Now you are changing definitions.
I never posted once that we should look at Perry or Kasich as national leaders, in fact I said that I don't do that,
I just said that I like them as governors.
Out here on the planet earth in states not just like Maryland but in VA and NC its a tough fight and electing Dems to run the purple states like we have in Maryland and CA will just solidify Dems as a permanent ruling authority,
Just try living in Dem controlled state like I do. Every day is another tax and regulation.,
It’s my personal opinion on them. Obviously, you’d take either over the execrable O’Malley, who is one of the worst Governors in the country (and certainly was just as execrable as Mayor of Bawlamer). If I recall, the only accomplishment that jackass could point to as Mayor was that he got a skyscraper built. One of the highest-crime ghettoes in the nation and he crows about a tower downtown.
When I talk about or grade Governors (think of them as mini-Presidents), I look at those who aggressively fight back (I mean substantively, not just with posturing, a big reason I’ve never cared for Perry - and his trying to talk tough on illegals is ludicrous given his long record on pandering to the La Raza crowd) against the federal overreach and daily encroachment in states and in our lives.
Too many Republican Governors just “manage” the decay/decline instead of taking a flame-thrower to the cancer. As a result, there’s not very many Governors I’m wild about. Probably the two I have the highest opinions of are Paul LePage in Maine (who literally does not give a $hit about the moonbat left/media and charges onward) and Scott Walker in Wisconsin (who took on the rabid unions and won).