[george76]

From A to D.

Could have been somebody...President ?

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[george76]

Gov. Bill Owens drops to a D grade

[Balding_Eagle]

He was/is a wuss. I'm surprised he got a D. He deserved an F, or F-.

Way too high, considering he pushed through the largest tax increase in state history.

He's the reason we are most likely going to have a RAT for Governor after the election. Why elect another Republican after seeing a limp noodle Republican?

He never was Presidential material.

[Diddle E. Squat]

The institute gave only one A, to Gov. Matt Blunt, R-Mo. The next two highest-scoring Republicans were Rick Perry of Texas and Mark Sanford of South Carolina, who got B grades.

[mpreston]

I wonder how the Public Employee Retirement Association is doing today? It was $12 billion in the red. I have a feeling that if this was included the grade would drop.

[jan in Colorado]

Gov. Owens really hurt The Republican Party in Colorado and lost all credibility with his support of Referendum C.

The Cato Institute was too kind...I give him an "F"

[upchuck]

Gov. Sanford got a B.

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[traviskicks]

"The institute gave only one A, to Gov. Matt Blunt, R-Mo."

The sorry state of our nation's governors...





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[ModelBreaker]

From A to D. Could have been somebody...President ?

Nope. Has no control over his personal life. Big-time skeletons that he put there made it impossible for him to be President, even before his ill-considered gutting of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights.

Not only that, he has presided over the destruction of the Republican party in Colorado. We went from controlling both houses of the legislature and the governorship to, in all probability, none of them, after this election. Much of the blame for that lies on Owens shoulders.

[looscnnn]

The lowest Current Term Republican governers are:

Bob Riley (Alabama) F
Mike Huckabee (Arkansas) F
Kenny Guinn (Nevada) F
Arnold Schwarzenegger (Cali) D
Linda Lingle (Hawaii) D
Jodi Rell (Connecticut) D
Mitch Daniels (Indiana) D - midterm grade
Bill Owens (Colorado) D
George Pataki (NY) D

Final overall grade for outgoing governers:
Bob Taft (Ohio) F
Mike Huckabee (Arkansas) D
Kenny Guinn (Nevada) D


Out of 26 Republican governers there were 1 A, 4 B's, 12 C's, 6 D's,3 F's. This is far too many below a B.