[Hoodat]

It's real. Deal needs to step down NOW. Do not drag this out. If you can't run your personal finances on $200K per year, you definitely don't need to be running the largest state east of the Mississippi River. If you take out unsecured loans in excess of $2 million in Year 1, fail to disclose those loans on your ethics statement, and in Year 2 are in default of those loans, then you have no business being the GOP candidate.

With ethical lapses like that, Deal is better suited for being the Democrat candidate. Get rid of Deal and bring on Eric Johnson.

[WOSG]

There ARE no ethical lapses.

He was a good and generous father who co-signed a loan for his kids’ business.

In Obama’s economy, that kid’s business failed. He is on the hook. In order to do the right thing and pay his debts, he is selling his house.

If this is a ‘scandal’ it’s a manufactured one, and every person who starteda business that failed or who ever lost a job or ended up jobless for a time, or who ever had an investment go sour, had a ‘scandal’.

PHOOEY. Deal is the “Real Deal” now, having to deal with the real economy.

[paudio]

I don't know about the ethical issue at this moment. However, while it is true that bankruptcy is something that many ordinary Americans face, I cannot say that I'm comfortable voting some one who is in the middle of financial problems to be a governor. CT's Linda McMahon, for instance, also faced bankruptcy in the past. But she already has solved the problem, and it's actually a plus for her that she knows how difficult it is. Deal is in the beginning phase of his personal financial issue, and he's running to be the state's chief executive.

Not sure if I'd call for his withdrawal now, but that option shouldn't be off table. And he should answer question whether with his income as governor it'll be enough to get out of the problem.