A lot of people in politics have egos, but it all depends upon whether they intend to do good or do harm to the office for which they are elected to.
"And no I don't expect Mannix would go rounding up Jews but he would get a thrill at the prospect of rounding up pot smokers, and I can envision him taking a hard line approach with other existing laws, as well as developing some new ones, in order to find other folks to round up. That is what he's been all about in his legislative career and I wouldn't expect any better behavior in the Governor's office."
Being tough on illegal drugs is only going to serve to increase my support for the candidate. I am unapologetically pro-WOD. Social Conservatives are more important to me than those focused exclusively on economics, though you cannot exclusively ignore the latter, either (some have discovered that lesson by losing reelection). I certainly hope Atkinson is not soft on the WOD issue.
Too bad he's not running in TN then, you'd have your guy.
Social conservatism is one thing but the man is a tyrant. I have been around the block a time or two and I have seen how he and others like him, folks I would have supported myself a few years back, operate, and he has no place in elected office in this state as far as I'm concerned. If you like him so much recruit him for your own state.