Joni Balter, erstwhile far-left columnist for the Seattle Times occasionally gets it right, and today happens to be one of those occasions.
Balter lays out her concept of the operation with her column, entitled Road map for the Legislature, where she explains to all the fact that "Governor" Gregoire finds herself in an extremely awkward position. With years of pent-up democrat legislator demands to increase taxes about to be unleashed, Balter points out the probable negative consequences to Gregoire, if she is forced to run again this November.
Worth a read:
Balter lays out her concept of the operation with her column, entitled Road map for the Legislature, where she explains to all the fact that "Governor" Gregoire finds herself in an extremely awkward position. With years of pent-up democrat legislator demands to increase taxes about to be unleashed, Balter points out the probable negative consequences to Gregoire, if she is forced to run again this November.
Worth a read:
Road map for the Legislature
Joni Balter / Seattle Times editorial columnist
OLYMPIA — Gov. Christine Gregoire has moved into the governor's mansion and is acting, none too shockingly, like a governor, busily meeting people, appointing staff and writing a budget. Nothing will define her strange, tentative first year as much as the spending plan she puts forward next month.
If she is smart, and more, if she is bold, she will write a budget accounting for a $2.2 billion deficit that proves she is a different kind of Democrat.
Borrowing a page from Bill Clinton, who knew how to triangulate, as in steal, his opponents' best lines and ideas, she should offer a budget that does not raise general taxes and does not include several items on the Democrats' wish lists.
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