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Posted on 12/29/2005 10:07:24 AM PST by LdSentinal
The reason why Gov. Kathleen Blanco will not get reelected in 2007 is she just doesn’t get it.
Blanco seems to think that the public’s low marks given for her and her reelection chances are a function of a perception of her as weak and indecisive. To her and her handlers, the solution then seems to be an image makeover. If so, that belies a lack of reflection and understanding about a singular fact: ideas have consequences.
The fact is, Blanco is a liberal politician in a state growing more politically conservative. She expresses some conservative viewpoints (such as being pro-life) but on issues of the economy and government activism she easily fits into the mold of the national Democrats, with a dash of populism thrown in. She has shown a consistent desire to raise taxes, to expand the size of government, and to resist efforts to govern efficiently rather than primarily politically.
Like most liberals, she remains captive to one or both of two fictions: either that liberalism resonates among the public (or perhaps doesn’t because of mean, illegal, subversive efforts of Republicans and conservatives that continually fool the poor saps that comprise the mass public that are so intellectually inferior to her and her kind – if this were true, wouldn’t we have passed into a dictatorship long ago instead of having the world’s greatest democracy and economy?) or that liberalism does not but that her kind needs power because the poor saps that comprise the mass public that are so intellectually inferior to her and her kind can’t be trusted to do the right thing, so it’s necessary to fool them into her “helping” them.
Obviously, that mindset is the undoing of both her and other liberals. It’s not the image or style that turns people off about Blanco’s tenure; it’s the policies, stupid. Just to name perhaps the most recent of many examples, running after the levee reform horse after the public opinion barn door has closed is a perfect example of how Blanco can’t see past her ideology and understand its inherent flaws and the need to embrace conservatism not only to become in greater touch with the peoples’ policy preferences, but to provide better governance.
Unless Blanco begins to do things like dramatic paring of fairly unneeded government functions thus causing a big drop in government spending, rescinding tax hikes and even cutting taxes more, using her power to insist on efficient operations rather than patronage and electoral spoils, etc., she will not be doing the things necessary to govern effectively in Louisiana’s time of post-disaster need, nor convince enough people who eyes have seen laid bare by the disasters her suboptimal ideological predispositions to give her another term.
She oughta be recalled.
She oughta be arrested.
Go for a twofer Recall that bum Nagin
That, too.
She's Les In-Comp-E-TANT!
Her political activities go back to 1971, when she ran the Lafayette Parish operation for Democrat gubernatorial nominee (late U.S. senator) J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. Johnston was one of the most popular officeholders LA ever had. Johnston was strong enough to dictate his successor in office. I would imagine that Blanco is reviewing the Johnston playbook.
Correction, Johnston was never the Democrat gubernatorial nominee in LA: he was one of two runoff candidates for the slot in 1971.
And a goodly portion of her state's citizenry is Les Miserables.
The problem is: you can't beat nothing with nothing. Jindal is going to stick in Congress and should. What Pub can take her on and win?? Name one. Vitter will not drop out of the Senate to run. Bob Livingston?? Just who? I suggest we check out some La. media and see who the Pubs have in the wings.
Anyone unbelievably stupid enough to vote democrat, still wouldn't be unbelievably stupid enough to vote for Blanco.
If neither him or Vitter, Treasurer John Kennedy is inkling to switch parties as does former AG Richard Ieyoub.
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Blanko proved how liberal dems/loons are pretty much worthless.
He might run again, but I hope he has bigger things in mind... Like Mary Hairdo's seat.
Wait a minute... that didn't come out right.
It became a given that if you lost the govenor's race you'd end up as US Senator. Johnston and Landrieu both did it.
However, I don't have any more basic trust in him than the rest - despite him turning over to the GOP...or did he ever do that? Wasn't he a big supporter of john kerry's last year?
Is there any evidence that she's in trouble?
There were three states affected by Katrina, and there were three governors of these states.
Blanco, Barbour and Riley. Of the three, the only one who saw their approval ratings drop after Katrina was Blanco. In fact, Barbour and Riley have probably been saved by the positive public perception of their actions as it relates to Katrina.
A 32% approval rating, her base in Orleans parish washed away, and just 19% saying she deserves re-election.
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