Perdue Will Make The Choice
Perdue’s approach sounds fiscally conservative. That’s why she is getting cautious praise from Republicans and panicky criticism from some Democrats and left-wing activists.
RALEIGH (By John Hood, Carolina Journal Online) – Everyone knows that North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue is in big trouble. The governor and her staff certainly know it. It isn’t just the fact that Perdue’s polling numbers have been upside down since 2009. It’s the reality that Raleigh is a very different place than it was just three months ago.
After decades in public office as state representative, state senator, lieutenant governor for eight years, and now governor for two years, Perdue is for the first time without powerful friends in the state legislature. The new Republican majorities have committed themselves to a policy agenda with which Perdue has significant personal and political disagreement. Their majorities are veto-proof in the Senate and close to veto-proof in the House.
But don’t count Perdue out. She still enjoys some advantages – not the least of which is that she gets to act first. She gets to choose which issues to heighten and which battles to pick. If she chooses wisely, her ability to compete for reelection in 2012 will be significantly enhanced.
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RALEIGH (By John Hood, Carolina Journal Online) – Everyone knows that North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue is in big trouble. The governor and her staff certainly know it. It isn’t just the fact that Perdue’s polling numbers have been upside down since 2009. It’s the reality that Raleigh is a very different place than it was just three months ago.
After decades in public office as state representative, state senator, lieutenant governor for eight years, and now governor for two years, Perdue is for the first time without powerful friends in the state legislature. The new Republican majorities have committed themselves to a policy agenda with which Perdue has significant personal and political disagreement. Their majorities are veto-proof in the Senate and close to veto-proof in the House.
But don’t count Perdue out. She still enjoys some advantages – not the least of which is that she gets to act first. She gets to choose which issues to heighten and which battles to pick. If she chooses wisely, her ability to compete for reelection in 2012 will be significantly enhanced.
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