,

etc. Gave him a 2.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

32. What's The Biggest Negative Number Known To Man? I Live In Ohio

This A-hole makes me wistful for the halcyon days of Bob Taft.

[madokie]

33. A big fat ZERO

Mary Fallin
A woman who was caught with her panties down around her ankles giving a blow job to her highway patrol escort down by the lake. She and her hiway patrol escort both got a divorce because of it but yet the stupid here in our state elected her as our fucking governor.

Personally I think we here in Oklahoma are being screwed by our electronic vote counting machines. We used to elect good honest people in office then somehow they started using these black boxes to count our votes and things have gone to shit ever since. On a local level most times our elections will be decided at the Democratic primary as no :puke: will even try but on the national level we get the likes of Mary 'panties around her ankles' Fallin as governor, Dr No as senator number two and airplane pilot senator number one. Sen. Coburn and Inhofe is who I'm referring to here. :grr:

[DemoTex]

49. Big fat ZERO here in SC, too!

Goobernor Nikki Haley, the tea-bagging bimboramous.

:hi:

[madokie]

78. I remember her

She pretty much has the same problems as my dear (cough) governor. Can't seem to keep her panties on which is no problem in itself but when she lies about it then thats a problem.
:hi:

[KaryninMiami]

35. Our Governor is a criminal who stole millions and plead the 5th

And now, lucky us, he's demonstrating how much damage a money-hungry, power grabbing, tea-bagger l can do to a state that was barely getting by under our last governor- Charlie Crist. I pray that we'll figure out a way to recall Scott but it's not looking likely.

[Just One Woman]

38. Tn Haslam

One of his first orders of business was an executive order throwing out the income disclosure rules. So he basically said that it was none of our business when and where his or other Tn politician's money comes from.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/jan/16/executive-order-gov-haslam-throws-out-income-discl/

[Dappleganger]

40. 1. Governor Voldemort

[Lifelong Protester]

41. Negative numbers please!

Living la vida MUY LOCA here in Wisconsin, er, Fitzwalkerstan, with Scotty "the Tool" Walker.

Gawd, did you see him yesterday? Being pwned by Dennis? Snotty looked like a very stupid, slightly sleepy, petulant teenager.

He is an EMBARASSMENT to our state. Him and his Fitzgerald cronies.

[Wounded Bear]

45. Gregoire......pretty good, IMO.

In fact, I expect some national attention next cycle and beyond.

[lumberjack_jeff]

102. agree. I said 4.

We've been lucky with some good governors.

[Matariki]

120. Yep - she's pretty good.

considering she has to deal with all of Tim Eyeman's initiatives.

[Upton]

131. I had given Gregoire a 4..

but if I would have known she was going to refuse to sign the medical marijuana bill, it would have been a 3 or less..

[quiller4]

166. I gave Gregoire a 4 but I give her a "+" for her refusal to sign

After the DOJ issued the warning it would have been unwise to sign. I think Gregoire is a very good governor in a very difficult period. I think she will be ranked as one of our best along with Albert Rosellini and Clarence Martin.

[TriMera]

133. She's trying. I gave her a 4. n/t

[woofless]

136. Agreed.

[maxsolomon]

141. I gave her a 2.

I'm anti-tunnel, pro-surface solution, so her refusal to push WSDOT to think outside the box infuriates me.

[Wounded Bear]

146. That whole issue's a mess....

I don't really blame Christine. Of course, I have to admit that I was out of state until 2005, so I missed a lot of the early wrangling on it.

Personally, I want a new viaduct, as it is a Seattle icon to me. But I want to move on and just get something done. Now the mayor is asking for another vote? Really? We've had 3. The viaduct is going to fall down someday, and somebody will get killed when it does.

Late add: I can't vote her that low on any single issue.

[Greybnk48]

46. We have Walker, the worst WI has ever had to my

knowledge.

[Renew Deal]

47. Cuomo is doing what he can to drain the swamp.

Not so easy.

[djg21]

57. Is he resigning?

nt

[Renew Deal]

75. That's BS!

[DireStrike]

152. lol nice

[mdmc]

184. lol

I gave him an ok on this poll..
think of the shit that other states put up with..

[FourScore]

220. True...Still...What's NY doing with a DINO? n/t

[FourScore]

219. LOL. What a disappointment he has been! n/t

[reggie the dog]

48. 4 in Illinois for the moment

on edit, i forgot that our governor signed a bill into law that has abolished the death penalty. thus he has done something very good for the state of illinois

[RT Atlanta]

50. GA Nathan Deal

Ethically challenged (why he quit as representative) and on the verge (maybe already filed) bankruptcy for failed business dealings

In summary: the quintessential republican leader for our times.

[theophilus]

51. Mike Beebe is doing a fine job in a problematic state, imo. n/t

[RockaFowler]

52. pRick Scott

Enough Said

[ddeclue]

125. +1 n/t

[demwing]

208. and again

I can't stomach the fucker. Just looking at his photo makes me want to punch something inanimate.

[Javaman]

53. I live in Texas. Need I say more? nt

[Horse with no Name]

106. Let me add my pile of vomit to that as well. n/t

[IndyPragmatist]

54. Mitch Daniels gets a 3 from me, but the Indiana republicans get a 0.

Working within Indiana politics, I get to see more than the public sees. And I've realized that all the crappy stuff the republicans in Indiana are pushing are not really backed by Mitch (other than the education reform, but the parts Daniels supported aren't too bad). Maybe it's because Mitch is gearing up to run for President (which I think he would be the best option if a republican won), but he isn't doing too bad in my book. He avoids the social issues that the republicans are pushing (gay marriage bans, anti-abortion, etc), and really only focuses on economic issues.

Or maybe it's because I have the worst mayor in America (Greg Ballard), so Mitch just looks good in comparison.

[Maeve]

56. Ohio, God help us eom

[Search4Justice]

59. Mark Dayton is doing alright...

.. considering he's up against a Rethuglican legislature.

[Waiting For Everyman]

61. 5 - O'Malley, Maryland (D)

An especially nice contrast after that zero before him, Bob Ehrlich (R).

[Tommy_Carcetti]

64. O'Malley 2016!

That's my hope. Too bad I don't live in Maryland anymore to enjoy it. While I love living in Florida, I hate, hate, hate the politics here, all the way up to Governor McFraudy himself.

[LynneSin]

76. I couldn't believe Erlich ran again and lost...

even though this was a year for republicans winning everything.

Goes to show how much Marylanders thought Erlich sucked. Hopefully he and Michael Steele will disappear forever from MD politics.

[jpljr77]

94. Seriously. In a "sweeping election" for Republicans, O'Malley destroyed Ehrlich

And I'll admit, I was suckered by the Washington Post's almost maniacal "it's going to be really, really close" coverage of the election. So much so that I started telling anyone who would listen to go vote O'Malley.

And then he wins by 14 points.

[LynneSin]

99. I almost bought into the whole "O'Donnell might win this one" in Delaware

Instead she was so disliked by us northern Delawareans that she helped put enough DE house seats in the Dem column that we finally got Civil Unions passed here in Delaware.

[bluestate10]

167. Your state voters did well. I was concerned watching from afar, but voters like

you came through to impose sanity.

[Sabriel]

62. Scott Walker. Enough said. n/t

[HughBeaumont]

63. I live in Ohio. We can't even recall our Fascist Fuckernator.

So he gets to lay waste to employment and wages and crony it up as much as he wants.

He has no intention of being re-elected. He's just another Koch mule, just like Walker and Scott and the rest of the dicks.

[bluestate10]

168. While I regret your pain, governors like Walker, Kasich, Fallin

may be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back and bring about a permanent democatic and progressive lead government in states and on the national level. Voters were angry a democrats for not solving a completely fucked up situation fast enough. But now, many of those voters see how badly they can get damaged by republicans. That teabagger events aren't drawing the crowds that they once drew is no accident. Voters that once fell for the teabagger message now see them for what the baggers are, a reincarnation of the republican, religious right that was so soundly rejected in 2006 and 2008. If democrats don't f is up, 2012 could be a bumper year for democrats. I just got a mailer from a former democratic congresswoman in a neighboring state who was defeated by a republican. She sees that repub's votes and have laced on her gloves again and is ready to fight through 2012.

[HughBeaumont]

206. I think they cooked themselves with their wanting to phase out Medicare in this latest BS Budget.

First labor and now potential retirees. Who will they screw/declare war on next?

[izquierdista]

65. Can we use negative numbers?

For all of you saying Rick Scott is the worst ever, consider his neighbor to the north, Nathan Deal. At least the crook Scott has a fat bank account for himself. Deal can't even steal enough to keep himself out of bankruptcy. :rofl: :rofl:

[Erose999]

68. Nathan Deal (with the devil). He's not as bad as Sonny Perdoo-doo. Supposedly he will vote for the

bill to legalize Sunday sales once it passes the general assembly.

[RebelOne]

111. That is the only good thing he has accomplished so far. n/t

[karynnj]

69. NJ - definately a 1

We have had many Republican governors in the past, but he is worse.

[Trekologer]

156. Alas there isn't a less than 1 option

He hasn't accomplished anything. He talks a big game (which is what keeps his supporters behind him) but hasn't really done anything buy flap his gums.

[democratXX]

70. Butch Otter

From Idaho- cut medicaid, took away teachers' bargaining power, wants our kids to sit in a classroom full of computers with no teachers, refuses to even consider increasing taxes---oh and the state of Idaho had to pay for the republican's lawsuit regarding close primaries.

[urbanhermit]

159. Otter is horrible

We have a mentally disabled family member and the medicaid cuts are going to be devastating.

[alfredo]

71. We have Steve Beshear (D-Ky). We hear very little from him, and

that's fine with many in this state. Our last governor Ernie Fletcher (R-Asshole) added a secret door so he could sneak in and out of his office. He also demanded a limo to drive him the one block from his office to his mansion. He didn't like having contact with us peasants. I guess he thought we had cooties or smelled funny.

[TheKentuckian]

137. Yup, largely quiet tends to be pretty good here. No scandals and no major blow ups

Which means he is one of our better Governors in a while and a huge upgrade over the clusterfuck that was Ernie Fletcher, a man who made George W Bush look like Solomon, Churchill, Lincoln, FDR, and Einstein had a love child with all their best attributes.

[alfredo]

139. I love that Ernie gave pardons to all potential prosecution witnesses, buying

Their silence. He was a preacher. Aren't they supposed to be honest and paragons of virtue?

[TheKentuckian]

149. I didn't know he was a preacher or I wouldn't have come back any of the times I left

Those Republican doctors are vile enough but a GOP preacher/doctor is scary as zombie Reagan and a nuclear meltdown on the front porch.
Especially old Ernesto there since he had the intellect of bug splatter.

We might be crazy in the Commonwealth but we are wise enough to generally pass on Republican Governors. I hope that allowing consecutive terms hasn't screwed that up.
It kept us from getting caught in throw the bums out cycles by allowing our guys to run away from the last one, if need be.
Three terms of Republican governors since reconstruction is nothing to sneeze at in any state in the Union and I'd like to keep it that way.

[alfredo]

154. We need an occasional rep gov to remind us. Williams would be a real

Disaster for our state. He's bad enough as Senate President.s

Did Richie Farmer jump the couch with the divorce?

[TheKentuckian]

158. I haven't heard anything on the divorce in a bit but of course his presence on a ticket can be

dangerous because people will vote for him strictly because he was popular white player for UK and an Unforgettable that normally spit and the word Republican.

[alfredo]

183. It will depend on how dirty things get in the divorce. The

weak link is the top of the ticket. Williams is a vicious little toad.

[alfredo]

225. Something I made for the Governor's race.

If you like, pass it on.

[Thunderstruck]

72. -5 - Perry.

[Maine-ah]

73. LePage

sucks

[Dawson Leery]

74. Malloy, D-CT.

He is taking an unpopular though proper stance. As with Gray Davis and Jon Corzine, Malloy is making certain cuts while raising some taxes.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

77. Jeez, and I thought Jeb was terrible

I didn't know terrible.

[DainBramaged]

79. Krispy Cristie, 3 out of 4 dislike this fuck now

so stupid, baited by promises of Property tax relief, and he helps his rich friends and he himself is a stooge of theirs.

[crazylikafox]

80. A 5 for O'Malley , (D- MD)

[deutsey]

110. I'm so relieved Ehrlich didn't win...we'd be going through what WI and other

states are going through now.

[maddezmom]

81. voted #2 andGood Hair Perry is my Gov

[a la izquierda]

82. Mary Fallin- blech!

Good luck trying to change Oklahomans' minds. I'm happy I'm leaving soon, but I guess I'm exchanging one crap governor for another.

[Shadowflash]

83. I'm in Michigan

'Nuff said!

[catbyte]

84. Me too. I thought Engler was the worst--WRONG!!

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[Forkboy]

87. Deval Patrick...had to go with #4.

He's done alright, and getting anything done here in Mass takes a Herculean effort anyways. The Statehouse should be a sitcom.

[bluestate10]

169. From Patrick's book excerpts, he seems content to stay his full

second term in Massachusetts.

[FailureToCommunicate]

179. It could be worse, we could have Mittens for governor. Oh, wait...

[OhioChick]

88. Kasich...need I say more?

:rofl:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

89. Texas here. Our Governor has limited powers. A gift to us from the Reconstruction

Which makes him somewhat less dangerous than others are forced to deal with in the US. As such, I'd say his main priority is padding the pockets of his "good ol' boy" network at the expense of the lower income and working class people in the state. Well, that and prancing around like a bloated peacock (my apologies to bloated peacocks everywhere for the association.) He's pretty much a classic windbag Republican. :shrug:

[LynneSin]

101. I remember that from the Bush years, he was more of a figurehead

but Delay fucked up your state so wretched horrible that I doubt the dems will ever see power in that state, which is a shame because there are alot of great democrats in Texas.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

104. Correct on all counts.

Most southern state governors have limited power due to the Reconstruction. Which is one of the reasons I was surprised to see Bush actually get the nomination. I knew they were grooming him for the bid while he was Governor in Texas. Yet, I still managed to be surprised when Republicans gave him the nod. It goes to show how little most Americans really know about individual states political structures.

You're also correct about DeLay fucking up Texas beyond repair. We (Democrats) made huge gains in 2008 and for a brief moment we thought we may be able overwhelm the damage done in Texas by sheer force of will. Then 2010 came and we lost so much ground it's actually worse now than it was before. We still hold our urban areas, even if not as securely as before, but all of the rural areas are a total loss. I've had old-timers tell me they've never seen a political climate in Texas this bad. Now, with a band of the most excessive (read: batshitcrazy) Republicans in power, we're about to be redistricted again. The future does not look bright for Texas Dems, or Texas poor, elderly or our children for that matter. I doubt it will again in my lifetime.

[LynneSin]

107. There really needs to be a law about redistricting

I use to live in Pennsylvania and they did some seriously whack things with redistricting like splitting up Philadelphia so the districts would reach far out into the suburbs and rural parts of the surrounding counties. I remember one district in the Philly area with a 'lollipop' section that was used to lump a very dem/jewish neighborhood in with the bumpkins from Upper Bucks county.

Redistricting laws need to be set to certain areas. Districts should be created in a way that have defined borders and shapes. End of discussion. That's the only way we're going to save some of these states and get a fair representative for the people who live there.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

109. Lollipop shaped districts are nothing. We have districts that resemble snakes.

I kid you not. Twisting and winding half way across the state.

The US Voting Rights Act protects against discriminatory redistricting, such as was found to have been done in one district in Texas. However, other than that it's impossible to get any US entity to touch a tool which has been used since the 1700's to gain, or hold, political leverage. They simply refuse to give up such a longstanding tradition of manipulative corruption.

[w8liftinglady]

227. you mean- like Barton's district?

[njlib]

91. NJ here

and Christie gets a big FAT 0!!!

[Zephie]

92. Another Rick Scott check in

:(

[charlie and algernon]

93. Another 5 for Martin O'Malley

[GoldenOldie]

96. Arizona - Need I say more?

[greendog]

98. Brian Schweitzer

WAY BETTER than the alternative!

[bluestate10]

173. I love what Schweitzer did to the repuke bills, the branding iron veto was original. nt

[Kermitt Gribble]

103. You need a different scale

for those of us stuck with Rick Scott...

[retread]

108. Our new gov is already responsible for the making of a new horror movie.

"Governor Turtlehead versus the State of Florida." (Stolen/borrowed from a blogger's name in Tampa)

[LTR]

112. Worst ever!

<------------ Hint

[MrSlayer]

113. Corbett is a 1. Total piece of shit.

I hate my fellow Pennsylvanians, they are mostly idiots.

[bluestate10]

174. The latest poll showed that if the election was run last week, Corbett would

have lost by 5 percentage points. Many voters in your state have buyer's remorse. If democrats play their game right, 2012 and 2013 are setting up as bumper election years. 2012 is obvious, but in 2013, the New Jersey fatso and the Virginia dumb-ass come up for reelection for governor. And the Virginia AG job is up for grabs in 2013.

[MrSlayer]

217. Yes but we're still stuck with him for four frigging years.

This prick never should have been elected in the first place. Saying you're sorry it happened now is no consolation. It should never have gotten to this point.

[mod mom]

114. Ohio. Worst!

[craigmatic]

115. Deal is corrupt and just as bad as the rest of the repubs. I rate him 0

[lunatica]

119. Jerry Brown. The best.

[TornadoTN]

121. Bill Haslam (R-Pilot Oil)

This guy is crushing our state to death with his Scott Walker-like assault on Unions and Teachers. He's also setting a new low on ethics violations (which will never see any type of prosecution). Just read up on his ethics - he's governing to take full advantage of his time to set up Pilot Oil as the next Exxon.

[mfcorey1]

122. Deal in Georgia is running neck and neck with Scott Walker. nt

[ddeclue]

123. You left off the following categories:

6) My governor is Boss Hogg and I live in Hazzard County..

7) My governor is Darth Vader and I live in a galaxy far far away..

8) I don't have a governor.. he's an emperor and I live in a galaxy far far away..

9) Mein Fuhrer... um I mean mein governor is Herr Hitler and I live in the Sudetenland..

10) We used to have Nero but now we are ruled by our benevolent Caesar Caligula..

11) My governor is Darth Scott of Florida...

12) My governor is John Kasichus of Ohio.

13) My governor is S.W. Hogg of Wisconsin..

:eyes:

[BlueIris]

127. 2. He has the word Democrat next to his name.

That's about all I've got.

[bighughdiehl]

128. Fucking Corbett....

Allows the frackers to frack up the drinking water without paying taxes,
makes cuts to schools, services corresponding numerically
to various questionable tax breaks. He knows what he is doing...I am convinced he
is a psychopath just like Cheney.

[peacefreak]

129. LePage has made it acceptable

to tell the President to go to hell, tell the NAACP to kiss his butt & remove federally funded artwork from a public building. The guy was only sworn in January 5. He's an over-achiever!

[Wait Wut]

138. NOT FAIR!

No one is s'posta make me think of Brewer the Crypt Keeper on FRIDAY!

:cry:

[Vanje]

140. Butch Otter : The affable tyrant king of Idaho

He earned his money the old fashioned way: He married into the Simplot family.

[jmowreader]

143. I was going to mention Otter...

Vanje, Otter's a weird one.

The guy is God awful as a governor.

We can't rate him as the worst currently sitting governor because of Scott Walker, Chris Christie, Bob McDonnell, Rick the Prick, Jan Brewer...

[Mudoria]

142. Bev Perdue is Ok I guess... nothing outstanding about her

Have to admit I voted for the repub in the Gov's race tho since I thought McCrory was a better candidate.

[bluestate10]

170. You are lucky that you did not get the repub. Look at Wisconsin, Ohio, ect. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

144. Yay for Jerry Brown!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[PeaceNikki]

145. I voted in the Republican primary just to vote AGAINST Scott Walker twice.

[proud2BlibKansan]

150. I live in Brownbackistan

Need I say more? :)

[bluetex]

157. Governor Goodhair....

Talks like a PUB,

Governs like a Progressive. What's not to like?

[xmas74]

171. wrong spot nt

[noel711]

160. Tom Corbett

Walker wannabe.

I wanna know when all these jokes got their
marching orders from Die Fuhrer..

[ElsewheresDaughter]

161. Cuomo and he is making me sorry I ever voted for him

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

162. Same here. He's presently running newspeak ads on tv. :(

[CatholicEdHead]

163. 5: For Mark Dayton

We got lucky in MN to have one of the best governors in years. I am so glad we dodged the bulled of Tom Emmer, or Emmer would do to MN what Walker is doing to WI.

[blue neen]

164. Corporate Corbett.

Governor Gashole. Governor Whorebett. Whatever you want to him call...

He's an asshole!

Worst governor ever, and I have lived in this state for 50 years.

[Bucky]

165. On a scale of 1 to 5, I rate my governor a "Goodhair"

[xmas74]

172. Jay Nixon from Missouri.

Loads better than Matt Blunt the Boy Wonder. Then again, how hard could it be to do a better job then Roy's kid?

[Dj13Francis]

175. Really?

55% of you guys live in Florida?

I guess we have more DUers in this state than I thought! Cool!

www.davidjamesfrancis.com

[SteppingRazor]

178. -2,000. Unless you live in Florida, I win the Worst Governor competition.

And if you live in Florida like me, at least we tie. :)

[A Brand New World]

180. Kasich = 1. If you had a choice of 0, that's what I would

have picked. Absolutely, positively the worst EVER! And Ohio's been known to have some bad ones.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

181. Mr. Moonbeam himself, no complaints,

5 out of 5.

[proud patriot]

182. Jerry Brown gets a 5 from me

Thank You Jerry !

[onethatcares]

185. prickscott, need I say more?

along with a puke legislature with a super majority. we in Floriduh are screwn big time.

[themadstork]

186. Mitch daniels

He gets a 1 for the way he passes himself of as some kind of fiscally savvy business wonk. He's just another GOP know-nothing dick.

[Stinky The Clown]

187. I voted a 5 for Martin O'Malley

I really think more like a 4.5 or so, but I prefer to give him the benefit of the doubt.

[iris27]

188. Jay Nixon - miles better than *shudder* Matt Blunt, the previous R gov.

And I would argue better than Holden, the Dem before Blunt as well. I'm generally happy with him. He has punted a couple times on more progressive issues, but now that I'm trying to remember the specifics on those, I'm drawing a blank. Will proudly support his re-election, though!

Also, there was an assassination attempt against him in 2010 that surprisingly got almost NO media coverage. I guess just because he was still at the airport at the time? He was scheduled to speak at a KC college, and a student stabbed a dean just outside of the room where Nixon was scheduled to speak, thinking incorrectly that the dean WAS Nixon.

[GoCubsGo]

189. Nimrata Haley of South Carolina

Too ashamed of her Indian heritage, and afraid of the bigots here, so she goes by "Nikki". She may not be the worst of the current slate of governors, but she is certainly the worst that has ever occupied the Governor's mansion as long as I have lived in this state--and this is the state that gave us Governor Lover Boy.

[tibbir]

192. Governor Goodhair in Texas

[Richardo]

193. I don't see the square root of -1 on the list

Rick Perry. :puke:

[we can do it]

195. KSuck

[Contrary1]

196. Indiana...I give Mitch Daniels a zero.

But he earns a 10 in the art of lying. He's way better at it than the average Repub.

[mokawanis]

202. Walker in Wisconsin

I've been a state employee here in Madison for 30 years. Walker's the worst governor in Wisconsin's history.

[mvd]

214. If I had him as governor, I couldn't even bear to give him a 1

Corbett isn't much better, though. Worst PA governor I've ever known.

[quaker bill]

203. Rick Scott

need I say more?

[girl gone mad]

204. Governance: 2/5. Hair: 5/5

He's gets a 2 on your scale, because we've had worse.

[Maru Kitteh]

205. Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman

The only reason he's not been as bad as Walker or Brewer is that he's not had such a rich environment of opportunity.

[Thegonagle]

209. Mark Dayton, governor of MN. He's no Jesse Ventura, but

thank God! He gets a 5 as the best governor I can remember since I started paying attention to politicians.

And BTW, Ventura wasn't even all that bad, nor was the "Independent Republican" before him, compared to Tim "MN-DOT" Pawlenty.

[Blue_In_AK]

210. Sean Parnell makes me ALMOST miss Sarah Palin,

he's that bad.

[kiva]

211. Nevada

We've had worse but the governor still sucks - I say this only because we had Jim Gibbons. In an sane world Brian Sandoval would make 'worst governor ever'.

[rury]

213. I live in Texas

Rick Perry is a -25 as a governor and his hair is probably a 2.

[indy legend]

215. I would like to vote Mitch Daniels as the worst ever but

the fucking pop up add keeps covering the voting area for that option on the poll and wont let me click that vote

[LupinSansei72]

222. McConnell is a joke

The only "good" thing is that he rarely shows his face on tv here in Virginia. And the way things are going, I sometimes wonder if he even CARES about being our Governor...

[vanlassie]

224. Jerry Brown cracks me up. The GOP here still haven't figured out how to vilify him!

[Lugnut]

226. Tom Corbett

He deserves a -100 but the best I can do on this poll is a 1. PA is stuck with the SOB for 3 1/2 more years.