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To: LindyBill who wrote (2639)	6/24/2003 1:20:41 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793917

Well, if we are going to take this all so seriously, I actually think the argument of the USAToday piece made some sense: strong governor, particularly when it comes to budget matters. Locates accountability. If I were to take this conversation seriously, I would look up the history of liberal Dem state governments that did quite well with state finances as opposed to conservative Dem state governments that did not. And, if the USAToday writer has a strong argument, we should find some sort of meager correlation. I also do not think that the bond credit rating is the only way to rate state governments. There are, other, in my estimation variables that are at least as important, if not more so. Also, if I knew much about California politics, I might be able to make a case that the present state of financial difficulties is due to a host of factors, least of which is Gray Davis. But I don't and won't. The parallel case might be New Jersey in which the Reps left the shelves completely bare, even did some last minute ill advised spending, to make certain there were not even any crumbs left. And now are whining, loudly, about the way McGreevey has wrecked state finances. I don't mind good, hard politics but that kind of lying is simply off the wall.